Her sister Nicola married Constantine Phipps (later, the 5th Marquess of Normanby) in 1990 and has written a biography of Tudor poet Sir Thomas Wyatt.
[3][4] Whilst Alexandra was growing up, the Shulman family lived in Belgravia and she attended St Paul's Girls' School.
[6] Shulman began working at Condé Nast – Vogue's publisher – upon joining Tatler in 1982, under the editorship first of Tina Brown and later Mark Boxer.
Furthermore, others commented that her personal appearance did not conform to previous Vogue editors; as The New York Times observed: "The British press has made much of the fact that when it comes to personal wardrobe, Ms. Schulman [sic] could learn a thing or two from Ms. Tilberis's trademark Chanel, and that she could also become better acquainted with a hairbrush".
As The Guardian observed, "Vogue stood out with a simple bare cover using a Patrick Demarchelier photograph of Diana in a red dress".
We've never published things on cosmetic surgery",[10] adding that she does not want to prescribe as specific way a woman should look to the reader.
Shulman dismissed these concerns in a 1998 interview with the PBS public affairs television programme Frontline, stating: "Not many people have actually said to me that they have looked at my magazine and decided to become anorexic.
"[15] She later became more sensitive to the issue acknowledging that anorexia is a "huge problem" in a January 2005 interview with The Scotsman: "I really wish that models were a bit bigger because then I wouldn't have to deal with this the whole time.
There is pressure on them to stay thin, and I'm always talking to the designers about it, asking why they can't just be a bit closer to a real woman's physique in terms of their ideal, but they're not going to do it.
Shulman wrote to designers to draw their attention to the situation calling for larger sized samples to be produced.
In 2016, Shulman collaborated with photographer Josh Olins to shoot Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge on the cover of Vogue's centenary issue.
Shulman stated: "last autumn I realised that I very much wanted to experience a different life and look forward to a future separate to Vogue".
[1] Shulman was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2005 New Year Honours for services to the magazine industry.