Anna Wintour is reportedly done working with Kanye West due to his recent behavior.
Anna Wintour, longtime editor-in-chief of Vogue, will be cutting ties with Kanye West due to his recent “erratic behavior and antisemitic rants,” according to TMZ. The two had long maintained a collaborative relationship.
The news comes after West infamously tweeted a threat to go “death con 3 on Jewish people.”
Balenciaga also recently confirmed that they no longer have a working relationship with West.
“Balenciaga has no longer any relationship nor any plans for future projects related to this artist,” a rep told Women’s Wear Daily.
West had criticized his “good friend” Wintour, earlier this month, during a conversation he had with his publicist, which was shared on social media. He had been upset with the Vogue editor’s “dolls,” Gigi Hadid, Hailey Bieber, and more.
“I consider Anna two be an industry friend,” he wrote. “But all her dolls had something to say. It was cool for Gab to give her opinion on my art and say she didn’t like it but when I rebutted I was made to be a bully. And she allowed all that. But watched from the sidelines when the Kardashians kidnapped my child on her birthday.”
West has since retained the counsel of Camille Vasquez to assist with his business interests, amid the fallout of his recent behavior.
Why is Anna Wintour so famous?
Dame Anna Wintour DBE is a British journalist based in New York City who has served as editor-in-chief of Vogue since 1988 and Global Chief Content Officer for Condé Nast since 2020; she is also the artistic director of Condé Nast and the Global Editorial Director of Vogue.
Best known for her trademark pageboy bob haircut and dark sunglasses, Wintour has become an important figure in much of the fashion world, praised for her eye for emerging fashion trends. Her reportedly aloof and demanding personality has earned her the nickname “Nuclear Wintour”.
Her father, Charles Wintour, Editor of the London Evening Standard (1959–1976), consulted her on how to make the newspaper relevant to the youth of the era. She became interested in fashion as a teenager. Her career in fashion journalism began at two British magazines. Later, she moved to the US, with stints at New York and House & Garden. She returned to London and was the editor of British Vogue between 1985 and 1987.
A year later, she assumed control of the franchise’s magazine in New York, reviving what many saw as a stagnating publication. Her use of the magazine to shape the fashion industry has been the subject of debate within it. Animal rights activists have attacked her for promoting fur, while other critics have charged her with using the magazine to promote elitist views of femininity and beauty.
A former personal assistant, Lauren Weisberger, wrote the 2003 bestselling roman à clef The Devil Wears Prada, later made into a successful 2006 film starring Meryl Streep as Miranda Priestly, a fashion editor, believed to be based on Wintour. In 2009, Wintour was the focus of a documentary film, R. J. Cutler’s The September Issue.
