A woman with a bob cut sits in the front line of almost every major fashion show wearing oversized sunglasses.
He is definitely the prestigious Anna Wintor, Editor-in-Chief Circulation magazine.
For nearly four decades, Wintor has been at the top of us CirculationOn Thursday, she announced that it would be wild which would no longer run the day-to-day editing of the fashion Bible.
But this does not mean retirement for 75 -year -old British style Mogul.
The owner of the magazine group, Konde Nast, confirmed that it would be constantly to play senior roles in the group and to remain. CirculationGlobal Editorial Director.
Wintor has not only affected how people wear clothes in the US, they have a hand in shaping fashion globally, including India.
Of course, his ongoing legacy is not without any criticism.
Is Vintor really ‘The Devil Wearing Prada’?
In the 2006 film, “The Devil Viers Prada”, the book of the same name is stuck in the form of the same name written by Vintor Assistant, Lauren Weissyer. Circulation Chief Editor.
In the film, a ruthless fashion boss, played by Meril Streep, terrorizes her employees.
While Vintor labeled himself the book and the film “Fiction”, a 2022 biography by Amy Odel confirmed that Sergarr was responsible for the daily breakfast of the additional Hot Grande Starbucks Latte near Fashionista and Blueberry Muffin was waiting at her desk.
Whatever the truth of this claim was that the Winter Hit was more than a loose inspiration for the film, the character reflected Circulation Prominent to rule the fashion world.
About 40 years as Circulation Owner
Wintor was born in 1949 in a well -closed family in London. For the editor of his father, London Evening Standard Daily newspaper, helped on his land in his first job Harpers and Queen Magazine as a fashion assistant at the age of 20.
She finally moved to New York City with her then partner and continued to climb the editorial ladder in several publications.
In 1988, he was offered a position on us CirculationWhen Wintor took the rudder of the famous fashion magazine, its advertisement revenue was throtted by a new women’s lifestyle magazine, Party,
Still thanks for Wintor, Circulation He engulfed his own niche and came out on top.
The publication only went away from the feature of the model on the cover. Prominent women in politics and Hollywood discovery were Star Billing soon as Angelina Jolie and Hillary Clinton.
Circulation The cover has since been discovered as Timothy Chelmet and even prominent activists as transgender LGTBQ+ Rights activist Ariel Nicolson.
And who can forget about Kamala Harris Circulation Cover the dispute? The Vice-President-election portrait was criticized to prepare his negligence, claiming that it reduced his achievements, forcing editor Anna Wintor to defend the image. A second, more formal, cover shot that was manufactured for the digital version of the magazine.
Wintor helped launch several spinoff magazines including the magazine’s original company, Conde Nast, teen Vogue What did the shelves hit in 1993.
She made a name for the magazine by combining it with several high-ended philanthropic events in Manhattan, especially the Mate Gala, which she helps convert into a star-staded celebrity event that is known as an Oscar reply to the East Coast.
Wintor is appreciated for her ability to merge the fashion world with Hollywood, helping fashion designers and brands reach the public.
Makes Wintour Circulation A global brand
Original American version of Circulation The first was published in 1892, with the British version in 1916.
Currently, there are over 28 international versions Circulation magazine. The expansion of the brand has shaped the global fashion scene.
Vintor’s editorial decisions have played a role as to how magazines operate in their countries.
A good start Vogue Africa In 2021, he helped bring the African designer into the international spotlight.
During this time, Vogue india Launched in 2007 under Vintor’s personality.
The Indian version has been sent to the post in the country as a prominent player in the fashion industry, which promotes the merger of traditional Indian dress with contemporary styles.
Not enough for variety
Still Vintor’s rule is not without dispute.
We Circulation The under-introduction of colored people has been accused of and not beings celebrating diversity in the world of notorious privileged and fashion.
Industry, like others, has been asked to be more inclusive, especially since the murder of George Floid in 2020.
Circulation In recent years, the cover has made more attempts to keep black women like pop singer Rihanna and former first woman Mitchell Obama, and Wintor gave herself a statement supporting the Black Lives Matter Movement.
But critics said that Wintor had a lot of power to do.
A study by Digital Media Outlet “The Pudding” Found that between 2000 and 2005, only three of the 81 models on the cover of Circulation Was black.
A 2020 new York Times Article Extended the experiences of black former employees about Conde Nast.
Among other complaints, he said that “the topic of covering black culture, one has to face ignorance and lazy stereotypeings from white owners.”
Criticism Circulation It is not left only for the American magazine that does Wintor run. After all, he is responsible for the maintenance of all international materials.
British’s 2022 cover Circulation Nine models of Africa were characterized by maintaining Western beauty ideals and wearing all models of blackness western -style hairdos, and a fire broke into a fire to edit their skin dark.
A trump ban from Met Gala?
Another recent headline grab worry worries about the role of Fashion Mogul, as as co-head of the prestigious Met Gala of Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan as a prolonged Met Gala of the prestigious Metcher Funderizing Festival of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Next to the 2025 incident, a video began to move on social media, showing that Wintor was shown stating that she “removed Donald Trump” from the Met Gala invitation list “permanently removed”, because she “was never really related” and she didn’t want it to be low in someone’s political show in the fashion world. “
But the video was found in a depth by mixing an authentic from an authentic footage. Circulation Interview with AI-rented voice.
In 2017, as a guest at “The Late Late Show with James Cordon”, Wintor, however, named the US President as a person he would never “invite” for the prestigious event “.
Update: A previous version of his article was published on November 4, 2024 for the 75th birthday of Anna Wintor. This was updated after the news that she was taking down from her editor’s position.
