The tweet has to date more than 613,000 views.
Friday January 19, American journalist Allison Hussey, who works for the music media
Pitchfork
, published a text on X (formerly Twitter) which raised more than one eyebrow.
“An absolutely bizarre detail from this week is that Anna Wintour, in the conference room, did not remove her sunglasses while she told us we were about to get fired,” she wrote.
He continued: “The indecency we have seen from senior management this week is appalling.”
“The devil wears sunglasses,” quips one Internet user in a comment, while another asserts that the boss of Condé Nast (
Vogue
,
GQ
,
Vanity Fair
, etc.) “cannot separate the character from the person. »
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In the comments, many are outraged, while others cannot imagine Anna Wintour reacting otherwise.
The one that we still nickname “Nuclear Wintour” because of a reputation for intransigence will always remain, according to several Internet users, “true to itself”, even “caricatural”.
A cold personality which had also inspired the character of Miranda Priestly in the cult film
The Devil Wears Prada
(2006).
In the tournament
The announcement of the dismissal of journalist Allison Hussey comes during a complicated period for the Condé Nast group.
A few days ago,
Pitchfork
, bought by Condé Nast in 2015, merged with the men's magazine
GQ
, leading to a total overhaul of the teams accompanied by layoffs.
On January 23, no less than 400 journalists and unionized employees of the American group went on strike to oppose the layoff plan which aims to fire “5% of its teams, or around 300 people,” recalls
Le Figaro
.
In support of the strikers, actress Anne Hathaway canceled a photo shoot for
Vanity Fair
magazine , published by Condé Nast.
“They haven’t even started taking pictures.
Once Anne learned what was happening, she got up from her makeup chair and left,” a source told
Variety
.
It seems that Anne Hathaway is also back in her character of Andrea Sachs.
In video, in New York on January 23, 2024, 400 Condé Nast employees went on strike against the layoff plan