Career
Anna Dello Russo is the editor-at-large and creative consultant for Vogue Japan. She is self-described as a "passionate fashionista" and has been described by Helmut Newton as a "fashion maniac". Dello Russo is often featured in popular street style blogs The Sartorialist and Tommy Ton.
Dello Russo was born in 1962 in Bari, a city in southern Italy.
She has an Master of Arts degree in Italian Literature and Art History taken at the University of Bari and attended the Domus Academy in Milan. Before assuming her current position of Fashion Director and Editor-at-large at Vogue Nippon, Dello Russo spent 18 years at Condé Nast Italia, as fashion editor at Vogue Italia and as editor of L"Uomo Vogue from 2000-2006.
Her fashion assistants are Virginia Cuscito and Carlotta Oddi. To celebrate their 10 year anniversary, the clothing e-commerce website YOOX printed 10 different shirts for sale, each with one of Dello Russo"s top ten outfits.
The shirts went on to sell out within the first day they were made available.
In November 2010 she made a new fragrance named Beyond, with the bottle in the form of a shoe. On October 4, 2012, Dello Russo released a line of accessories through her collaboration with Swedish fashion giant, H&M. The highly anticipated collection comprises jewelry, luggage, sunglasses and even an ornate feather hat.