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Anna Wintour reportedly kept her sunglasses on while laying off staff.Getty Images
Anna Wintour lived up to her icy-cold demeanor when laying off staff at music magazine Pitchfork, a disgruntled ex-employee claimed Friday.
“one absolutely bizarro detail from this week is that Anna Wintour – seated indoors at a conference table – did not remove her sunglasses while she was telling us that we were about to get canned,” music journalist and former Pitchfork writer Allison Hussey claimed via X (formerly known as Twitter).
“the indecency we’ve seen from upper management this week is appalling.”
On Thursday, it was announced that Pitchfork was being absorbed by GQ, which resulted in staff layoffs.
According to a memo Wintor sent, per the New York Times, “This decision was made after a careful evaluation of Pitchfork’s performance, and what we believe is the best path forward for the brand so that our coverage of music can continue to thrive within the company.”
The Vogue editor is often photographed wearing oversized sunglasses. Getty Images Hussey, who was laid off, claimed that Wintour kept her glasses on during the layoffs. X/@allisonhusseyA spokesperson for Wintour — who serves as Vogue’s Editor-in-Chief, as well as the Chief Content Officer for Condé Nast — did not return calls for comment.
Wintour, who is constantly photographed wearing a pair of oversized sunglasses even while indoors, is no stranger to being accused of diva behavior.
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Listen to our weekly “We Hear” podcast Subscribe to our daily newsletter Shop our exclusive merchPage Six exclusively reported that she appeared momentarily stunned when asked to present ID at an off-Broadway show in New York City in 2022.
And last year, the high priestess of couture “wreaked havoc” on New York Fashion Week when she scooted out of town early to prep for a Vogue event in London.
Wintour served as the inspiration for the book “The Devil Wears Prada.” GC ImagesThe move allegedly left designers scrambling to complete their collections earlier so they could show them to Wintour ahead of time.
However, the fashionable editor,74, did poke fun at herself recently when she made a cameo at the Broadway show “Gutenberg! The Musical!” while on stage with Anne Hathaway.
The audience roared with laughter when Wintour announced that she was “a very famous Broadway producer” before pausing and looking over at Hathaway.
The book was turned into a movie starring Meryl Streep. ©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection Hathway played an assistant run ragged by Streep’s character. ©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection“And this is my assistant,” she ad-libbed, referencing Hathaway’s character in “The Devil Wears Prada.”
Wintour was the inspiration for the novel “The Devil Wears Prada” by Lauren Weisberger, which the author based on her time working as one of the journalist’s assistants at Vogue.
The book was later turned into a movie, starring Anne Hathaway as the harried helper toiling under her mercurial boss, Miranda Priestley, played by Meryl Streep.
