Working for Anna Wintour & How Vogue Really Picks Its Cover Stars (with Jill Demling)

Jill Demling started as Anna Wintour's assistant in 1998, around the same time as Lauren Weisberger, who went on to write The Devil Wears Prada. Anna promoted Jill to entertainment editor, and she spent the next 18 and a half years deciding who got the cover of Vogue. She reveals which cover Anna wouldn't let her forget, how Beyoncé got her first Vogue cover, and why Angelina Jolie raided Gwyneth Paltrow's rack.

Jill now hosts the Going Rogue podcast. Check it out on Apple:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-rogue/id18…
YouTube:
youtube.com/@UCifqLV2sQB7b9WufQimRyqw
And Spotify:
open.spotify.com/show/7CIDU8Gib1FRvscacNw4SR

CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
02:30 Anna's "next September" test
08:00 Egg sandwiches, voicemails & Burger Heaven milkshakes
12:45 Lauren Weisberger & the real Emily
18:30 What The Devil Wears Prada gets wrong
22:30 Why celebrities replaced models on covers
33:30 How Beyoncé landed her first Vogue cover
41:00 Photo approval & Beyoncé's no-interview cover

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