Anna Wintour
High life
New York Back in the good old days the Carlyle Hotel on Manhattan’s Upper East Side was the hotel for…
High life
New York The high life has gone with the wind because of you know what. The last time I went…
Swimming with piranhas
‘What job do you want here?’ asked the editor of Vogue, interviewing a young hopeful. From behind her black sunglasses…
Slayed queens: the girlboss, dethroned
The girlboss is dead. Intersectionality killed her. Female CEOs who sacrificed their twenties to build their women-focused businesses are being…
High life
Gstaad When indolence becomes intolerable, remembrances of things past become a lifesaver. Charles Moore’s SpectatorNotes also helps. His recent…
High life
New York It was the best of times — downtown — and the worst of times — uptown. Let’s start…
Fashion faux pas
‘I’m pretty sure there’s a lot more to life than being really, really, ridiculously good-looking,’ said a pouty Derek Zoolander…
Long life
The Oldie magazine — of which, until otherwise advised, I appear to be the editor — runs an occasional article…
