The women of Vogue
Following 2009’s The September Issue, which chronicled editor Anna Wintour as she prepared the all-important fall tome, and 2011’s Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel, about the titular former editrix, comes In Vogue: The Editor’s Eye.
Basically, it’s a celebration of the women who created the iconic images of the glossy magazine, ever packed with pretty photos of pretty people wearing pretty things. Creative director Grace Coddington weighs in, as do Babs Simpson, Polly Mellen, Carlyne Cerf De Dudzeele and the rest.
For those who are more celebrityminded, Nicole Kidman, Sarah Jessica Parker and Lady Gaga make appearances. It’s Kidman who tidily sums up the allure of Vogue’s fashion spreads. “They give us access to another world,” she says. “They give us access to dreams.”
While the anecdotes are amusing and the life of the 120-year-old mag is a carefully illustrated social history, those in the age of The Devil Wears Prada might crave the horror stories of working with those editors. In the final moments, photographer Annie Leibovitz assembles the eight fashion editors in front of the camera for a shot bathed in black. It’s austere, mysterious, stark and slimming. Though you can’t help but wish a little more light were shed on their personal lives. (HBO Canada — 9 p.m.)
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Guelph, Ont., native Neve Campbell visits Seattle Grace in tonight’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy, playing Derek’s sister Liz. (ABC, CTV — 10 p.m.)
Scandal heats up as Olivia returns to work at the White House amid a national tragedy. (Citytv — 8 p.m., ABC — 11 p.m.)