Part of the pleasure of editing 'Vogue,' one that lies in a long tradition of this magazine, is being able to feature those who define the culture at any given moment, who stir things up, whose presence in the world shapes the way it looks and influences the way we see it.

It's the mishaps that make it fun, and brings you the surprise.

I'd just been on a trip to Minnesota, where I can only kindly describe most of the people I saw as little houses.

I don't think of myself as a powerful person.

Some people have the Bible. I have Vogue.

I don’t like people who are late.

Create your own individual style. I'm not interested in the girl who walks into my office in a HEAD-to-TOE LABEL look that's straight off the runway. I'm interested in a Girl who puts herself together in an ORIGINAL INDEPENDENT Way