*Oprah Winfrey is British Vogue’s August 2018 cover star; slaying in a custom gown from Stella McCartney.
Famed fashion photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot shot the cover and accompanying photos, while Winfrey was styled by the magazine’s relatively new editor-in-chief, Edward Enninful.
In the accompanying interview, Queen O explains why running for president would “kill” her and the positive changes she’s seen as a result of the Me Too movement.
“In that political structure ― all the non-truths, the bulls–t, the crap, the nastiness, the backhanded backroom stuff that goes on ― I feel like I could not exist,” Winfrey told British Vogue. “I would not be able to do it. It’s not a clean business. It would kill me.”
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When it comes to the Me Too and Time’s Up movements, Winfrey feels that change is imminent.
“People talk about ‘these are such dark times,’ but what if we shift the paradigm? Because I see it differently,” Winfrey said. “I see, ‘Isn’t this remarkable that we’re waking up?’ For years, women have endured craziness. This is what’s happening to people. They’re allowing themselves to not just become corroded, but to become hysterical. You’ve got to lean to the happiness.”
When you practice what you preach and the laws of nature bend in acknowledgement. This is Kindness. This is Generosity. This is Love. This is Black. This is Woman. This is Kosciusko, Mississippi. This is 64 Years Powerful. This is Everything. This is @Oprah Gail Winfrey. Superb! pic.twitter.com/QOdpxF3PEW
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) July 2, 2018
Oprah also shares how she almost committed a major faux pas at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s nuptials by wearing a cream gown.
“[I saw the Stella McCartney gown and it] looked white, not cream,” Winfrey told the magazine. “I Googled, ‘Can you wear white to a wedding?’ Answer: ‘No, don’t risk it.’”
She also describes the wedding as “a shift in culture.”
“It felt like another level of everything. It felt like more than a wedding,” Winfrey told “Extra” last month. “It felt like a shift in culture. I left more hopeful.”
To read the rest of Oprah’s interview, head to British Vogue or pick up a copy of the magazine when it hits newsstands July 6.
