Anna Wintour
Anna Wintour, born November 3, 1949 in London, is the Editor-in-Chief of Vogue magazine, a position she has held since 1988. She is an icon of the fashion world. She has often been the target of various animal rights organizations such as P.E.T.A who are angered by her use of fur in Vogue. Undeterred, she continues to use fur in photo spreads. Wintour was born in Britain and started working in fashion magazines in 1970 in London. She became editor of British Vogue in 1986 and of House & Garden in 1987. Wintour is also a noted philantropist. She is a trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and has worked to create attention for young and emerging fashion designers. She is also a major fundraiser for AIDS charities. She is the daughter of Charles Wintour, former editor of The Evening Standard, and Elinor Baker. She was previously married to noted child pyschiatrist David Shaffer and has two children by him, Charlie and Bee. She is now involved with millionaire investor Shelby Bryan. She never went to college. She is now the subject of a hard-hitting unauthorized biography by Jerry Oppenheimer, author of books on American icons such as Martha Stewart, Barbara Walters, Jerry Seinfeld, Ethel Kennedy. Oppenheimer's bio is called Front Row: The Cool Life and Hot Times of Vogue's Editor In Chief.
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