Graydon Carter, 76, published a memoir in March and has been undertaking extensive promotional interviews. He divides his time between southern France, Manhattan, and Connecticut, often summering in New York when others leave the city. He arrived 20 minutes late to a scheduled video interview because his wife was finishing cutting his hair; Bette Midler is a neighbor in Greenwich Village. Carter left university before graduating and moved from Ottawa to New York in 1978 to work at Time, then Life. He founded Spy, revived The New York Observer, and led Vanity Fair for 25 years, elevating it to global influence.
Sorry, my wife was finishing cutting my hair, he explains from his apartment in Greenwich Village, New York, where actress Bette Midler is his neighbor. You're the first person to see me with my new cut, he adds, showing his signature white hair. Carter has been living in southern France since leaving his post at Vanity Fair in 2017, but he enjoys spending part of the summer between his Manhattan apartment and his home in Connecticut.
He left university before graduating and, in 1978, moved from Ottawa to New York to work at Time magazine. Writing for one of the world's most prestigious publications wasn't enough for him, and five years later he moved to Life, another sacred temple of journalism. But that, too, failed to meet his expectations, and he eventually founded his own magazine, Spy, a satirical monthly covering the lives of New York high society during the Reagan era.
Spy was an instant success, but Carter left it after a few years to revive The New York Observer. Another success. From there, he went on to lead Vanity Fair, one of the two crown jewels of the Conde Nast publishing group (the other being Vogue). During his 25 years at the helm, he elevated the magazine to the status of a global arbiter of style and trends, a beacon of
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