Ambassador

We'll admit it seems pretty obvious (especially given her lastest hire) that Anna Wintour will continue to have a hand in politics while fulfilling her role as Condé Nast's artistic director and Vogue's editor in chief. But it seems certain that she's not going to be an ambassador. At least not anytime soon. Still, Friday's news that Marc Lasry, frontrunner for the French ambassador post, was withdrawing after his involvement with a mob-run poker ring became public, has some speculating Wintour might be offered the gig.

• By Dhani Mau
  Apr 29, 2013

Rita Ora has been really friendly with the fashion set lately (Cara Delevingne, anyone?), and now Emilio Pucci creative director Peter Dundas has designed these stunning outfits for the singer's Radioactive Tour wardrobe. Fashion icon in the making? {Vogue UK} The co-founders of Juicy Couture are writing a book about their entrepreneurial journey from tracksuit to full-on lifestyle brand. {WWD} Uh oh. Anna Wintour's boyfriend owes a ton in back taxes. {Telegraph}

• By Julie Ortega
  Jan 29, 2013

As a recent White House press conference would suggest--you know, that one during which a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Jay Carney “Has the President seen The Devil Wears Prada?”--people can't get enough of this Anna Wintour ambassador story. And it's still going. This rumor's got legs. Legs in stilettos, people. A new report in The Hollywood Reporter suggests that Wintour is still in the running for an ambassadorship--the one in France, not the UK.

• By Leah Chernikoff
  Dec 20, 2012

Bloomberg's report that Anna Wintour is being considered for an ambassadorship in the U.K. or France didn't just have fashion news sites like ours buzzing--it was the topic of conversation on every major morning show, from the TODAY show to MSNBC. So we thought it was worth looking into a bit more. If you thought our super fun and super serious GChat conversations with Current TV's Jo Piazza would go away after the election, you're wrong! Aren't you happy? In this latest installment, we discuss why Anna Wintour would be an awesome ambassador. Should she want the job. Jo thinks she should. Why? Read on.

• By Leah Chernikoff
  Dec 4, 2012

Earlier this year, speculation mounted in the British press that Anna Wintour--who'd become a top-tier fundraiser for Barack Obama--was angling for a UK ambassador job. The Vogue EIC has always denied having any personal political ambitions, but a new report in Bloomberg suggests that, now that Obama has been re-elected, she may have an actual job offer to turn down.

• By Dhani Mau
  Dec 4, 2012