Anna dello Russo, Street-Style Star, Decides to Move On
“We’re still in the transition phase, but the next generation should appreciate visibility is not the only route to success.”
Born in Bari, Italy, in 1962, Ms. dello Russo spent 18 years at Condé Nast Italia, as fashion editor at Vogue Italia and editing L’Uomo Vogue.
At 55, she’s jettisoning the spoils of her internet age: selling some of her clothes
and taking the first steps toward killing off her digital alter ego, A.d. R.
On Saturday, Christie’s is to auction 30 of what the editor described as her most iconic outfits — by the likes of Gianni Versace, Tom Ford
for Gucci, Nicolas Ghesquière for Balenciaga — during an invitation-only event at a palazzo on the Corso di Porta Romana in Milan.
In 2009 she started a blog and a new position as creative editor at large with Vogue Japan, and A.d. R.
“I realized I could work in a different way,” Ms. dello Russo said.
She’s crazy about fashion, but she’s not crazy.”
Still, Ms. dello Russo admits she spent “crazy amounts of money” on designer clothing
over the years and, at one point, filled the apartment next door with her clothes.
My clothes were my books, my alphabet.”
She already has given away and donated some of her clothes, as a way of working through her grief over the loss of her mentors: Manuela Pavesi, the stylist, photographer
and Miuccia Prada collaborator, who died in 2015; and Franca Sozzani, the longtime editor of Italian Vogue, who died in December 2016
