"People just think Anna and I go out and spend a lot of money and things come very easy, but it's not like that. I think the recession has meant we've all come back to reality, which I don't mind at all. I spent 20 years at British Vogue where they had very little money and still created beautiful pictures. It's like Annie Leibovitz, she's not easy to work with but she's a major photographer who takes extraordinary pictures, but you just don't need excess to create beauty."
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"Anna Wintour has been one of my greatest supporters since I started. Vogue is my absolute favorite fashion magazine and Grace has been a great friend and the most incredible editor I've ever met. I think one of my earliest memories of Vogue was taking my clothes up to show Andre Leon Talley for the first time. I carried the garment bag up myself, Isabella Blow was his assistant. But I think my favorite Vogue moment has to be when I cohosted the Met Costume Ball with Anna, it was extraordinary."
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"If Britney Spears wants to make me her Vice-President, I'll gladly accept but I can't think of a more hard-working President than the one we have now. I never saw either of the Bushes out there connecting with people, just trying to explain their point of view, regardless of if it's right or wrong, without hiding behind the White House. Barack is out there in the trenches. I'll tell you though, if Wall Street gets a bail-out, the fashion industry should get a bail-out too. It's an industry that employs a lot of people so it's important to keep it alive."
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"I think the biggest fashion mistake of the summer was seeing Michelle Obama in those casual shorts at the Grand Canyon. I thought it was a little low-rent for the First Lady of our country to be dressed like that."
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"For great editors like Anna, or creative directors like Grace, it's not really about vetoing styles or fashions, it's about forming a creative dialogue. This is a challenging year as budgets are very tight, so i'm looking forward to working with strong characters to compensate."
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"Fashion isn't as scary as people make it out to be. Once you get to New York you realize it's not that bad, you just have to embrace it, no matter how it is portrayed in the movies or on television."
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"The recession has been brutal for the fashion industry. We aren't a great lot for sharing our pain, but we certainly are good at commiserating our drama after the fact."
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" The September Issue was filmed two years ago, when I wanted to go to law school. Two years later, I don't want to go to law school at all, so it's annoying that anyone who sees it now will think that's what I do. I am really into theater now. I never want to work in fashion!"
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