Oscar De la Renta: Wintour Is the New Hillary

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Amid speculation that President Barack Obama will reward major donor Anna Wintour with an ambassadorship, Oscar de la Renta dismissed those rumors in an interview with Women’s Wear Daily. The designer suggested that Wintour would be better suited to be secretary of state.

Fashionable Politics

Major donor Anna Wintour decries big money in politics
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The Obama campaign funded its message of hope for the middle class by selling designer scarves, purses, and T-shirts, the New York Post has reported.

Vogue Listed State Deputy Asst. Sec. as ‘Interior Designer’

Correction

The October issue of Vogue lists a correction for its September profile of Chelsea Clinton: The magazine incorrectly referred to one of Clinton’s friends, Dan Baer, an interior designer — he is actually a deputy assistant secretary for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, at the State Department.

The Devil and the Tyrant

Obama donor Anna Wintour forced to explain fawning Assad profile
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The Guardian speculated Monday that Anna Wintour, the editor of Vogue and a major fundraiser for President Obama, may be positioning herself for an ambassadorship in a potential second Obama term. But Wintour is facing harsh coverage this week for her magazine’s earlier efforts to glamorize the wife of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, Asma al-Assad.

Column: The Sloppy Incumbent

The once-invincible Obama campaign team has become mistake-prone
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The sound and fury of the Republican primary has distracted political observers from one of the most interesting political developments of the cycle thus far: President Obama’s reelection campaign is a pallid imitation of his 2008 juggernaut.

WFB Crashes Obama Fashion Fundraiser

Questions for Russell Simmons, Karolina Kurkova, Solange Knowles, and more
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Anna Wintour and Scarlett Johansson hosted a private VIP-only fundraiser for President Obama at the Theory store in the Meatpacking District of Manhattan Tuesday night. The Washington Free Beacon was there to personally greet the notables, including designers Vera Wang, Tommy Hilfiger, and Russell Simmons, musician David Byrne, and a slew of New York fashion …