with Anna Wintour on Jan 7, 2002
with Anna Wintour on Aug 25, 1998
with Anna Wintour on Sep 7, 1995
Anna Wintour has been Editor in Chief of Vogue since 1988.
Ms. Wintour joined Condé Nast in 1983 as Creative Director of Vogue and in 1986 she returned to her native England to become Editor in Chief of British Vogue. She was Editor in Chief of HG from September 1987 until July 1988, when she rejoined Vogue in her present position.
Ms. Wintour began her career in 1970 in the fashion department of Harpers & Queen magazine in London. In 1976 she moved to New York and joined Harper’s Bazaar as a fashion editor. Next, she joined New York in 1981 as senior editor and in that capacity produced the magazine’s fashion, style, and living coverage.
During her tenure at Vogue, Ms. Wintour has been actively involved in fund-raising, particularly for AIDS research and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 1990, Ms. Wintour played a strategic role in developing the fashion industry’s AIDS charity program, the CFDA/Vogue Initiative, through which she has helped raise more than $16 million, chiefly through the highly renowned 7th On Sale program.
From 1995 to the present, Ms. Wintour has co-chaired ten fund-raising galas for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, which together have raised more than $39.1 million. In recognition of her work on its behalf, the museum named Ms. Wintour honorary trustee in 1998.
In 2003, Ms. Wintour spearheaded the establishment of the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund, an unprecedented initiative and award designed to aid emerging American fashion designers struggling to build successful businesses. The Fashion Fund Award has not only evolved to become a prestigious achievement in a young designer’s career, it has also inspired European fashion industries to begin similar programs.
Ms. Wintour has been the recipient of many awards for her leadership and philanthropic efforts, most notably the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Lifetime Achievement Award and the Award of Courage for AIDS Research from the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amFAR).
In addition to editing Vogue, Ms. Wintour executed the development and successful launches of Teen Vogue (2001) and Men’s Vogue (2005). Ms. Wintour serves as Editorial Director for both titles.
