Audrey Slaughter, a magazine editor who founded publications such as Honey and Petticoat, is her stepmother. Wintour was named after her maternal grandmother, Anna Baker (née Gilkyson), a merchant's daughter from Pennsylvania. Her parents were married in 1940 and divorced in 1979. Early life and family Īnna Wintour was born in Hampstead, London, to Charles Wintour (1917–1999), editor of the Evening Standard, and Eleanor "Nonie" Trego Baker (1917–1995), an American, the daughter of a Harvard Law School professor. In 2009, Wintour was the focus of a documentary film, R. Animal rights activists have attacked her for promoting fur, while other critics have charged her with using the magazine to promote elitist views of femininity and beauty.Ī former personal assistant, Lauren Weisberger, wrote the 2003 bestselling roman à clef The Devil Wears Prada, later made into a successful 2006 film starring Meryl Streep as Miranda Priestly, a fashion editor, believed to be based on Wintour. Her use of the magazine to shape the fashion industry has been the subject of debate within it. A year later, she assumed control of the franchise's magazine in New York, reviving what many saw as a stagnating publication. She returned to London and was the editor of British Vogue between 19. Later, she moved to the US, with stints at New York and House & Garden. Her career in fashion journalism began at two British magazines. She became interested in fashion as a teenager.
Her father, Charles Wintour, Editor of the London Evening Standard (1959–1976), consulted with her on how to make the newspaper relevant to the youth of the era. Her reportedly aloof and demanding personality has earned her the nickname "Nuclear Wintour". With her trademark pageboy bob haircut and dark sunglasses, Wintour has become an important figure in much of the fashion world, praised for her eye for emerging fashion trends. Dame Anna Wintour DBE ( / ˈ w ɪ n t ər/ born 3 November 1949 ) is a British journalist based in New York City who has served as editor-in-chief of Vogue since 1988 and Global Chief Content Officer for Condé Nast since 2020 she is also the artistic director of Condé Nast and the Global Editorial Director of Vogue.
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