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Article: From Venus to Minerva: most fashion magazines play on women's insecurities. Anna Wintour's Vogue plays on their ambitions.(Front Row: Anna Wintour, The Cool Life and Hot Times of Vogue's Editor in Chief)(Book Review)
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- The Washington Monthly
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- April 1, 2005
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Front Row, , Anna Wintour The Cool Life and Hot Times of Vogue's Editor in Chief
By Jerry Oppenheimer St. Martin's Press $24.95
Most women's magazines, in the guise of trying to help a gal get her fife straight, introduce a dozen more things to start worrying about, from how your date ruins your diet to how your haircut holds back your career. But for most of its history, Vogue has presented the point of view of the woman who has already arrived. Unlike its glossy peers on the newsstand, it isn't loaded with tips to flatten your abs, flaunt your cleavage, or squeeze into your thin jeans by Friday; it assumes you need no help mastering love moves no man ...