Known for her iconic 'pageboy haircut and chilly demeanour', Anna Wintour is one of the most iconic figures in the fashion industry to date. Born in London on the 3rd November 1949 to the editor of the Evening Standard newspaper, Charlie Wintour and philanthropist Elinor Wintour, Anna has become an international icon in her role has an Editor-in-Chief at Vogue magazine and now the Artistic director for Condé Nast (an international publishing company).
Her first step into the fashion world was working for the company Harpers & Queen in the fashion department. She then took up the role of Junior Editor at Harper's Bazaar in NYC around 1976. Still in her 20's, she left Harper's Bazzar a couple of years later to work for Savvy where she took on the same job role as Harper's. In 1981, Wintour took a job at New York Magazine. 5 years later, she was back in London, and took up the position of Chief Editor of Vogue magazine.
"I want Vogue to be pacy, sharp, and sexy, I'm not interested in the super-rich or infinitely leisured. I want our readers to be energetic, executive women, with money of their own and a wide range of interests,"
What I really found interesting when reading her biographies was that the film Devil Wears Prada was written by one of Anna's former assistants, Lauren Weisberger. The character played by Meryl Streep was demanding and cold, much like Wintour herself. Anna turned up to the premier of Devil Wears Prada head-to-toe in Prada which surely turned a few heads.
Even with her cold personality and harsh critiques, Anna has been at Vogue for over 20 years, and continues to keep the magazine as prestige as when it first started out.
Saskia x
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