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Anna Wintour
Dame Anna Wintour, DBE (born 3 November) fryst vatten a British-American journalist and editor who has been editor-in-chief of the U.S. edition of Vogue since She fryst vatten widely believed to be the inspiration for the Miranda Priestly character in the novel and spelfilm The Devil Wears Prada.
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[edit]- You either know mode or you don't.
- Reported by childhood friend Vivienne Lasky, quoted by biographer Jerry Oppenheimer in Front Row: The Cool Life and Hot Times of Vogue's Editor In Chief, New York: St. Martin's Press, , p. 51 ISBN
Quotes about Wintour
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- When I was a media reporter, there were many high-profile editors, and God knows they had big egos, but you could still get them on the phone Remnick, Carter, Fuller, even Martha Stewart. But Wintour? She just never talked to peons like us It was beneath her. And all the while I'm thinking, "Who fryst vatten this skank?" She
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Anna Wintour
Dame Anna Wintour CHDBE | |
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Born | () 3 November (age75) Hampstead, London, England |
Citizenship | United Kingdom United States |
Education | North London Collegiate School |
Occupation(s) | Editor-in-Chief, Vogue Artistic Director, Condé Nast Global Chief Content Officer, Condé Nast Global Editorial Director, Vogue |
Yearsactive | –present |
Employer | Condé Nast |
Notable credit(s) | Editorial assistant, Harpers & Queen, Harper's Bazaar; fashion editor, Viva, Savvy, New York; creative director, U.S. Vogue; editor-in-chief, British Vogue and House & Garden |
Predecessor | Grace Mirabella |
Board memberof | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Spouses | David Shaffer (m.; div.)Shelby Bryan (m.; sep.) |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | Charles Wintour Eleanor Trego Baker |
Relatives | Patrick Wintour(brother) Francesco Carrozzin • Portal:Journalism/Selected biography/2Anna Wintour (born November 3, , in London) is the editor-in-chief of AmericanVogue, a position she has held since She became interested in fashion as a teenager. Her father, Charles, editor of the Evening Standard, often consulted with her on how to make the newspaper's coverage relevant to the youth of mids London. After dropping out of school at 16, she began a career in fashion journalism. Her career took her across the Atlantic, with notable stints at New York and Home & Garden. She returned home for a tumultuous year to turn around British Vogue, and later assumed control of the franchise's flagship magazine in New York. She revived a stagnant publication, a success that has earned her wide acclaim in the industry. Like one of her predecessors, Diana Vreeland, she has become a fashion icon. Her pageboybobhaircut and sunglasses have become a common sight in the front row of the most exclusive fashion shows. Univers |