14 h. ago When the Going Was Good by Graydon Carter review – juicy stories from the heydey of magazines

From Anna Wintour’s table manners to Oscar party hijinks, the former editor of Vanity Fair tells all There are lines in When the Going Was Good, Graydon Carter’s memoir of his swashbuckling career as an editor during the heyday of magazines, that will make any journalist laugh (bitterly) out loud. “There was a bar at the end of each corridor,” writes Carter of his first job at Time magazine in the mid-1970s, where expense accounts were huge, oversight relaxed and, “I went five years without ever turning on my oven”. At Vanity Fair, where Carter took over the editorship in 1992, “the budget had no ceiling. I could send anybody anywhere for as long as I wanted.” For a commission on the collapse of Lloyd’s of London, one Vanity Fair hack ran up expenses of $180,000 – and the piece didn’t run.These are the details most readers will come for and Carter, who at 75 remains a symbol of magazine glamour and excess – a fact somehow vested in the whimsy and extravagance of his comic-book hair ...

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7 d. ago Anna Wintour gushes over the couple that she thinks are the most influential in fashion

Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour has revealed why she believes Rihanna and A$AP Rocky are one of the most influential couples in fashion - and what they'll bring to the 2025 Met Gala.

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1 week ago Bruce Willis' wife gushes over 'unconditional love' as she marks couple's major milestone

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3 w. ago David Beckham gushes over 'boss' Victoria after son Brooklyn skips family event

Victoria Beckham debuted her latest collection on Friday at Paris Fashion Week, and was supported on the front row by David, daughter Harper, sons Romeo and Cruz, alongside Anna Wintour

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3 w. ago Paris Fashion Week: Victoria Beckham brings bedwear to new levels of chic in the City of Lights

The queen of form-fitting dresses and beautiful tailoring wows once again in Paris.

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