Ludmilla Wintour – Chapter 1

I couldn’t sleep on Saturday night so, as I was lying in my bed staring at the ceiling, I came up with the idea of a character, specifically Anna Wintour’s sister. So I started thinking about her personality, her style, her physical appearance and her history. Sunday at 5 am Ludmilla Wintour was born.

Ludmilla was born on Nov 3rd in 1949, just like her sister Anna. Identical twins, linked by the same passion for fashion, since they were little always had a clear mind as to what do once grownups : Vogue America’s editor.

Always dressed alike, full on bangs and bob, they wouldn’t play with dolls just like any other girl their age, they set up castings for all of their toys, including stuffed animals, and they created they neighbor magazine on which they commented on everyone’s outfits, criticizing each and everyone.

Their parents let them do whatever they wanted, they neither went along with their wishes or stand in the way of their dreams, they stood aside, thinking that, sooner or later they would stop thinking about such frivolous stuff and would go ahead and take up Medicine or Law.

As time went by, the passion got greater. At highschool hey convinced the headmaster to create a fashion page inside the school journal, their articles were much appreciated by both students and teachers and their outfits were a continous source of inspiration for all of their mates.

Nothing seemed to be stopping the bright future of the twins who thought they were a step from the making of their dream.

Once out of high-school though the duo split. While Anna gets to be Vogue’s editor-in-chief, Ludmilla, taken over by her sister, becomes the director of Gevou, a french fashion magazine.

Once tight-knit by a mutual passion, now worst enemies separated just by their biggest dream.

As you may have noted, the two do not get along, they hate each other so much that they decided to live in two different continent. Ludmilla lives in Paris, with her cat named Pigro (Lazy) while Anna lives in New York, in a penthouse in a stunning skyscraper. They neither ever call each other or send Xmas postcards. At their parents’ funeral, they even showed up at different times in fear of running into each other. Well, they really abhor each other!

How come noone knew about Ludmilla? why didn’t she manage to become Vogue’s editor? Why is her cat’s name Pigro? We’ll find out in the next update…

I loro genitori le lasciavano fare, non assecondavano né ostacolavano i sogni delle loro figlie, stavano in disparte pensando che prima o poi avrebbero smesso di pensare a cose così frivole e si sarebbero iscritte a Medicina o a Giurisprudenza.

Finito il liceo però le strade delle due sorelle si dividono. Mentre Anna riesce a diventare la editor-in-chief di Vogue, Ludmilla, spodestata dalla sorella, diventa la direttrice di Gevou, un fashion magazine francese.

Prima sorelle affiatate unite da una passione comune, oggi acerrime nemiche divise proprio dal loro più grande sogno.

Come avrete già capito fra le due non scorre buon sangue, si odiano talmente tanto da aver deciso di vivere in due continenti diversi.  Ludmilla infatti vive a Parigi assieme al suo gatto Pigro mentre Anna vive a New York in un attico all’ultimo piano di un bellissimo grattacielo. Non si telefonano mai né si fanno gli auguri a Natale. Addirittura al funerale dei loro genitori hanno partecipato alla funzione in tempi diversi per paura di doversi incontrare. Insomma, si detestano proprio!