born november british american journalist editor editor chief vogue artistic director vogue publisher trademark bob dark sunglasses important figure fashion world widely praised eye fashion trends support younger designers reportedly demanding personality earned nickname nuclear eldest daughter editor father consulted newspaper relevant youth era anna interested fashion teenager career fashion journalism began british magazines later moved united_states new_york returned home year turn british vogue later assumed control franchise magazine new_york reviving saw publication use magazine shape fashion industry subject debate animal rights activists attacked promoting fur critics charged magazine promote views beauty personal assistant wrote best selling roman devil wears later successful film starring fashion editor believed based focus film documentary september issue family born london editor eleanor baker daughter harvard law professor parents married divorced named maternal grandmother born merchant daughter pennsylvania magazine editor founded publications honey century novelist great great great grandmother sir siblings older brother died traffic accident child younger brothers patrick journalist currently political editor guardian james worked london local government international non governmental organisations respectively early life youth educated independent collegiate school frequently rebelled dress code taking skirts age began wearing hair bob developed interest fashion regular viewer issues seventeen grandmother sent america growing london 60s sack head know extraordinary happening fashion recalled father regularly consulted considering ideas increasing readership youth market age began dating connected older men involved briefly piers paul read later teens gossip columnist fixture london club circuit career fashion journalism think father decided work fashion recalled september issue arranged daughter job influential year left collegiate began training program parents behest took fashion classes nearby school soon gave saying know fashion don older boyfriend gave experience magazine production popular controversial harper merged queen hired editorial assistants beginning career fashion journalism told workers wanted edit vogue discovered model classmate connections helped secure locations innovative shoots trend setting photographers recreated works models boots chronic disagreements rival quit moved new_york boyfriend freelance journalist new_york_city new home junior fashion editor new_york_city innovative shoots led editor fire months introduced friends disappeared week months later helped position fashion editor women adult magazine started wife publisher rarely discussed working connection job able hire personal assistant began reputation demanding difficult boss late shut magazine decided time work broke began relationship french record producer years dividing time paris new_york returned work succeeding fashion editor new women magazine named sought appeal career conscious professional women spent money readers later target vogue following year fashion editor new_york fashion spreads photo shoots putting years finally began attracting attention editor bent strict rules let work sections magazine learned work cover involving effectively celebrity covers sold copies anna saw celebrity thing coming said decades later colleague arranged interview vogue editor ended told wanted job went work vogue later editorial director publisher vogue talked position eventually accepted bidding war doubled salary magazine creative director position defined responsibilities changes magazine knowledge causing friction staff began dating child psychiatrist older acquaintance london married attained taking retired charge replaced exerted far control magazine previous editor earning nickname nuclear process editors retained began refer period discontent changes moved magazine traditional direction line american magazine ideal reader woman tried reach new kind woman told evening standard interested business money doesn time shop anymore wants know returned new_york circulation long rival hoped improve radical changes staff look million worth photo spreads articles week fashion photo spreads known celebrities referred industry changes worsened magazine problems title shortened longtime subscribers thought getting new magazine aside real thing arrive eventually canceled fashion came magazine traditional pulled months later finally editor vogue focused lifestyles fashion industry worried losing ground recently introduced american edition making sweeping changes staff changed style cover pictures preferred tight head shots known models studios covers showed body taken outside like years earlier known models mixed inexpensive clothes high fashion issue charge november featured photograph year old pair faded jeans jacket worth time vogue cover model worn jeans originally supposed worn skirt coordinated jacket gained weight didn fit reflected cover unlike studied elegant close ups typical vogue covers tons makeup major jewelry broke rules wasn looking worse eyes closed hair blowing face looked easy casual moment snapped street point way things happen people applied sorts interpretations mixing high low pregnant religious statement things true looked picture winds change ask cover image years later admitted photo planned cover shot vogue entire archive online quoted saying said let try went natural said new different called sure supposed cover thought mistake said pick favorite covers leap faith certainly big change vogue approach hit nerve way real women clothes likely exception wearing multi thousand dollar shirts reviewer says june cover model shown wet hair apparent makeup photographers makeup artists got credited models august paid tribute cover 1990s magazine renewed focus fashion returned prominence held vogue held position market leader contenders harper lured away prominent deputy magazine created fired predecessor competitor company editor vanity_fair later new_yorker end decade inner circle left run harper seen likely successor magazine reach commissioning stories hard news edge women politics street culture financial difficulties major designers added index section pages tips meant torn magazine staff meetings earned respect person publicly challenged began disagree magazine direction felt vogue fashion coverage getting limited turn thought stories popular culture angles assigning beneath readers began pairing reportedly eventually left complaining new_york_times sent baby gift wrote editor letter complimented wished 2000s longtime editors leave vogue new millennium year later successor left concentrate best selling novels set city upper classes screenplay number editors left assume jobs publications replacements didn new group core editors formed september issue pages largest issue monthly magazine published time exceeded september issue documentary covered oversaw introduction published pages earned revenue girl girl pages début issue issue history named editor year brand expansion queen elizabeth_ii appointed officer order british empire birthday honours year generally difficult economy worsened feathers milan shows february april issue cover image brought criticism racial stereotypes month lavish gown wore called worst fashion faux fall suspended indefinitely cut issues year supplement women magazine end year december cover highlighted comment displeasure lost touch rumours arose retire replaced french vogue editor editor reportedly introduced editor editor responded taking page new_york_times defending record publication later wrote hadn lost touch magazine predictable reader recently complained read vogue recent years wonder peculiar fascination villa story added magazine dealt recession commented began making media appearances minutes profile said retire interesting time position think way irresponsible best foot forward lead different time september september issue documentary film war room producer production september issue released focused difficult relationship creative director appeared late david_letterman promote defending relevance fashion tough economy elected hall_of_fame 2010s announced taking position artistic director company magazines remaining vogue assumed responsibilities company longtime editorial director time begun moving role join rest family managing parent company company spokesman told new_york_times position created described extension broader scale january named complex lady opened year starred aired year named 39th powerful woman world forbes fashion industry power broker years come regarded powerful people fashion setting trends new designers industry hear want anna differences subordinates guardian called unofficial new_york_city encouraged fashion houses christian hire younger designers influence extends outside fashion persuaded let use ballroom plaza hotel partner short cash recently persuaded hire relatively unknown vogue successful novelist drawing settings new_york fashionable salary reported million year addition receives new_york abroad shopping suite hotel paris attending european fashion shows president company interest free million loan purchase personal life children following marriage charles charlie born known bee born wrote occasional columns daily_telegraph says won follow mother fashion couple divorced newspapers gossip claimed affair investor ended marriage declined comment friends seen laugh observer quoted saying philanthropist serves trustee new_york organised benefits raised million museum began order encourage support mentor unknown fashion designers raised million aids charities organising high profile benefits claims rise plays tennis hair makeup gets vogue offices hours later arrives fashion shows scheduled start use waiting time phone calls notes best ideas shows says according bbc documentary series rarely stays parties minutes time gets bed night great deal control magazine visual content days editor required photographers begin approved setup clothing submit work magazine personal choices control text certain claim reads written publication editor claimed rarely read vogue arts coverage book reviews earlier career left task writing text accompanying claim minimal skills area today writes little magazine save monthly editor letter reportedly time assistants surprises answering phone turns cell phone order eat lunch usually high protein meals habit long time smoked salmon eggs single day lunch says eat personal fashion preferences position wardrobe closely imitated earlier career mixed fashionable shirts designer jeans started vogue creative director switched suits continued wear opening skirts slightly keeping jacket cover listed best dressed 50s guardian march according biographer sunglasses actually lenses suffers deteriorating vision father colleague interviewed recalls trying absence getting think point know armour told minutes correspondent explaining allow reactions private rebounded end marriage turnover magazine editorial staff fellow editor friend noted hiding glasses anymore having fun politics supporter democratic_party hillary_clinton senate run presidential run serving presidential runs contributions hosted person plate dinner parker town house advertising executive attendees teamed obama term attendees vogue director communications stepped rumoured looking hire political background soon hired fundraiser obama campaign supported hillary_clinton forming clinton long list wealthy devil wears assistant left vogue departures wrote devil wears writing workshop suggested anticipated supposed insider portrait prior publication told new_york_times enjoy great piece fiction haven decided going read suggested setting based vogue claims drew experiences friends makes cameo appearance near end book said dislike novel similarities british children described major contributor met makes impossible demands subordinates gives information time necessary comply failures fired harper years said tried hard emulate reviewed harshly worked vogue years having learned things year sold soul devil fashion ringside seat great editorial franchises business enormous influence women understood isolation pressure job boss cost person like character like positive qualities notes makes magazine key editorial decisions genuine class style second didn know amazing opportunity assist anna said film adaptation film version novel movie character borrowing aspects mode similar noted said partially based charlie chocolate factory fey ugly betty television series likened trademark bob sunglasses winter summer film production reportedly threatening prominent fashion personalities particularly designers vogue cover cameo appearances movie denied spokesperson said interested supports fashion designers mentioned film appeared film released great commercial success attended wearing film actress plays different book receive critical praise entirely original sympathetic character office film similar reportedly reportedly said film probably straight dvd million worldwide box office receipts later interview aired day dvd release said found film entertaining praised making fashion entertaining glamorous interesting percent opinion movie led forgive reported novelist editor told start novel spokesman suggested job assistant suggests devil wears favour increasing recognition giving minutes says place anna mainstream celebrity known talked french golden arches young september issue released years later critics compared earlier fictional film past year media win image said slant_magazine considered question similar praised film showing real person new_york_times said helped documentary continues movie offers insights lift version devil wears agreed time criticism years devil wears row cool life hot times vogue editor chief published painted similar portrait real woman according declined requests interview discouraged talking personality described emotionally distant come know close friends stage career stopped point like wings home closed large sections personality public wrote guardian think enjoys completely office intimidating walk mile office desk sure intentional says don find accessible people doesn need accessible agrees vogue publisher said admired father charles known charlie told similar known volatile displeasure widely nuclear result asked new_york_times use times angry admitted september issue think rude lot people past way friend told observer doesn small talk going friends assistant assistant said definitely ride elevator rules imposed vogue offices junior initiating conversation editor greeted elevator assistants calls visiting reporter saw junior appear visibly panicked realised ride elevator junior editor saw trip hallway walked past offering assistance later told absolutely right thing friends admit presence anna happens friend says fact absolutely help cold panic meet know stop pushing says doesn know stop pushing described routinely makes impossible arbitrary demands subordinates kitchen work words commentator junior look photographer trash find picture refused deleted scene september issue complains horrible white plastic ice bars 7th sale aids benefit moves sight notion anna want shortly accurate says devil wears anna wants wants right away longtime assistant says throws water sink swim media reporter later convicted sexually assaulting allegedly planned kill perceived receiving ticket vogue fashion awards perceived angry fired trial prosecutors introduced evidence journal kept computer stated intention kill wrote talked like justify intended actions occasion pay treatment employees court ruled pay additional settle lawsuit brought failed pay judgement incurred behalf employee injured job necessary insurance coverage 2000s relationship credited personality work bad mood different posture described told consensus mellow easier work probably getting laid pro fur stance target animal rights organisations like angered use fur vogue pro fur editorials refusal run paid advertisements animal rights organisations continues use fur photo spreads saying way wear wearing fur cover early 1990s says vogue worker ignited entire industry lost count times physically attacked activists paris october hit pie waiting occasion activist dumped dead plate restaurant told remove vogue publisher protest outside offices company annual christmas party sending plate beef outside animal rights community raised fur issue fashion journalist wrote manifesto hell guarded large rats warm wouldn need wear fur early interview said living person despised young designers models use wear fur common criticism focuses vogue increasing use celebrities cover insistence making meet standards reportedly told lose weight cover photograph likewise hillary_clinton told wear blue suit celebration vogue sponsored salute british fashion met said personally chosen clothes prominent attendees don think kind concentration says publisher wouldn dressed let designers loan clothes prominent celebrities photographed wearing clothes vogue general interest magazines like people turn influence buyers want industry believe control especially involved making producing clothes end result anna control way selling floor says executive fashion director credited killing fashion early 1990s wasn selling telling designers continued avoid glamour looks photographed vogue complied vogue writer complained excluded ordinary working women regular subscribers pages obsessed reflecting aspirations certain class reader says piece breast cancer started airline wouldn magazine look high flying cancer accused setting apart peers think fiction surpass reality british fashion magazine editor says devil wears instance poor imitation life editor says routinely requests seated sight competing editors shows spend working lives telling people bag carry anna rest milan fashion week requested key shows rescheduled earlier week editors time return home paris shows led complaints editors said rush earlier shows lesser known designers later denied important audience said italian fashion getting short milan circus sense time met exhibition costumes drew attention personal remarks maybe thinks beautiful dress wouldn think beautiful dress said claimed couldn understand people disliked saying indifferent expressed hope hadn comment attributed era accused preferring french american fashion italian stopped inviting shows stopped writing called boss lady wheel drive ignores fuel tank editor turned class mass taste waste remarks caused controversy occasion heavily criticised new_york chapter vogue editor large said point demanded lose weight vogue girls thin thin said miss anna doesn like fat people residents minneapolis took told minutes describe people saw little houses noted city named nation year new_york named fifth surprised observers developing association family kanye_west culminated having vogue cover reportedly commented having deeply people magazine boring decision resort personalities led accuse magazine desperate buzz continued association deeply pair responses defences come slate said comfortable fashion read vogue intention buying wildly expensive clothes eye taste similar way eating food pleasure enabled ruthless aesthetic refusal participate tendency competitors deny privilege deny readers privilege fantasy form beautifully photographed paris sees ability look lives pages magazine sort honesty proof thinks lifestyle vogue physically possible print publications luxurious experience possible explained feel coming page photographs pieces couldn possibly friends purported traditional british reserve says mutual partly reflection awkward people particularly women faced prospect meeting describes shy escorted bee shows agrees asked complaints personality said people worked years know bitch punishment comes cold simply best similar statements defence reported refusal hire fat people important people working particularly fashion department says present way makes sense outside world work vogue defenders called criticism powerful women media inspected thoroughly male counterparts said new_york_times piece shortly devil wears release took vogue gossip columnist reported rumours gotten job affair reportedly furious anger subject staff meetings complained accepting media award called feminist changes vogue reflected acknowledged reinforced advances status women reviewing book washington monthly managing editor notes vogue unlike women magazines doesn play readership sense instead reminds women satisfaction manner clothes furniture travel destinations successful woman buy admire surely exists sell ads primarily exploiting ambition unlike shifted vogue focus cult beauty cult creation beauty focus celebrities welcome development means women making cover vogue accomplished look complaints role fashion dismissed familiar actually exercises honest tells thinks yes yes according agrees chief executive officer parent company lets know problem wants defenders point continued supporting despite strong belief let designers flourished vogue willingness throw weight helped vogue independent despite heavy reliance advertising dollars fashion editor refused follow ultimatum feature clothes magazine editorial pages admitted choose dresses choose time commercial dirty word asked dismisses notion power attributed don think powerful person told forbes named list world powerful women know mean means better seat restaurant tickets screening wonderful opportunity able help extremely grateful response criticisms like defended exclusive luxury brands means people going better fashion told people fashion better
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