Anna Wintour. The devil wears Prada

At the age of ten, she wrote in a school questionnaire that she would definitely become the main one. Vogue editor... Many years later, she had the opportunity to interview the editor-in-chief of American Vogue, Grace Mirabella. But this interview did not last long, or rather ended very quickly, with Anna's words about the fact that she would like to get a job from Grace.

She was born on November 3, 1949 in London. Her father Charles Wintour was the editor of The Evening Standard. With Anna's mother, Eleanor Baker, the daughter of a law professor at Harvard University, he soon divorced. And he married Audrey Slater, editor and journalist, founder of several youth magazines. Anna has three brothers and sisters. At school, she often rebelled against the strict school uniform, and at home she gladly gave advice to her father on the headings in the newspaper that he created for young people.

At the age of 14, Anna will make a bob haircut, which will become her trademark for many years. At the age of 15, he will get a job as a salesman in a BIBA store. And at 16 he will decide not to go to college, but to do fashion journalism. However, the parents were clearly in shock, and at their insistence, Anna is taking a preparatory course at the Harrods department store. But soon she completely abandons the idea of ​​learning, stating that "you either know fashion or you don't."

After Anna left school, she worked for a while in the magazine of her boyfriend Richard Neville. Then to Harpers & Queen. She was hired in 1970 as an assistant in the fashion department, and this is where Anna Wintour's career in the field of fashion journalism begins.

Anna Wintour - The Devil Wears Prada
Have you guessed who we are talking about? Who is Anna Wintour? Yes, yes, this is the same Anna "nuclear winter" (play on words by consonance: Wintour (Wintour) - winter (winter)). This is the nickname her subordinates will give her for her tough and strict leadership style. It was from her, from Anna Wintour, that the image of the main character of the novel "The Devil Wears Prada" was written. This novel was written by her former personal assistant Lauren Weisberger in 2003 based on her personal experience with Anna. Yes, yes, this is the same Anna Wintour - the editor-in-chief of the American Vogue magazine for more than 20 years, since 1988. This is the same Anna, who only needs to notice some designer, photographer or model and they may well soon wake up famous.

But back then, in the 1970s, Vogue was still a long way off. In 1973, Anna was appointed deputy editor-in-chief of Harpers & Queen, of which Min Hogg would soon become editor-in-chief. Contradictions begin between Min and Anna, the struggle for the chair of the editor-in-chief. As a result, Anna left Harpers & Queen magazine and moved to New York with her boyfriend, a freelance journalist, John Bradshaw. Where in 1975 he became a junior fashion editor at Harper's Bazaar. Anna Wintour remained herself, she was stubborn, defended her ideas and did not work in this magazine for 10 months. But soon, with the help of John Bradshaw, she got the position of editor-in-chief of Viva magazine. A magazine that was positioned as a magazine for adult women. It was in the Viva magazine that Anna got her first personal assistant, and she immediately earned the fame of a demanding leader.

In 1978, Viva magazine was closed as a very unprofitable project. And Anna drops out of the fashion industry for two years. At this time, she meets with French producer Michel Esteban. He lives in New York, then in Paris. By the way, years earlier, she was credited with an affair with Bob Marley. Anna has never been deprived of the attention of men.

But she soon returned to work, taking the position of editor-in-chief of Savvy magazine. It is here that Anna will begin to implement the concept of a magazine not for housewives, but for independent women, women who have money and who are making a career. She would later apply this concept to Vogue.Anna then worked as a fashion editor for New York magazine, whose editor Edward Cosner relaxed many of the strict rules for her. magazine, allowing her to bring to life exactly her, Anna's, ideas. And he made the right decision. Anna Wintour's work for New York magazine has been very successful.

And in 1983, Anna was offered the position of creative director of American Vogue. She, of course, agrees, but on condition of doubling her salary and complete freedom of action. And her demands were accepted. But with Grace Mirabella, editor-in-chief of American Vogue, the wayward Wintour could not find a common language. As a result, not wanting to give up Grace Mirabella, who worked as an editor for 17 years, Anna is appointed editor-in-chief of Vogue Britain. Anna leaves for London.

It was at this time that Anna Wintour began dating her old friend, child psychiatrist David Shaffer, whom she married in 1984. Soon they had a son, Charles, then a daughter, Catherine. But their marriage did not last long.

And in 1988, Anna's dream came true, she became the editor-in-chief of the American Vogue magazine, which she heads to this day.