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You can’t really worry too much…about what the competition is doing or what other people in your field are doing. It has to be a true vision.

Anna Wintour

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Anna Wintour
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: November 3
Editor
Fashion Editor
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Dame Anna Wintour
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