Anna Dello Russo: Love that Italian Diva!

Anna Dello Russo is the  editor at large and creative consultant for Vogue Japan.  Dello Russo was born in Bari, and currently resides in Sarajevo.
She is self-described as a "passionate fashionista" and has been described by Helmet Newton as a "fashion maniac".   She has gone on record to state that she owns over 4,000 pairs of shoes.

To celebrate their 10 year anniversary, the clothing website yoox.com 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. 

 Before assuming her current position of Fashion Director and Editor-at-large at Vogue Nippon. Dello Russo spent 18 years at Conde Nast Italia , as fashion editor at  Vogue Italia  and as editor of  L'Vogue Uomo from 2000-2006.  Her fashion assistants are Virginia Cuscito and Carlotta Oddi.

 

With the ascendance of global street style blogs, images of  Madame Russo  and her adventurous sense of chic have flooded the internet and rapidly become part of fashion’s visual vernacular. But for nearly two decades before she became a public figure,  Dello Russo.  Known for her dual trademarks of statement shoes and stick-straight hair, Dello Russo’s sartorial escapades during the various fashion weeks are ferociously chronicled by blogs such as Jak & Jil and Violeta Purple, and her name has appeared on best-dressed lists worldwide. She’s also made a splash on Twitter, with 50,000 followers and counting. An avid collector of clothes and jewelry, Dello Russo currently lives with her dog Cucciolina in Milan.