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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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