Why is Anna Wintour the most powerful figure in fashion?
This Is Why
Sky News
4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2026
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
As The Devil Wears Prada 2 opens in cinemas, the former editor-in-chief of Vogue Anna Wintour is back in the news – but who is she?
The sequel to the 2006 film is widely perceived to be based on Ms Wintour's formidable and abrasive management style.
However, the world of fashion and the magazines that follow it has changed a lot since then.
So, has she maintained her grip and influence on the multibillion-dollar industry?
Niall is joined by Paula Froelich, senior story producer and on-air contributor for NewsNation, to discuss her life and career.
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| 0:00.0 | Sky News, the full story first. |
| 0:11.0 | She's the queen of high fashion immortalised in the movie The Devil Wears Prada. |
| 0:15.6 | And as the sequel is released, Anna Wintour remains perhaps the most powerful person in the industry. |
| 0:21.5 | And this is why. |
| 0:30.1 | Notice a change in your hearing? We'll get a hearing checked from Specsavers. Oh, not sure where to start. Well, we're very flexible. Book one online, on the phone, on your lunch break, |
| 0:34.5 | on Saturdays, on the same day if you're lucky. Oh, you only miss the odd |
| 0:39.0 | word. But what if the odd words you're missing are nice ones like love you or important ones like |
| 0:44.7 | duck? Oh, too expensive is it? Hmm, all right, we like you. We'll do it for nothing. For free |
| 0:52.3 | hearing checks should have gone to spec savers. |
| 0:55.4 | In 1987, a newborn baby is abandoned in a remote spot. |
| 1:00.3 | Nobody goes down that lane. Why would you think anyone would have picked me up from there? |
| 1:04.2 | For decades, Jess has searched for answers. |
| 1:07.7 | Why didn't that person want me? |
| 1:09.1 | But as she gets closer to the truth, things spiral out of her |
| 1:12.6 | control. I think I'll always be angry. Could it have ended differently? From Tortoise |
| 1:17.4 | Investigates and the observer, this is foundling. Lies always come out, don't I? Skeletons are |
| 1:23.1 | always going to come out eventually. Hi everyone, Neil here. Today we're going to be out eventually. |
| 1:28.9 | Hi everyone, Neil here. |
| 1:31.0 | Today we're going to be talking clothes and why one woman undoubtedly influenced the stuff |
| 1:34.3 | you currently have hanging in your wardrobe. |
| 1:36.5 | In fact, you may well have seen a character in the movie |
| 1:38.9 | The Devil Wears Prada based entirely on her. |
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