Morley Safer Journeys to Planet Fashion for 60 Minutes

Last night, 60 Minutes aired its much-anticipated profile of Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour. It begins with abundant background: Morley Safer chats with Wintour (her face framed in ultra-tight camera shots), shows footage from the magazine’s offices (and The Devil Wears Prada), gets soundbites about Wintour from the likes of Andre Leon Talley, and delves into her upbringing as the daughter of “Chilly Charlie” Wintour, the editor of London’s Evening Standard. But about three quarters of the way through the segment, things change tone and Safer decides that having accompanied Wintour to the fall 2009 ready-to-wear shows, he has earned the right to mock the fashion industry and sartorially critique leading designers.