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, she played a strategic role in developing the fashion industry's AIDS
charity, 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 eleven fund-raising galas, which together have raised more
than $40 million, for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute. In recognition of her work in 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. Since
its inception, the Fashion Fund has awarded close to $2 million to some of America's most promising and up-andcoming
fashion talent.
In September 2009, in response to the devastating consequences of the 2008 economic downturn, Ms. Wintour
developed Fashion's Night Out, a global-initiative public-service program designed to promote the retail industry,
restore consumer confidence, and celebrate fashion. In New York City alone, thanks to the thousands of people who
turned out to shop that evening, participating stores saw a 50 percent rise in traffic, and seven out of ten people
went home with something new.
Ms. Wintour has been the recipient of many awards for her leadership and philanthropic efforts, including 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 2008, for her service to British journalism and fashion
in the USA, Ms. Wintour was appointed to the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II. In October 2009,
President Obama appointed Ms. Wintour to the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities.
In addition to editing Vogue, Ms. Wintour executed the development and successful launch of TEEN VOGUE in 2001
and serves as Editorial Director for the title.
 |
 Amy Astley is the editor-in-chief of TEEN VOGUE. She was chosen to edit TEEN VOGUE magazine in June 2002 by Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of VOGUE magazine... |
 |
 Business Week Magazine named Lauren Berger number 5 on their annual list of Young Entrepreneurs 25 Under 25... |
 |
 Alexis Bittar launched his eponymous jewelry collections in the early '90s; but the Brooklyn native's artistic flair was evident long before then... |
 |
 Tavi Gevinson is a 14 year-old writer and blogger for her fashion blog, Style Rookie, and her blog for Pop magazine, tavi.thepop.com... |
 |
 As brand president of Keds®, Kristin Burrows is the driving force behind the refining and expansion of this iconic brand... |
 |
 Richard Chai, a New York native, began his career in fashion at an early age with a prestigious internship at Geoffrey Beene as an undergraduate at Parsons School of Design... |
 |
 Lisa Curran practically grew up on the beach, living in swimsuits. A fashion enthusiast from the very beginning of her beach town upbringing, Curran fondly remembers prancing around in her first swimsuit... |
 |
 Erica Domesek is a distinguished DIY design and style expert, living and creating in New York City... |
 |
 Abbey Drucker's debut into the International Photography world started at age 16 when she placed first in the Children's division in The International Photographic Competition on the Environment organized by United Nations Environment Programme... |
 |
 Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, designer Erin Fetherston graduated from UC Berkeley before attending Parsons Paris to study fashion design... |
 |
 An artist that traverses many media, from painting to fashion and interior and industrial design, Giunta brings to Subversive Jewelry and Deviated by Justin Giunta an inventive sensibility... |
 |
 Prabal Gurung launched his first eponymous collection during New York Fashion Week in February 2009... |
 |
 Susan Hilferty has designed over 300 productions from Broadway to the Bay area- and internationally... |
 |
 Conor Kennedy is the Founder and President of Muse Model Management Inc. in New York City. Conor created Muse in 2007 after 12 years in the modeling industry... |
 |
 Daryl Kerrigan was born in Dublin in 1964 and studied Fashion Design at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, subsequently moving to New York in 1986... |
 |
 FENTON was created in 2006 by designer Dana Lorenz. After obtaining degrees as a painter from the University of Iowa and the School of the Art Institute, Dana entered the fashion industry... |
 |
 Jenna Lyons is currently the President and Executive Creative Director of J.Crew... |
 |
 Mai Quynh is a rising star in the beauty industry. She is part of new generation of influential makeup artists whose charismatic personality and raw talent have paved the way for success... |
 |
 Creative Director Colleen McCann brings expertise from the farthest reaches of the fashion universe to her School House work... |
 |
 Zac Posen debuted his ready-to-wear collection in February 2002 in New York City. The presentation captured the attention of key fashion editors and retailers... |
 |
 NYU graduate Charlotte Ronson always had a love for fashion. She began designing clothes after her friends requested her creations... |
 |
 Rachel Roy approaches the design of her eponymous collection with a feminine and modern point of view... |
 |
 Emily Hall Sugihara grew up in Del Mar, California. She discovered the wonders of art and design at a young age doing craft projects with her mom... |
 |
 Alexandra Michael, known as Ali, is an American fashion model who started her career after winning the Fashion!Dallas/Kim Dawson Model Search contest in 2005 at age 15... |
 |
 In 1990 Vera Wang founded a design company that not only reflects her lifelong love of fashion, but also celebrates the romance, sensuality and spirit of modern young women... |
 |
 The Jason Wu Collection is a manifestation of the eclectic and diverse background of its designer Jason Wu... |
