What does Anna want next?

From celeb-filled fundraisers in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village to state dinners at the White House, rumours of political aspirations for the Vogue editrix are flying around town.

ONE EVENING in March, during the last Paris Prêt-à-Porter Fashion Week, 11 promising American designers sipped champagne at 41 Rue du Faubourg St-Honoré, the residence of the US ambassador to France.

The young designers had come to Paris to participate in a showroom — a trip underwritten by US sportswear mogul Tommy Hilfiger — and to present their collections to the international retailers and editors who regularly assemble in the world’s fashion capital to plot what we all will wear.