Emily Bearn

Alexandra Shulman’s unlikely career in fashion journalism should have made a Hollywood movie

British Vogue’s longest-running editor never courted celebrity, and has always felt most comfortable in her kitchen apron

Alexandra Shulman at her Vogue leaving party. Credit: Getty Images
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