"Forget Anna Wintour, famed editrix of Vogue, " begins a story in Forbes today. Why, we'd love to but she runs the most profitable print publication in U.S. America! But not forever, Forbes warns, in a story about Vogue 's sorry internet presence and uncertain future that makes a pretty good case for the notion that Wintour's influence at her boring fashion magazine is receding. Which is good for anyone who still gets Vogue , because the magazine reached a new level of inanity in its October issue, come look! Jesus Christ Belles on Wheels . Is this fashion spread as stupid as Keira Knightley in Africa with the Louis Vuitton blanket draped over the baby elephant , you ask?* No, but the thing is they have totally run a fashion spread featuring Agyness Deyn's stupid bicycle before. This is not even a new stupid idea! Even Vogue publisher Tom Florio thinks the magazine has gotten stale. And publishers of cash rich magazines are usually too busy counting money and launching international editions in developing countries with emerging plutocracies to care! Though Florio says Vogue is set to have its second-best year of ad sales ever, he's worried about keeping the brand relevant for the next generation of readers. So he—not Wintour—is creating Web shows like Model.Live with his 16-year-old daughter in mind. "I'm comfortable with it, because I feel that the principals of what we're doing are based on the same principals as the brand," h ...
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"Forget Anna Wintour, famed editrix of Vogue, " begins a story in Forbes today. Why, we'd love to but she runs the most profitable print publication in U.S. America! But not forever, Forbes warns, in a story about Vogue 's sorry internet presence and uncertain future that makes a pretty good case for the notion that Wintour's influence at her boring fashion magazine is receding. Which is good for anyone who still gets Vogue , because the magazine reached a new level of inanity in its October issue, come look! Jesus Christ Belles on Wheels . Is this fashion spread as stupid as Keira Knightley in Africa with the Louis Vuitton blanket draped over the baby elephant , you ask?* No, but the thing is they have totally run a fashion spread featuring Agyness Deyn's stupid bicycle before. This is not even a new stupid idea! Even Vogue publisher Tom Florio thinks the magazine has gotten stale. And publishers of cash rich magazines are usually too busy counting money and launching international editions in developing countries with emerging plutocracies to care! Though Florio says Vogue is set to have its second-best year of ad sales ever, he's worried about keeping the brand relevant for the next generation of readers. So he—not Wintour—is creating Web shows like Model.Live with his 16-year-old daughter in mind. "I'm comfortable with it, because I feel that the principals of what we're doing are based on the same principals as the brand," h ...