While you might not consider yourself a fashion follower, preferring more to follow the beat of your own fashion drum, there are a select few individuals who may have a bit more, say, influence over how you view your wardrobe. Chalk it up to decades of experience, exceptional taste, and impeccable foresight, but there are a select few that might make you stop and listen. One of these individuals, you may have guessed, is legendary Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour.
Though her personal aesthetic has stayed relatively the same the last 20 or so years (come on, you could spot that bob in a crowd anywhere!), Wintour has always been a big proponent of fun, fresh dressing and embracing your own personal style.
Here are five items that Wintour has said should be tossed from your wardrobe, culled from various interviews. Listen up, people! It’s A.W. speaking!
Toss: Strapless Fishtail Sequin Dress
“We’re surrounded by so many celebrities that you feel are dictated to by their stylists and dictated to by what the press may think of them, and therefore end up in a strapless fishtail sequin dress that we’ve seen 5000 times.”
Toss: All-Black Outfits
“I look at the street style pictures that are on our site and many other sites and I find them very, very inspiring and fun—and thank god they’re not all dressed in black the way they used to be. I like seeing people making such an effort and having so much fun with it.”
Toss: Head-to-Toe Runway Look
“That’s what I’m inspired about when I see the street style when I see someone who doesn’t look like they came straight from the runway, who’s actually put it together with their own personal style and invention and humor and wit. I think it’s fabulous, why not?”
Toss: Nylon
“I don’t really love nylon.” ‘Nough said.
Toss: Ill-Suited Interview Outfits
“It’s so interesting to me how people dress when they come in for interviews. Sometimes you feel they’re wearing clothes that they just bought that morning, or maybe the night before, and not something that in any way suits their personality and who they are. I think what everyone should remember, whether they’re interviewing at Vogue or indeed anywhere, that we’re not hiring your wardrobe. Your wardrobe is not going to be doing the job for you—it’s who you are.”
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