Grace Mirabella, the editor-in-chief at the helm of American Vogue throughout the 1970s and much of the 1980s, has died at 91 years old.
throughout the 1970s and much of the 1980s, died this morning at 91 years old. Mirabella, who had worked as Diana Vreeland’s assistant atin the 1960s, succeeded Vreeland as editor-in-chief in 1971 and remained in the role until 1988.
Mirabella was raised in suburban Maplewood, New Jersey, to parents of Italian descent—and nothing about her background, she later said, prepared her for a career at. She graduated from Skidmore College, majoring in economics, and earned a place on the Macy’s executive training course. She soon moved to the publicity department at Saks Fifth Avenue.as an assistant in the merchandising department, before moving to its editorial staff three years later.
While acknowledging Vreeland’s genius as a fashion editor, Mirabella’s fashion predilections were more utilitarian. For bohemian socialite Vreeland, the 1960s were psychedelic, but for Mirabella, they represented a political shift.
Indeed, Mirabella liked to think of clothes first and foremost as a uniform. “I’m a firm believer that the key to dressing well, the key to style, is that you don’t have to reinvent yourself every day,” she said. Mirabella personified her philosophy of easy-going elegance, and her own wardrobe featured an eclectic mix of designers that included Yves Saint Laurent, Bill Blass, Geoffrey Beene, Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Giorgio Armani, Emanuel Ungaro, and Donna Karan.
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