Posted on 09/14/2017 7:57:42 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Like many people on the morning of November 9 last year, I was to be found watching television, transfixed by Hillary Clinton as she gave her gracious and eloquent concession speech. Secretary Clinton writes about that moment honestly in her memoir What Happened, published on September 12. It’s a candid account of the events leading up to the 2016 election, as well as the personal and emotional footpaths of her life that led her to run for the presidency. Our excerpt from this book recounts that very day—when, she says, “my job was to smile, be strong for everyone, and show America that life went on and our republic would endure. . . . I wear my composure like a suit of armor, for better or worse.” After addressing the aftermath of the election, she recalls sitting in the car ride home to Chappaqua, New York, with her husband telling her, “That was a great speech. History will remember it.” It was, and President Clinton will be proved absolutely right.
We also—as part of our ongoing 125th-anniversary celebration of remarkable women—bring you a profile of the extraordinary Joan Didion. There is a phrase in writer Dana Spiotta’s story that immediately struck me: “Her gaze is clearly still the sensitive instrument it has always been, sharply attuned to the local particulars and the broader implications”—those words capturing perfectly how Joan conveys her view of the world through her writing. This, along with her many other fine qualities, is chronicled in the documentary that has been made by Griffin and Annabelle Dunne, Joan’s nephew and grandniece. Joan has had a long history with Vogue. She worked here in the early 1960s before being fired, legend has it, because of her review of The Sound of Music. (She wrote of the movie that it was “more embarrassing than most, if only because of its suggestion that history need not happen to people. . . . Just whistle a happy tune, and leave the Anschluss behind.”) The documentary is bound to be avidly watched, not least by newer generations. Like Gloria Steinem, the 82-year-old Joan has become a heroine to young women the world over. To them, strength of character is everything, and age irrelevant.
As we were working on this issue, London and Manchester were convulsed by a series of terror attacks, so we’ve also made it, in part, a celebration of what we love about the UK: good-humored resilience, magnificent countrysides, immense creativity—and the country’s very best exports. The latter is embodied by the actor and late night–television host James Corden. I make no secret of how much I like James: An endearing mix of cheek, charm, and self-deprecation, he’s as hilarious off-camera as he is on-. After filming a tribute to London in June, he was back in the city that did so much to nurture his career—including a turn in the Alan Bennett play The History Boys, which ended up bringing him to Broadway and the U.S. Mark Guiducci, our Arts Editor, gamely rounded up James’s sisters and friends, from models to sports stars, for a shoot with photographer Mario Testino. The resulting images capture his world perfectly—affectionate, familial, and, above all, fun. Yet as Mark points out in the accompanying story, James has used his position to highlight serious issues, too, letting his wit hone his pointed (if nonpartisan) views on the state of our ever-more-roiling political landscape.
Our other ode to Britain was to choose Cornwall as the location for Annie Leibovitz’s shoot with cover star Rooney Mara. However, the real starting point for the story came when Fashion Director Tonne Goodman (who styled the pictures), International Editor at Large Hamish Bowles, and I previewed the Christian Dior exhibition that was just about to open at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs during July’s Paris couture shows. We were standing in the middle of the room dedicated to gardens (Dior was famous for those he created at his home in Granville in Normandy), looking at a Romaine Brooks painting dating from circa 1912—Le Printemps, a Symbolist-like portrait of a solitary nude figure cloaked in black, flowers trailing beside her. At once we knew that we’d found a way to photograph Rooney: The artwork’s darkly romantic beauty and sense of enigma were qualities that one could easily ascribe to the actress herself.
Lastly, we’re continuing to celebrate our landmark year with an event—the first of its kind—where we invite you to sit in on conversations between Vogue’s editors and some of the magazine’s favorite designers, with Marc Jacobs, John Galliano, Stella McCartney, Michael Kors, and Victoria Beckham among them. It’s called Forces of Fashion, and it’s taking place in New York on Thursday, October 12. You can find out more, and buy tickets, by visiting vogueforcesoffashion.com. I look forward to seeing you there.
And if you had been in the above ground bunker early that morning you might have been transfixed by the White House victory cake decoration as Hillary chucked it into the wall.
Bonfire of the Vanities.
Hillary who?
Clinton writes about that moment honestly in her memoir What Happened
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First, Hillary did not write that book.
Second, Hillary has never been honest.
Ever.
About Anything.
The problem is I didn’t hear her concession speech because I had someplace to be that morning. Now if she had given it the night before right before Trump’s speech I would have watched it (with glee).
One word describes that writing.
Vapid.
What a disgusting espece of a snob who knows literally nothing but feels better than anyone else on the planet. Worshipping of all people Hillary Clinton, one of the most narcissistic sociopaths to enter public human life.
I tried to read this article.
I think I got about two sentences in.
The Xlintons are trashy no class a$$holes. F them. Unfortunately they did breed a replacement. Lets hope she stays out of politics.
As soon as she wrote “gracious and eloquent”, I knew the rest was bovine excrement.
Nor has she ever been gracious or eloquent.
She does screech well, however
One word describes the woman: whore.
History never remembers the loser's speech.
The Devil DOES, indeed, wear Prada.
“One word describes the woman: whore.”
And FIFTY YEARS LATER, she’s STILL dickering over the price, LOL!
Man, I really, REALLY hate this broad. I hope I live long enough to p*ss on her grave!
“Lets hope she stays out of politics.”
I’ll bet right now that when the time comes, Kristin Gillebrand will run for the Senate and leave her seat as a NY rep which Chelsea the sincere will take. Chelsea’s election in that district is a given.
Of course, once she gets into office and her stupidity is on display, she’ll have a hard time getting re-elected, but the people who count (in their own mind) will refer to her as Rep. Clinton for life. She will be asked to weigh in on many/most national issues.
She was supposed to be the inspiration for the character in the film played by Meryl Streep. So yeah title confirmed.
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