On Tuesday night Kanye West arranged to have Anna Wintour seated alongside Kim Kardashian at his concert in New York. He has been hoping to convince Wintour to put Kim on the cover, preferably in her wedding gown. You may remember that Kanye proclaimed Kim is worthy of a cover since she is “more relevant to fashion” than Michelle Obama, who has graced the magazine’s cover twice. But there are a few problems standing his way. The first is that Anna Wintour abhors reality stars. Have you ever seen any of the Real Housewives on the cover? Notice no one from Surreal Life or Celebrity Rehab has been on the cover either? This is for good reason. She doesn’t want the magazine to become low rent. They feature the weddings of elite families with deep pockets of cash and fancy titles. Not the cast of Shahs of Sunset, the wait staff at SUR, or one of Bruce Jenner’s step-kids. The women who grace the pages of Vogue wear Oscar De La Renta, have degrees in art history, and sit on the boards of various charities. They don’t shove their milk jugs into mesh tops and have only their GED. They don’t sell their old clothes on eBay with the proceeds going to a church founded by their mom and they would never take a selfie in a white jazzercise leotard from behind displaying their spray tanned butt implants.
Remember when Vogue photoshopped Kim out of any MET Gala photos on their site this spring? Victoria Beckham is a successful clothing designer but she can’t get a cover because she was once a Spice Girl. So it is a bit of a stretch of the imagination to consider a girl that is currently dry humping her boyfriend on a motorcycle in a rap video on the same pages that feature Hillary Clinton, the granddaughter of Estee Lauder, and British royalty.
Note the dark sunglasses on Wintour. My college minor in celebrity photography analysis tells me she is pinching Grace Coddington’s leg. She is side eyeing Kris Jenner. She is texting her assistant to summon the car service.
- Kate Casey
* Kate Casey is a Pop Culture Lover. PR Pro. Soon-to-be New mom again. Comedy nerd. Celebrity gossip fan. Follow her on Twitter