The fashion industry is a fascinating world that many wish to enter and remain in for life. It wouldn't be like this without powerful people who can make it such a beautiful, fun and exquisite world, a world that many people want to be a part of. There are many factors that influence fashion, from culture and history to people and media. So who is the most influential person in the fashion magazine industry today? This is Mrs. Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of the most prestigious and famous magazine, Vogue. Over the past 26 years, Anna has created, educated and dramatically changed the world of fashion. (b) He steps outside the comfort zones of most publishers and uses his power for good. By supporting young designers, starting charity events and involving himself in politics, he has had a huge impact on fashion, for the better. Anna Wintour was born on November 3, 1949 in London, England. (b) Born wealthy to his parents, his father Charles Wintour was an editor of the London Evening Standard newspaper and his mother, Elinor Wintour, was a philanthropist. Anna decided as a teenager that academic studies were not for her and so in the 1960s she explored her hometown that she loves and adores so much. (b) She's always been the furthest thing from traditional, especially with her bob hairstyle that she's barely changed since the age of 15. (b) As a teenager he dropped out of high school and pursued the tony lifestyle that London had to offer his. Going to clubs and hanging out with icons like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, Anna wanted that life of luxury. (b) Wintour had the drive and management to transform herself into an insanely talented editor. His father, Charles Wintour, won numerous awards that gave him an excellent reputation, that...... middle of paper...... can do fashion. The parades don't start until she arrives. Designers succeed because of her. Trends are created or paralyzed at his command. But she was determined to use her power for good, not evil. Wintour knows that anything that shows fashion in a good light reflects well on her, but she insists that it is for her good deeds, rather than her good taste, that she wants to be appreciated. “It is the care and support that Vogue offers to others,” she says, “that I am most proud of.” These powerful people, like Anna, who exert their greatest influence on the fashion industry around the world, decide the fate of fashion, year after year. They are the ones who tell the world what's in and what's out, what's hot and what's not, what you should wear and where you should be. Anna Wintour is one of the living legends of today's fashion industry, a true fashion icon.