Robin Givhan in The Washington Post:
Wintour is the longtime editor in chief of Vogue and the chief content officer for the publishing behemoth Condé Nast, whose stable of magazines includes Bon Appetit, Teen Vogue and New Yorker. She is the mastermind behind the Met Gala, which lit up the pop culture cosmos earlier this month. In many respects, Wintour, at 75, remains the most recognizable face of the fashion establishment. But fashion, at the level where Wintour has long served as gatekeeper, and with its subjective assessment of aesthetics, has struggled more than most industries with diversity and inclusivity, from the pages of its magazines to its corporate boardrooms. And despite moments of intense focus on racial justice, big changes have often been superficial and real change has been slow.
Five years ago, during the powerful sweep of the Black Lives Matter movement, editors, designers, stylists and others within the fashion industry were emboldened to confront the powers-that-be with a list of outrages that included pay inequity and assertions that they were actively disrespected in their workplace.
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