Gisele Bundchen, along w Kate Moss, is a phenomenon. I wish models knew they have to have a personality

I saw young women in the street dressing in a way that I thought was influencing the designers. Fashion was being influenced by all sorts of different people, and culture and also across the street. So I saw more as a trickle up, than a trickle down influence. When I came to Vogue, that's what I wanted it to reflect.

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.

The notion that a contemporary woman must look mannish in order to be taken seriously as a seeker of power is frankly dismaying. This is America, not Saudi Arabia.

To be in Vogue has to mean something

It is a family; it's a slightly dysfunctional family, but it's also very close and warm and loving family.

If you can't be better than your competition, just dress better.