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ANNA DELLO RUSSO
Anna Dello Russo (born April 16, 1962, Bari, Italy) is an Italian fashion journalist, editor and author known globally in the fashion industry for her eccentric Street fashion. Dello Russo is a fashion editor-at-large for Vogue in Japan. Along with her current position at Vogue in Japan, Dello Russo started her own fashion blog and website in 2010. Anna Dello Russo is a role model to the new generation of fashion designers to empower and support them through the world of fashion. Dello Russo has built her successes in the fashion and journalism industry as an internet personality.

Early Life and Education
Anna Dello Russo was born in Bari in Southern Italy. She has a brother and a sister. Her father, a psychiatrist, and her mother, a naturalist, were supportive of her fashion career.

Anna Dello Russo has been involved in fashion since she was a child, and she claims she used to steal clothes from her family and friends in her urgent search for the best fashion. Dello Russo has been an avid collector of fashion and jewelry since then. In fact, she looks at her clothing as a way to display her personality and embrace being different. Moverover, Dello Russo has always designed and created her own outfits in which formed a new version of fashion through her eyes.

Dello Russo studied Italian Literature and Art History at the University of Bari before receiving her master's degree in Fashion from Domus Academy in Milan. Dello Russo was then hired by Condé Nast for Vogue Italia, where she worked closely under Franca Sozzani for 18 years. In 2006, she left her position as creative director of L’Uomo Vogue to work as a freelance creative consultant. In 2007, Dello Russo returned to Condé Nast as editor-at-large for Vogue Japan. She started her own fashion blog in 2010.

Work
Anna Dello Russo has been the subject of many magazine editorials for famous magazines such as 10 and Interview. She was the fashion editor for Vogue Italia for 12 years and then spent six years as editor-in-chief of L’Uomo Vogue. Dello Russo has has authored a book AdR: Beyond Fashion, was published by Phaidon in 2018. Then, released her own fragrance and accessory line and has collaborated with H&M in 2012. Dello Russo has built a large following on both Instagram and Twitter and has made a name for herself in the fashion industry. Dello Russo is well-known around the world for her flamboyant, vibrant, and ever-changing style, which she has transformed into a distinct and popular career in street style. Street style, which evolved from British fashion, is a form of style that is focused on both individualism and current fashion trends. Stylists in the fashion industry also use street style to stand out from or add a twist to the current trends.

Currently Dello Russo is a fashion editor-at-large for Vogue in Japan. Along with her current position at Vogue in Japan, Dello Russo started her own fashion blog and website in 2010. Prior to the job at Vogue, Dello Russo was a fashion editor at Vogue magazine in Milan Italy from 2000–2006. Dello Russo started working in the editorial department of Donna magazine.

Dello Russo became the international brand ambassador and scientific director of the Institute Marangoni Milan campus in 2018. Since starting there, she has launched “Playground.” The year-long course allows students to work together on various fashion projects and present those projects in front of a panel of real designers. The panel includes Marco de Vincenzo, Alessandro Dell’Acqua, Andrea Incontri and Giuliano Calza.

Dello Russo, inspired by her own mentors, wanted to create an experience for students that would mirror their future careers in the fashion industry. “Playground” is a workshop-style program that introduces healthy competition and teamwork to students. Dello Russo's course aims to highlight talent and develop discipline in her students because she knows they are the future of fashion.

Recognition & Accomplishments
Anna dello Russo has been described as “A force to be reckoned with”, as well as, “One of the most photographed women in fashion.” Anna dello Russo is a well-recognized icon in the fashion industry.

In 2010, Dello Russo partnered with YOOX T-shirts and printed shirts with 10 different images of her. The shirts were completely sold out on the first day of sale.

In 2012, Dello Russo released a new collection of accessories and collaborated with H&M. To celebrate her new collection, she partnered with Vimeo and released the song “Fashion Shower”. Her lyrics include, “I am the guardian of fashion," and; "You need a fashion shower."

In 2013, Dello Russo designed accessories for the Swedish H&M chain. After the death of Sozzani in 2016, Russo marked a turning point in her life by auctioning off her clothes to raise money for charity. Dello Russo has donated all of the money she made from selling her clothes to the British Fashion Council Education Foundation. Shortly after she released her book “Beyond Fashion.” Vogue described the book as “A cabinet of curiosities that captures the essence of Anna dello Russo.”

In February 2018, she decided to take a stand against fur and donated all her furs to PETA rather than keep them in a Christie's auction during Milan Fashion Week. After her contributions to PETA, she donated several of her clothes to be auctioned off for charity. Her contribution raised €147,000 for the Swarovski Foundation's scholarship program.