--- title: Anna Wintour Says Fashion Isn't Frivolous in Interview description: Find out what Anna Wintour said about critics who say fashion is frivolous. canonical: https://time.com/4759409/anna-wintour-critics-fashion-frivolous/ author: Samantha Cooney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-28T19:20:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:05:32.051Z og:title: Anna Wintour Dresses Down Critics Who Think Fashion Is Frivolous og:description: 'It’s annoying but it doesn’t stop any of us' og:url: https://time.com/4759409/anna-wintour-critics-fashion-frivolous/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbc739f1f2091905c/6988b99e97cdff74d36af6e7/anna-wintour-planned-parenthood-pin.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Valentino Pre-Fall 2017 Runway Show - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Anna Wintour Dresses Down Critics Who Think Fashion Is Frivolous twitter:description: 'It’s annoying but it doesn’t stop any of us' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbc739f1f2091905c/6988b99e97cdff74d36af6e7/anna-wintour-planned-parenthood-pin.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Anna Wintour Dresses Down Critics Who Think Fashion Is Frivolous  by [Samantha Cooney](/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Apr 28, 2017 7:20 PM CUT  NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 11: Anna Wintour wears a zebra fur jacket outside the Valentino Pre-Fall 2017 Fashion Show at Beekman Hotel on January 11, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Melodie Jeng/WireImage) NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 11: Anna Wintour wears a zebra fur jacket outside the Valentino Pre-Fall 2017 Fashion Show at Beekman Hotel on January 11, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Melodie Jeng/WireImage)Melodie Jeng—WireImage  by [Samantha Cooney](/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Apr 28, 2017 7:20 PM CUT [Anna Wintour](http://motto.time.com/4666306/anna-wintour-planned-parenthood-nyfw/ "undefined") doesn’t have time for that archaic [stereotype](http://www.elle.com/fashion/personal-style/a12670/personal-essay-on-style-by-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/ "undefined") that women can’t both be smart and love [fashion](http://motto.time.com/4194726/michael-kors-fashion-uniforms/ "undefined"). [Speaking](https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/people/anna-wintour-vogue-met-ball-future-of-fashion "undefined") with _Business of Fashion,_ the _Vogue_ editor-in-chief touched on an [interview](http://ew.com/tv/2016/12/24/tucker-carlson-lauren-duca-interview/ "undefined") in December where _Fox News_ host Tucker Carlson told Teen _Vogue_ writer Lauren Duca she should stick with writing about “thigh-high boots” instead of wading into politics. “There is unfortunately a world that still exists that dismisses fashion as being a little bit frivolous and \[assumes that\] the people who work in it are not so smart,” Wintour said. “There is still unfortunately a shrinking \[group\], and usually men, frankly, and old-fashioned men, that think that way and see us that way and you know, you can’t let it worry you. It’s annoying but it doesn’t stop any of us,” she added. Wintour also discussed Edward Enninful’s [appointment](http://motto.time.com/4733404/british-vogue-edward-enninful-editor-in-chief/ "undefined") as British _Vogue_‘s editor-in-chief. Enninful is only the second man to helm a major international edition of the magazine. “We are in a gender-fluid generation,” Wintour said. Read the full [interview](https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/people/anna-wintour-vogue-met-ball-future-of-fashion "undefined") at Business of Fashion. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4759409/anna-wintour-critics-fashion-frivolous/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4759409/anna-wintour-critics-fashion-frivolous/"},"headline":"Anna Wintour Dresses Down Critics Who Think Fashion Is Frivolous","datePublished":"2017-04-28T19:20:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:05:32.051Z","description":"'It’s annoying but it doesn’t stop any of us'","url":"https://time.com/4759409/anna-wintour-critics-fashion-frivolous/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbc739f1f2091905c/6988b99e97cdff74d36af6e7/anna-wintour-planned-parenthood-pin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Cooney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbc739f1f2091905c/6988b99e97cdff74d36af6e7/anna-wintour-planned-parenthood-pin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Valentino Pre-Fall 2017 Runway Show - Arrivals","caption":"Valentino Pre-Fall 2017 Runway Show - Arrivals","creditText":"Melodie Jeng—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4759409/anna-wintour-critics-fashion-frivolous/","name":"Anna Wintour Dresses Down Critics Who Think Fashion Is Frivolous"}}]}] ```