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Edward Kobina Enninful, the editor-in-chief of British Vogue and a native of Ghana, has had many operations on his eye and has said that the prospect of losing his sight is his biggest worry.
According to a BBC article, Mr. Enninful, now 50, had four surgeries to cure his impaired eyesight, including one on a detached retina. He emigrated from Ghana to Britain when he was 13 years old.
The Vogue editor confessed that he spent weeks staring at the floor following his surgeries.
Edward Enninful said yes when asked whether he was afraid of becoming blind during the interview.
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“It’s my biggest fear…I never had good eyesight anyway. I always had my minus 10 glasses and I had four retinal detachments [needing] surgery each time. Then three weeks looking at the ground in a dark room and not lifting up your head. And yes, it was very psychologically intense.
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“But what I’ve also learned is… you don’t need perfect vision to create. You don’t need 20/20 vision to see images. So that’s the irony of it: though I have bad eyesight, I’m still able to create images that people seem to resonate with,” he explained.
Success in the fashion business has followed Edward, who at age 18 was named fashion director of the British fashion magazine i-D.
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