“And I keep wanting to ask, but why is she famous?”

RUMOURS have been circulating for a while that Kanye West had been ‘begging’ Anna Wintour to put his fiancée, Kim Kardashian, on the cover of American Vogue.

Wintour had done her best to appease him, lifting her reported ban on members of the Kardashian clan from attending the Met Ball. I’m willing to bet that she instantly regretted that decision when Kim arrived dressed in a ’70s style carpet. Perhaps that photo, which appeared on Vogue.com’s Best Dressed List afterwards, Kanye smiling broadly at the camera, Kim cropped out so all you can see is one, well upholstered hand, was Wintour’s revenge?

It seemed impossible that Anna would ever capitulate, and so I, like most other people with even a passing interest in fashion, presumed that the chances of Kim getting the cover were slim. The recently released images for April’s cover, Kim in a cream Lanvin gown, Kanye’s arms wrapped around her lovingly, have proved us wrong. The reaction has been almost hysterical, with outraged threats to cancel subscriptions flooding social media.