The internet is going crazy over the latest cover of Vogue, and the magazine's editor, Anna Wintour, is speaking out on the decision to feature Kim Kardashian and Kanye West on its front page.
Back in October, Kanye West expressed to Ryan Seacrest that he felt Vogue had intentionally left his wife-to-be off of its front cover.
"There's no way Kim Kardashian shouldn't be on the cover of Vogue," West said during an interview. "She's like the most intriguing woman right now. She's got Barbara Walters calling her like every day."
Wintour decided to chime in on the issue in her editor's letter. Here's what she had to say:
"Part of the pleasure of editing Vogue, one that lies in a long tradition of this magazine, is being able to feature those who define the culture at any given moment, who stir things up, whose presence in the world shapes the way it looks and influences the way we see it. I think we can all agree on the fact that that role is currently being played by Kim and Kanye to a T. (Or perhaps that should be to a K?)
As for the cover, my opinion is that it is both charming and touching, and it was, I should add, entirely our idea to do it; you may have read that Kanye begged me to put his fiancée on Vogue's cover. He did nothing of the sort. The gossip might make better reading, but the simple fact of the matter is that it isn't true.
There's barely a strand of the modern media that the Kardashian Wests haven't been able to master, and for good reason: Kanye is an amazing performer and cultural provocateur, while Kim, through her strength of character, has created a place for herself in the glare of the world's spotlight, and it takes real guts to do that."
-Anna Wintour
The April issue of Vogue will be on stands starting March 31.
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