--- 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Anna Wintour Dresses Down Critics Who Think Fashion Is Frivolous > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Melodie Jeng/WireImage) Melodie Jeng—WireImage  by [Samantha Cooney](https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Apr 28, 2017 7:20 PM UTC [Anna Wintour](http://motto.time.com/4666306/anna-wintour-planned-parenthood-nyfw/) doesn’t have time for that archaic [stereotype](http://www.elle.com/fashion/personal-style/a12670/personal-essay-on-style-by-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) that women can’t both be smart and love [fashion](http://motto.time.com/4194726/michael-kors-fashion-uniforms/). [Speaking](https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/people/anna-wintour-vogue-met-ball-future-of-fashion) 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/) 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/) 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. 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