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Birth
Anna was born November 3, 1949, to Elinor and Charles Wintour. Her father was a journalist and her mother, a philantropist. Anna became socially aware of pressing issues from her mother and gained an interest in editing the press from her father. -
Joins Harpers and Queens as deputy fashiion editor
In 1970 Anna went to take her first editorial position at the english magazine, Happers & Queen. While there she would take shots that were edgy and fresh. She famously recreated the impressinist works by Manet and Renoir with girls wearing fringe and go go boots. -
Junior Fashion Editor of Harper's Bazaar
Anna moved to New York in 1976 to move with her boyfirend, Jon Bradshaw, who was a freelance journalist. There she created innovative shots, which led to her being firedafter nine months. Later she puts it as "not understanding American fashion." -
Fashion Editor of the New Yorker
Anna has major sucess at the New Yorker, where her fresh and innovative shots catch attention. She earns the reputation as an innovator, mixing art with fashion by contracting new artists to create backdrops for her shoots. -
Becomes the Creative Director of Vogue
Anna goes to work for Alexander Liberman, the editorial director of Conde Nast (the publisher of Vogue.) Anna accepted the postion as Creative Director, a new position at Vogue, the position had few guidleines and resposiblities. -
First Editorship at British Vogue
After the birth of her first child, Anna goes back to work at Birtish Vogue as an editor. She reformed the magazine, firing many people in the process, which earns her the nickname "Nucelar Wintour," that would be her lifelong nickname. -
Moves back to New York to redesign the Home and Garden magazine
Conde Nast lures Anna back to New York to take over the outdated magazine, Home & Garden. Anna made radical changes to the magazine- cancelling 2 million dollars worth of photoshoots in the first week. She changed the name to "HG" which confused many of the magazines readers into thinking it was a different magazine. The changes made to the magazine only worsend its problems. This was one of Anna's greatest failures, saying it was one of her "biggest professional regrets." -
Becomes Vogue's Editor in Chief
Anna "shakes things up." Vogue was too concervative at the time and she freshened things up with new ideas. The first cover under her direction was the November of 1988 edition featuring a Christian Lacroix jacket ,retailing for $10,000, and a pair of $50 jeans - a first ever in Vogue history. This cover changed the look of Vogue from calculated glamour shots to free candid shots. -
Seventh on Sale
Anna uses her her influence to organize a designer sample sale to benefit the AIDS cause. This particular event shows the beginning of Wintour's humanitarian efforts. -
Vogue Fashion Fund
Anna starts the Vogue Fashion Fund which aids rising designers. This jumpstarts the careers of Alexander Wang, Lazaro Hernandez, Thakoon Panichgul, and Pabal Gurung. This is one of Wintour's greatest sucesses. -
The September Edition
With 840 pages, Anna produces the largest edition of Vogue ever. The size of the magazine showed the height of the market before the downturn. -
Accepts the Order of the British Empire
Anna accepts the honor from Queen Elizabeth that shows her service to the British Fashion Industry, -
Fashion's Night Out
Organizes the first Fashion's Night Out that supported designers and retailers during the hard times of the Great Recession. Anna single handedly picked up the flow of business by creating a shopping event that was one large star-studded party. -
Awarded the Legion d'Honneur medal
Wearing a Chanel suit that was on the runway the day before, Anna accepts the medal from the French President, Nicolas Sarkozy. -
Artistic Director of Conde Nast.
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The Anna Wintour Costume Center
The Metropolitan Museaum of Art creates a newly designed space featuring the old Costume Center's contents plus a research center, exhibition gallery, and a library.
