Anna: The Biography,Used

This definitive New York Times bestselling biography of Anna Wintour, now featuring a new afterword, follows the steep climb of an ambitious young woman who wouldwith singular and legendary focusbecome one of the most powerful people in media.As a child, Anna Wintour was a tomboy with no apparent interest in clothing but, seduced by the miniskirts and bob haircuts of swinging 1960s London, she grew into a fashionobsessed teenager. Her father, an influential newspaper editor, loomed large in her life, and once he decided she should become editorinchief of Vogue, she never looked back.Impatient to start her career, she left high school and got a job at a trendy boutique in Londonan experience that would be the first of many defeats. Undeterred, she found work in the competitive world of magazines, eventually embarking on a journey to New York and a battle to ascend, no matter who or what stood in her way. Once she was crowned editorinchief of Voguein one of the stormiest transitions in fashion magazine historyshe continued the fight to retain her enviable position, ultimately rising to dominate all of Cond Nast.Named one of Times 100 MustRead Books of 2022, this indepth and revealing biography is based on extensive interviews with Anna Wintours closest friends and collaborators. Weaving Annas personal story into a larger narrative about the hierarchical dynamics of the fashion industry and the complex world of Cond Nast, Anna charts the relentless ambition of the woman who would become an icon.