It was late spring, and Anna Wintour, the notoriously decisive editor of Vogue, was stymied. That is not a common state for her. But the presidential election had her in a bind, at least when it came to her December issue. She had to make a magazine in one reality and publish it in another. What to do?

Anna Wintour has chosen Marc Jacobs as the first guest editor in US Vogue’s history.

She is of course the iconic Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of "Vogue" magazine. Wintour has not only influenced how people dress in the US, she has also had a hand in shaping fashion globally, including in Africa and India.