Alexandra Shulman hasn’t had a movie (or two) made about her, like her U.S. counterpart Anna Wintour, and she’s not worried about being a fashion leader in her personal life. “The way I dress could be political, but it’s not. I made a decision very early on that editing Vogue couldn’t be about what I wore. I didn’t want to set myself up to be something that I couldn’t deliver.”
Tag: 04.14.12
No Black Girls. What’s Up WIth That?
“The problem I have with [Lena] Dunham is that the vision of New York City she’s offering us in 2012 – like Sex and the City in 1998 and for that matter Friends in 1994 – is almost entirely devoid of the people who make up the large majority of New Yorkers, and have for some time now: Latinos, Asians and blacks.”
Controversial University President (Probably) Heads To The Field Museum
The Field Museum apparently needs “a gentleman with elbows” as its president, according to one member of the board that is likely to offer the job to former University of Oregon president Richard Lariviere. Lariviere’s reputation as a change agent – who angered the Oregon University System’s governing board enough that they fired him in the middle of this academic year – doesn’t worry the Field Museum’s board.
British Police Recover Stolen Artifacts
After thieves chiseled through a wall at Durham University to steal Chinese artifacts worth more than $3 million, police immediately named two suspects, but they just announced that the stolen items have been recovered.