Monday, June 16

i'd like to thank HRH the QUEEN


I could not ignore this. This day just keep getting better. Piling up together with some other very good personal news, I just found out Anna Wintour has been chosen to unite that elite group of great British minds. She will now be an Officer of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. I can easily die happy now.

Read on.

Wintour's Birthday Treat
16 June 2008, 10:11AM

ANNA WINTOUR has received the royal seal of approval, being named an Officer of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire - or OBE - in the Queen's birthday honours list.
The iconic fashion maven, who is most famous for spearheading American Vogue but was also editor-in-chief of British Vogue from 1986 to 1987, won the honour for "services to British journalism and British fashion in the US".
Among the other fashion names included in the prestigious list, revealed yesterday, were Louise Wilson, who is the course director for Central Saint Martins' renowned master's degree in fashion, and designer Wale Adeyemi; they earned an OBE and MBE respectively, for services to the industry.

Leisa Barnett

[Source: Vogue.co.uk]

I'm off.
PS. Check out the special on dresses below! ;)

16 comments:

Paul Pincus said...

excellent weblog.

cheers ; )

Danny Daily said...

holy couture. this is madness as we all know that she is now one step closer to world domination.

but seriously, i admire this woman. great work ethics and formidable sense of dignity and chic in her style.

come say hi sometimes.

love,

danny

http://dannydaily.typepad.com/

Danz said...

Wow, what an amazing addition to her already long list of achievements! She certainly has contributed so much to fashion journalism and she fully deserves this honour.

Rebecca, The Clothes Horse said...

Wowz! As if her life wasn't awesome enough already.

Cory K. said...

That's great to know. This is only one of her great accomplishments. Fantastic blog!
Check mine out at,
"http://fashionstheword.blogspot.com".
It's new.

hila said...

I met her once and she was so freaking intimidating! This sounds like another element that will add to the intimidation-factor.

Alya said...

who knew that being in the fashion industry could get you in the good graces of the Queen?

Well done, Anna!

Coco's Tea Party said...

It is very cool. I am DYING to know what she is going to wear!

Mary-Laure said...

She's BRITISH???
Hmmmm, that explains a lot...

Ray TETAUIRA said...

nice news !! so in five years, i guess roitfeld will win the same prize but in france !!

Winnie said...

Crazy stuff, great post!

María said...

This year they got it very fashion-y, didn't they?

Imelda Matt - The Despotic Queen of Shoes said...

I could have field day with this but it would be so trite!

Charlotte said...

"Officer of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire", (léase con acento British British), casi nada!

riz said...

I really love her honey colored bob. I saw an earlier Youtube video of her with a dark brown one, but I quite like this one. And HILA, do tell MORE!!

hila said...

my friend worked for Vogue and I met her through him (and was with him at New York Fashion week last year). That's about it really :) She is, of course, annoyingly and perfectly put-together.