Grace Mirabella

Grace Mirabella (born June 10, 1929) is a former editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine. She started working at Vogue in the 1950s and served as editor in chief between 1971 and 1988. Her personal publication, Mirabella, was created in 1989 and lasted until 2000 with the financial support of Rupert Murdoch.

Grace Mirabella was born in Newark, New Jersey, to parents of Italian descent. With a gambling addict for a father and a feminist mother whose ideology sharpened Mirabella's views on life, Mirabella took her strength and endurance to the fashion world, where she saw fashion as a way to show evidence that a woman can rise to power. She graduated from Skidmore College in June 1950, majoring in economics. She married Dr. William Cahan in November 1976 and took on a personal venture with financial assistance from Rupert Murdoch.

Mirabella began her career by working in a family friend's sportswear shop. After college, Mirabella held several junior positions in the retail business, including at Macy's as an executive trainee and Saks Fifth Avenue as an assistant to the sales promotion manager. In the early 1950s, Mirabella was hired as an assistant at Vogue, where she was rapidly promoted. During most of the 1960s, she held the position as the associate editor in chief under Diana Vreeland. Eventually, in 1971, Mirabella was promoted to editor in chief.

When Mirabella arrived, Vogue received a face lift; the laid-back feel of the 1970s directed her style, and she added a more casual feel that contrasted with the way the magazine had been defined in its earlier years. Since the United States was in a recession in the 1970s, Mirabella used more editorials that addressed affordable yet stylish clothing for women. Mirabella was noted for bringing in and showcasing designs from Halston, Saint Laurent, Geoffrey Beene, and Ralph Lauren. During her tenure at Vogue, she increased revenue to $79.5 million and grew the magazine's circulation to 1.2 million.

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