From the New York Times bestselling author of Just Desserts: Martha Stewart: The Unauthorized Biography comes a scrupulously researched investigative biography that tells the inside story of Anna Wintours incredible rise to powerFrom her exclusive perch front row center; glamorous Vogue magazine editor in chief Anna Wintour is the most powerful and influential style-maker in the world. Behind her trademark sunglasses and under the fringe of her Louise Brooks bob she determines whether miniskirts are in or out; whether or not its politically correct to wear fur. She influences designers; wholesalers; and retailers globally from Seventh Avenue to the elegant fashionista enclaves of LAvenue Montaigne and Via della Spiga. In the U.S. alone a more than $200 billion fashion industry can rise or fall on Anna Wintours call. And every month millions of women-and men-read Vogue; and are influenced by the pages of the chic and trendy style wish-book that she has controlled with an iron hand in a not-always-so-velvet glove since fighting her way to the most prestigious job in fashion journalism.Anna Wintours fashion influence extends to celebrities and politicians: because of it; Hillary Clinton underwent a drastic makeover and became the first First Lady to strike a pose on the cover of Vogue in the midst of Monicagate; Oprah Winfrey was forced to go on a strict diet before Wintour would put her on Vogues cover. And beauties like Rene Zellweger and Nicole Kidman follow Anna Wintours fashionista rules to the letter.Now in her mid-fifties; as she nears her remarkable second decade at the helm of Vogue; comes this revealing biography that will shock and surprise both Annas fans and detractors alike. Based on scores of interviews; Front Row unveils the Anna Wintour even those closest to her dont know. Oppenheimer chronicles this insecure and creative powerhouses climb to the top of the bitchy; competitive fashion magazine world; showing up close; as never before exposed; how she artfully crafted and reinvented herself along the way. Shes been called many things-"Nuclear Wintour;" by the British press; "cold suspicious and autocratic; a vision in skinniness;" by Grace Mirabella; the editor she dethroned at Vogue; and the "Devil" by those who believe shes the inspiration for a recent bestselling novel written by a former assistant.Included among the startling revelations in Front Row are: * Annas "silver spoon" childhood spent craving time with her father. * Annas rebellious teen years in London; obsessed with fashion; night-clubbing and dating roguish men. * Annas many tempestuous romances. * Annas curious marriage to a brilliant child psychiatrist; her role as a mother; and the shocking scandal that led to divorce when she had an affair with a married man.
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