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So last night, I crawl into bed and realize I'm not tired, and I notice a few weeks old Spring Fashion New York Magazine next to my bed. I flip through and stop at a one-page interview of the fashion director of Vogue Nippon, Anna Dello Russo. I read the interview and was thoroughly disappointed. This lady runs a high fashion magazine, yet I feel she doesn't know how to put an outfit together. She says a few things I'm completely blown away by and 100% agree with, but other times I'm left dumbfounded- and not in a good way. So, in conclusion, I still have mixed feelings about her. Here, a breakdown in case you missed it.

Things I Was Blown Away By-

• "I don't want to be cool! I want to be fashion." This is basically my motto.
  
• How many pairs (of shoes)? Hundreds? "Noooo. Thousands." She loves shoes, as every woman should unless there's something wrong with their head.
  
• "I buy mostly all my collection from the stores." She obviously has a passion for her expensive designer clothes- such a passion that she has to buy them, not borrow them, which is what I would do if I were her and had the money.
• How many times a day do you change during Fashion Week? "Two or three." Once, again, she's in love with fashion. That's good.

Things I Was Dumbfounded By (And Not In A Good Way)-

• "I remember going to school with my collection of Fendi bags...I was, I think, 12." Oh, that's nice, you were born rich, too. I mean it's not a big deal at all to have a Fendi collection when you're 12, right? No, not at all.
  
• What do you wear on the weekends? "I wear fleece from Abercrombie." She's an Aberzombie, too?! The editor of a high fashion magazine should know better. It's obnoxious, overpriced, and worst of all- generic. I guarantee you Anna Wintour would never be caught dead in this appalling label.
• You still like to dress in complete looks- but from the runway. "I always do that." Okay, so she's into the runway, as she should be, because she is a fashion director, but this leaves me wondering. Does she actually have her own sense of style? Can she actually put a look together that wasn't created by someone else? Also, if you're going to wear a complete look from the runway, at least make it worthwhile. Why spend thousands of dollars on one look that isn't even that fabulous? For example, below, when she wore a simple, basic Lanvin cocktail dress. Give 100% Anna! Why half-ass it?

Meh.

First photo, second photo.