This definitive biography of Anna Wintour follows the steep climb of an ambitious young woman who would?with singular and legendary focus?become one of the most powerful people in media.As a child, Anna Wintour was a tomboy with no apparent interest in clothing but, seduced by the miniskirts and bob haircuts of swinging 1960s London, she grew into a fashion-obsessed teenager. Her father, an influential newspaper editor, loomed large in her life, and once he decided she should become editor-in-chief of Vogue, she never looked back. Impatient to start her career, she left high school and got a job at a trendy boutique in London?an experience that would be the first of many defeats. Undeterred, she found work in the competitive world of magazines, eventually embarking on a journey to New York and a battle to ascend, no matter who or what stood in her way. Once she was crowned editor-in-chief of Vogue?in one of the stormiest transitions in fashion magazine history?she continued the fight
Author : Amy Odell
Pages : pages
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Language : eng
ISBN-10 : 1982122633
ISBN-13 : 9781982122638