FOUNDED in 1892, Vogue is known around the world as perhaps the biggest deal in fashion.
From cover stars to in-house writers, those who appear in the magazine typically establish themselves as elite.
Since 1988, Anna Wintour has served as the editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine.
Her career in fashion began at the age of 15, working for a boutique in London known as Biba.
She later was hired as an editorial assistant at Harper’s & Queens but quit after a few years to make the move to New York City.
Upon arriving in New York, Anna worked as a junior fashion editor for Harper’s Bazaar before joining the staff at Viva.
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She spent time as the fashion editor at Savvy before becoming the fashion editor at New York magazine.
In the early 1980s, Anna joined the staff at Vogue as the magazine’s first-ever creative director.
She was made editor of Vogue UK in 1985 before returning to New York once more to take over the United States’ edition of the magazine.
Her first American Vogue cover as editor-in-chief came out in November of 1988, with Michaela Bercu in a Christian Lacroix jacket complete with a bejeweled cross.
In 2014, supermodel Gigi Hadid recreated the Vogue cover in tribute to photographer Peter Lindbergh’s original image, wearing a black sweater with a similar jeweled pattern.
Born on November 3, 1949, Anna Wintour is a native of Hampstead, a neighborhood in London, England.
Her father, Charles, was the editor of the Evening Standard.
Anna attended the North London Collegiate School before entering the workforce as a teenager.
Throughout her life, Anna has dated a number of high-profile men.
She was first linked to Piers Paul Read – a British novelist – at the age of 15.
Anna and columnist Nigel Dempster carried out the end of her teenage years before she moved to America with journalist Jon Bradshaw.
From 1984 through 1999, Anna was married to psychiatrist David Shaffer.
Together, they share two children: Charlie and Katherine.
She was remarried in 2004 to multimillionaire Shelby Bryan, the two separating in 2020.
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Anna Wintour has an estimated net worth of around $50million.
The outlet reports her annual salary to be an estimated $4million.
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Anna has appeared across television and film in a number of cameos, including roles in The Magic Diner (2015), Zoolander 2 (2016), Ocean’s Eight (2018), and James and the Giant Peach (2020).
She is also the subject of the 2009 documentary film, The September Issue.
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