Anna Wintour
Anna Wintour
Anna Wintour, OBEis a British-American journalist and editor. She has been editor-in-chief of Vogue since 1988. In 2013, she became artistic director for Condé Nast, Vogue's publisher. With her trademark pageboy bob haircut and dark sunglasses, Wintour has become an important figure in much of the fashion world, widely praised for her eye for fashion trends and her support for younger designers. Her reportedly aloof and demanding personality has earned her the nickname "Nuclear Wintour"...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionFashion Designer
Date of Birth3 November 1949
CityLondon, England
The notion that a contemporary woman must look mannish in order to be taken seriously as a seeker of power is frankly dismaying. This is America, not Saudi Arabia.
Create your own individual style. I'm not interested in the girl who walks into my office in a HEAD-to-TOE LABEL look that's straight off the runway. I'm interested in a Girl who puts herself together in an ORIGINAL INDEPENDENT Way
One wants to be surprised.
I’ve never taken a selfie and I don’t plan to start now,
When I hear a company is being run by a team, my heart sinks, because you need to have that leader with a vision and heart that can move things forward.
I worked for Harper’s Bazaar. They fired me. I recommend that you all get fired; it’s a great learning experience.
I don't think of myself as a powerful person,
There's a new kind of woman out there…She doesn't have time to shop anymore. She wants to know what and why and where and how.
People constantly make the mistake of comparing London with New York, Milan and Paris and that's not what it's about. London has its own fashion identity. You come here to find the next Alexander McQueen or John Galliano.
Some people have the Bible. I have Vogue.
I surround myself with a talented group of people that are opinionated and interesting. I try to remain very open to what others have to say.
Fashion is not beautiful, neither is it ugly. Why should it be either? Fashion is fashion.
To be in Vogue has to mean something
I don't really follow market research. In the end, I respond to my own instincts.