When Anna Wintour started as editor-in-chief of US Vogue on August 1, 1988, the gossip columnist Liz Smith wrote that a “Wintour chill pervaded the Condé Nast offices”.
Wintour, 39 at the time, had been editor-in-chief at House & Garden, a magazine she had transformed so rapidly and radically that, by the end of her 10-month tenure, it was named HG and confused subscribers thought they had received the wrong publication.
Lauren SamsFashion editorLauren Sams is the fashion editor, based in Sydney. She writes about lifestyle including the arts, entertainment, fashion and travel. Lauren has worked as a features editor and fashion journalist for ELLE, marie claire and more. Email Lauren at lauren.sams@afr.com
