Celebrate the DVD Release of the September Issue with Grace and André!
The surprisingly hilarious fashion documentary, The September Issue, chronicling the making of the September 2007 issue of Vogue—the largest issue in that magazine’s history—just released on DVD on Tuesday! I don’t know about you, but I cannot wait to watch Grace and Anna duel it out over and over again on DVD. Of course, I already know youritlist’s Joseph agrees with me.
Even better is that according to the NYTimes Style Magazine, the DVD contains: “90 minutes of extra footage, including a side-splitting cover-line meeting; Anna Wintour admonishing Olivier Theyskens, then at the helm of Nina Ricci, for rescheduling one of his shows (“You’ll never do that again,” Wintour proclaims); and plenty of gems from the film’s accidental breakout vedette, Grace Coddington.”
And the best news of all is that this Thursday, Feb. 25th, NYC-dwellers will get a chance to see meet some of the stars of the film! In a special discussion moderated by Vogue Contributing Editor William Norwich, director R.J. Cutler will be joined by Vogue‘s Creative Director Grace Coddington and Vogue‘s Editor-at-Large André Leon Talley at the Union Square Barnes & Noble in Manhattan (33 East 17th Street at Union Square) at 7pm. The event is free but you best get there early to get seats! The editors will be signing the special Barnes and Noble exclusive 3-disc DVD edition of The September Issue, which includes the never-before-seen “The Met Ball” mini-documentary.
If you can’t make it to the signing this Thursday (why not?) be sure to check out R.J. Cutler’s informative and entertaining Huffington Post blog, “What I Learned From Anna Wintour”, in which he shares valuable lessons gleaned from the fashion maven while filming the documentary.
Grace Coddington, may I please take you to lunch?
I realize that I am a bit very late to the party. I finally saw The September Issue this weekend. Anna would never stand for me seeing it so late.
See...she's mad at me.
I went fully expecting to gaze amazed at the cold, quick, and decisive Ms. Wintour, which of course I did. More than that though, I came away with a new found, no, a deeper appreciation for Grace Coddington. This was the moment in the film that sealed the deal for me. (please pardon the poor quality of this YouTube video).
She says “I think I got left behind somewhere because I’m, you know, still a romantic. You have to go charging ahead; you can’t stay behind.” Her words fall like poetry on the gardens of Versailles.
I stayed away from reading too much about the documentary before seeing it, but I’ve delved into criticisms and articles since. I see now that plenty of people thought that Grace owned the film. Some places even say Anna agrees. They certainly both received equal coverage, but Grace was a surprising lead. One question though: where was Andre? No doubt playing tennis…
Thanks heavens for Grace. I’ve not owned one of those page-a-day calendars since I was in middle school, but I think that I might like to have one comprised of the wit and whim of Grace. Or perhaps she’d just let me take her to lunch. Also, she likes cats … what’s not to love?
