(Photo by Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images)įASHION INDUSTRY ICON ANNA WINTOUR REMEMBERS THE LATE KATE SPADEĪdded Wintour: “It can’t be easy to be a Black employee at Vogue, and there are too few of you. Wintour reportedly has final say over the event’s high-profile guest list and seating chart.
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“I want to say plainly that I know Vogue has not found enough ways to elevate and give space to Black editors, writers, photographers, designers and other creators. Recognizing it and doing something about it is overdue.” But I also know that the hurt, and violence, and injustice we’re seeing and talking about have been around for a long time. “I want to say this especially to the Black members of our team - I can only imagine what these days have been like. In an emotional note to staff at the time, Wintour wrote: “I want to start by acknowledging your feelings and expressing my empathy towards what so many of you are going through: sadness, hurt, and anger too.ĪNNA WINTOUR PENS EMOTIONAL LETTER TO VOGUE STAFF PROMISING TO DO BETTER FOR ITS BLACK EMPLOYEES Wintour has a reputation for being equal parts demanding and controversial, not only for her penchant to don precious furs, but also due to allegations of racial inequality within the scope of Condé Nast, which Wintour acknowledged in an open letter to her employees in June 2020. (Photo by Neil Mockford / Ricky Vigil M/GC Images) Mistakes made: ‘I take full responsibility’ She’s co-chaired the Met Gala for many years. May 2’s Met Gala is the second part of “In America: An Anthology of Fashion” - this year’s sub-theme is “Guilded Glamour.” Wintour reportedly has the ultimate sign-off over the event’s high-profile guest list and seating chart. Mind behind the Met GalaĪs artistic director at its publisher Condé Nast, the most specific details of the famed Met Gala, which takes place every year at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in collaboration with the museum’s Costume Institute on the first Monday in May, is decided by Wintour. It is reported that the high fashion maven has attended more than 3,000 fashion shows in her time at Vogue. VOGUE EDITOR ANNA WINTOUR SIDESTEPS QUESTION ABOUT MELANIA TRUMP’S STYLE, DISCUSSES MICHELLE OBAMA INSTEADĪt the time, the issue would run readers just $3.00 on newsstands. It was the first time that any celebrity had graced the coveted cover. In 1989, Wintour reshaped the future of high-fashion magazine covers when Vogue released its May issue that featured the controversial Madonna as its main draw. She is also said to have the final say on anything printed in Vogue. These days, Wintour is estimated to be worth around $35 million. (Photo by JNI/Star Max/GC Images) Successful career and a multi-million dollar net worth Wintour then jumped to Harper’s Bazaar, where she worked as a junior fashion editor.Īnna Wintour is once again the Met Gala’s honorary co-chair. She also had previous stints at Viva and Savvy - as well as Harper’s & Queen, where she worked as an editorial assistant. Wintour quickly climbed the ranks of fashion journalism after stops at New York Magazine and House and Garden before she landed the role of editor at British Vogue - which she held from 1985 to 1987 before taking over the Vogue imprint entirely. She has credited Patrick with learning the methods of being a “great reporter.”ĪNNA WINTOUR CRITICIZES TRUMP FOR CORONAVIRUS HANDLING, REVEALS MET GALA IS POSTPONED Meanwhile, Wintour’s brother, Patrick is the diplomatic editor for The Guardian. Known for her signature bob cut and dark sunglasses, the British-born journalist’s career has made for countless articles tracking her rise to one of the most prominent positions in the fashion editorial world since she began forging her way atop the totem pole in London back in the 1960s.ĪNNA WINTOUR, HUSBAND SHELBY RYAN PRIVATELY SPLIT YEARS AGO: REPORTS Early lifeĪnna Wintour’s life early on was derived from a literary background as her father, Charles Wintour, made his bones as the editor of the London “Evening Standard,” a position he held from 1959 to 1976.