Anna Harvey (12 September 1944 – 9 October 2018)Remembering Anna Harvey- Vogue editor, Telegraph columnist and stylist to Princess Diana
/ref> became Editorial Director of Condé Nast New Markets in 1997,Head Girl at Vogue House - Rebecca Tyrrel, The Sunday Telegraph Magazine, May 1998' was former Deputy Editor of British ''Vogue'' and former stylist and confidante to

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.A Tribute to Diana - Liz Tilberis, Harper's Bazaar Magazine, November 1997' Her career at

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spanned more than 30 years Anna Harvey: Ten Influentials
- Natalie Dembinska, '' 10 Magazine'', June 16, 2011 and she was regarded as one of the most significant contributors to the fashion industry.

Career

Harvey began her career at ''Harper’s & Queen'' magazine (now ''

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'') where she worked alongside

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as Junior Fashion Editor.Anna The Elegant", Paul Golding, ''Evening Standard'' magazine, January 1993 On the recommendation of Norman Parkinson, she joined Condé Nast Publications in 1970 as Fashion Director of ''Brides'' magazine. Following a brief stint at ''

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'', she returned to Condé Nast working at different times as Deputy Editor of ''

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'' magazine and Fashion Director of British Vogue alongside Grace Coddington, Liz Tilberis and Sheila Wetton. Whilst at Vogue she became personal style advisor to Diana, Princess of Wales and eventually became Deputy Editor of Vogue under

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, a role which was created specifically for her. Whilst at Vogue, she worked with many well-known figures including photographers

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and Arthur Elgort as well as

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and

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whose first appearances in Vogue she directed. With her appetite whetted by the expansion of Vogue on a worldwide scale, she joined Condé Nast International as Editorial Director in 1997.

Recognition

Having met Diana for the first time as Lady Diana Spencer in 1980 Lisa Armstrong; "Diana 1961-1997", British Vogue, October 1997. whilst Fashion Director of British Vogue, Anna was chosen by the editor of British Vogue at the time, Beatrix Miller, to advise Diana on her choice of wardrobe,Personalities: Diana, Princess of Wales
- Vogue, ''Voguepedia''Grace Coddington: A Memoir - Grace Coddington, 22 Nov 2012' a role she continued throughout Diana's marriage to the

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and subsequent divorce.Diana at 50
''high50'', June 16, 2011 Enlisting the help of designers such as Catherine Walker, Jacques Azagury and

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, she turned Princess Diana from a Laura Ashley-sheathed Sloane into an international style icon. Anna said of Diana, "She knew what she liked and what she wanted and it was nothing necessarily to do with what was fashionable".Diana Style - Colin McDowell, August 27, 2007 She is also known for having brought a number of well-known photographers, designers and fashion figures to Vogue and to the attention of the wider public including

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, Bruce Weber,

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and fashion-writer

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. Both

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and Isabella Cawdor (née Stanhope) were former assistants. In 1986 ''

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'' named Harvey as the 23rd most influential person in Britain (with the Princess of Wales eight places behind her).

References

External links

* http://10magazine.com/post/6582838833/anna-harvey-ten-influentials * http://www.mariaziegelboeck.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Harvey, Anna 1944 births 2018 deaths Fashion editors Condé Nast people Vogue (magazine) people