About That Anna Wintour Masterclass…

Escaping the onslaught of ads for Anna Wintour’s “MasterClass” on Instagram should be a master class of its own. And while I had my reservations, I just couldn’t resist the value prop of learning from someone who has led Vogue for 31 years; has hired and fired hundreds of people; and who is indubitably the most influential and powerful person in fashion, an industry she has spent her entire career upholding and enabling (for better or for worse). Plus, the only new and surprising thing we’ve learned about her in the past several years is that she loves a flip-flop. Maybe, I thought, she was finally going to open up a bit. The online course, which promises lessons in “how to be a boss,” begins with that same footage you’ve probably seen in the ad: Wintour, moving coolly through a crowd of rabid paparazzi (Anna, love the hair! Anna, Anna! Stop!), followed by a slideshow of her magazine covers. “Anna Wintour, you are a power,” Christine Amanpour intones solemnly. Cue inspirational music. Read more at The Cut.