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Front Row Also by Jerry Oppenheimer Martha Stewart: Just Desserts: The Unauthorized Biography The Other Mrs. Kennedy: Ethel Skakel Kennedy: An American Drama of Power, Privilege, and Politics State of a Union: Inside the Complex Marriage of Bill and Hillary Clinton Seinfeld: The Making of an American Icon Barbara Walters: An Unauthorized Biography Idol, Rock Hudson: The True Story of an American Film Hero Front Row Anna Wintour The Cool Life and Hot Times of Vogue’s Editor in Chief Jerry Oppenheimer St. Martin’s Press New York FRONT ROW. Copyright © 2005 by Jerry Oppenheimer. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010. www.stmartins.com Frontispiece photo of Anna Wintour by Corbis. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Oppenheimer, Jerry. Front row : Anna Wintour, the cool life and hot times of Vogue’s editor in chief / Jerry Oppenheimer.—1st U.S. ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 361) and index (p. 365). ISBN 0-312-32310-7 EAN 9780312-32310-3 1. Wintour, Anna, 1949– 2. Periodical editors—Great Britain—Biography. 3. Fashion editors—Great Britain—Biography. 4. Vogue. I. Title: Anna Wintour, the cool life and hot times of Vogue’s editor in chief. II. Title. PN5123.W585O66 2005 070.5'1'092—dc22 [B] 2004051313 First Edition: February 2005 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For Caroline, Cukes, and Trix Contents Acknowledgments Prologue one: Family Roots two: A Teenage Bond three: Swinging London four: A Growing Independence five: London Party Girl six: Shopgirl Dropout seven: Finding Love at Harrods eight: Live-in Model nine: Making the Masthead ten: Family Affairs eleven: Creative Energy twelve: Meeting Mr. Wrong thirteen: Playing Hardball fourteen: Axed American Style fifteen: A Curious Betrayal sixteen: An Embarrassing Position seventeen: Complex Persona eighteen: Out in the Cold nineteen: The Chanel Affair twenty: A Savvy Decision twenty-one: New York by Storm twenty-two: A Territorial Grab twenty-three: Mister Big twenty-four: In Vogue twenty-five: Golden Handcuffs twenty-six: Marriage Made in Heaven twenty-seven: Baby Makes Three twenty-eight: Anna’s Guillotine twenty-nine: Lover, Friend, Mother thirty: Beginning of the End thirty-one: The Parking Lot thirty-two: July Fourth Massacre thirty-three: Anna and the Boss thirty-four: Madonna, Di, and Tina thirty-five: The Assistant thirty-six: Fashion Battlefield thirty-seven: The Party’s Over thirty-eight: An Affair to Remember thirty-nine: A New Life Selected Bibliography Author’s Note on Sources Index Acknowledgments S ome two hundred people on three continents who have known Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour—present and former friends, lovers, colleagues, employees, and associates—agreed to be interviewed for this book. Others kindly opened doors for me, steered me in the right direction, or agreed to verify or back up controversial facts and anecdotes. The writing of a book such as this is a collaborative effort, and I could not have succeeded, inasmuch as I did, without their candid insights, observations, and critical assessments. Wintour, the daughter of a prominent British journalist, refused to be interviewed for this book and declined in any way to help. Moreover, she instructed others not to cooperate. Some abided by her directive, others didn’t. Wintour’s response was odd, since over the years she has offered up numerous, though mostly self-serving, interviews and even permitted a British television crew to follow her, in a limited way, for a documentary. At the same time she has been quoted as saying she resents the press. It was clear she did not want a book over which she had no control written about her life. Most everyone I contacted agreed to talk on the record and without any ground rules. A minority, for personal, professional, or financial reasons—their livelihoods depend on Wintour—requested and were granted anonymity. Not everyone was willing to put his or her career on the line, or to jeopardize relationships. You know who you are. My goal from the beginning was to portray Wintour in the truest and most objective light, and I believe my sources aided me in fulfilling that end. I’d like to offer my heartfelt thanks to all those who took the time to answer my many questions: Patti Gilkyson Agnew, Shig Akida, Moriah Allen, Judy Bachrach, Curt Bass, Julie Baumgold, Dianne Benson, Frances Bentley, A. Scott Berg, Robin Blackburn, Chris Blackwell, Andrea Blanche, Peter Bloch, Isabella Blow, Stephen Bobroff, Patricia Bosworth, Sheila Botein, Catherine Jay Boyd, Jimmy
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