Fascinating' Sunday Times 'Deeply sourced and rich with anecdotes' The Times 'Like a
nonfiction version of The Devil Wears Prada' Elizabeth Day 'Odell's extensive reporting
dredges up a wealth of delightful details' New York Times This definitive biography of Anna
Wintour chronicles the steep climb of an ambitious young woman who would with singular and
legendary focus become the most powerful woman 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 fashion-obsessed teenager. Her father the influential
editor of the Evening Standard loomed large in her life and once he decided she should become
editor in chief of Vogue she never looked back. Impatient to start her career she left high
school and got a job at a fashionable boutique in London - an experience that would be the
first of many defeats. Undeterred she found work in the competitive world of magazines
eventually moving to New York. Before long Anna's journey to Vogue became a battle to ascend
no matter who or what stood in her way. Once she was crowned editor in chief - in one of the
stormiest transitions in fashion magazine history - she continued the fight to retain her
enviable position ultimately rising to dominate all of Condé Nast. Based on extensive
interviews with Anna Wintour's closest friends and collaborators including some of the biggest
names in fashion journalist Amy Odell has crafted the most revealing portrait of Wintour ever
published. Weaving Anna's personal story into a larger narrative about the hierarchical
dynamics of the fashion industry and the complex world of Condé Nast Anna charts the
relentless ambition of the woman who would become an icon.