From Hillary Clinton to ‘Heroin Chic’: The Secrets of ’90s ‘Vogue’
Between Gen Z fashion trends and TV recap podcasts, ’90s nostalgia has never been higher. Now Hulu is cashing in on the trend with its six-part celebrity-filled docuseries In Vogue: The 90s, which premieres Sept. 13.
Featuring talking-head interviews with everyone from Sarah Jessica Parker and Naomi Campbell to Missy Elliott and Hillary Clinton, the series is a bright and breezy recap of “the decade that turned the fashion industry upside down.” It won’t be particularly groundbreaking for fashion aficionados who actually lived through the ’90s, but it’s an entertaining enough primer for those who wish they did.
The series begins with the woman who’s now synonymous with the magazine itself, “Warholian enigma” Anna Wintour, who left British Vogue to become the editor-in-chief of the American edition in 1988. Her mission was to revitalize the decades-old magazine with a fresh new energy, and she wasn’t afraid to ruffle feathers doing it. After refusing to take off her sunglasses for the documentary crew, Wintour recounts a funny story about deciding to put Madonna on the cover after chatting with a conservative gentleman who praised Vogue for being the sort of classy publication that would never showcase such a controversial pop star.