The Wintour Effect.

I discovered this recent collection of videos documenting and interviewing the infamous Anna Wintour, Editor in Chief of U.S. Vogue. I am completely fascinated. This first video gives an unbelievable insight into life at Vogue, the offices and corridors almost exactly the same as how they were depicted in 'The Devil Wears Prada'. 

Here designers Donatella Versace, Ralph Lauren, Miuccia Prada, and Domenaco Dolce & Stefano Gabbana, praise Anna to high heavens. Unsurprising really since Anna can make or break designers and their collections each season.

"The Vogue closet. This is where the magic happens." Every season, the closet is cleared of stock and replaced with the new season's trends. 

Watch more videos to hear Wintour's unapologetic opinion on fur, obesity, Oprah, and supporting new talent. 

Waist Down.

Miuccia Prada's latest project, 'Prada Transformer' is an outstanding structure designed to accomodate a series of events in Seoul, South Korea. The tetrahedron has four different configurations, which can simply be switched by rotating the structure with construction cranes.  The 'Transformer' is designed so floors can become walls and walls become ceilings in just one hour.

Currently in the form of a hexagon, it is hosting a reprise exhibition 'Waist Down - Skirts by Miuccia Prada.' 

"Being eccentric from top-to-toe is too much, but you can do eccentric with a skirt. Put a simple shirt or top with an eccentric skirt and it isn't a big deal. There is so much more room tp play with." - Miuccia Prada

With cardboard cut-out models lining the transformer's skeletal interior, skirt clad mannequins dotted around, and individual pieces suspended from the ceilings - Miuccia's eclectic exhibition is a graceful compliment to the sweeping mechanics of the Prada pavilion.