Anna Wintour is stepping away from her function as U.S. Vogue’s editor-in-chief however will retain editorial management over the storied journal.
She broke the information to Vogue employees in a gathering on Thursday.
The longtime Vogue powerhouse is in search of a head of editorial content material to deal with extra of the day-to-day operations however is holding on to loads of energy to maintain her a power on the journal that constructed her fame in style, an individual aware of the choice advised The Related Press Thursday.
Wintour, 75, will stay chief content material officer for journal writer Condé Nast and international editorial director of Vogue, a spokesperson for the corporate confirmed to CBC Information.
The information shook the style world and Wintour-watchers on social media amid breathless headlines that Wintour was “stepping down” from Vogue. The brand new lead will report on to Wintour in her capability as international editorial director, the individual stated.
As chief content material officer, Wintour will proceed to supervise each Condé Nast model globally, together with American Vogue, Wired, Vainness Honest, GQ, AD, Condé Nast Traveler, Glamour, Bon Appétit, Tatler, World of Interiors, Attract and extra, excluding The New Yorker.
Wintour additionally oversees the annual Met Gala, style’s greatest evening and a significant fundraiser for the style wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Artwork.
Wintour seen arrivng for the 2025 Met Gala on the Metropolitan Museum of Artwork on Could 5 in New York. The annual star-studded Gala raises cash for the Metropolitan Museum of Artwork’s Costume Institute. (Andrea Renaut/AFP/Getty Photographs)
4 years in the past, the corporate modified its editorial construction, bringing collectively the editorial groups all over the world for the primary time.
Each market the place Condé Nast operates has a head of editorial content material led by a world editorial director.
The brand new function at American Vogue is a part of that reorganization. The brand new construction has already been rolled out at different Vogue titles all over the world.
The corporate won’t search an editor-in-chief to exchange Wintour at American Vogue, changing that title with the brand new head of editorial content material. The thought is to afford Wintour extra time to are inclined to different titles in her portfolio.
Wintour reworked Vogue throughout her many years on the journal.
She was named inventive director in 1983, served as editor-in-chief of British Vogue from 1985 to 1987 then rejoined the American title as editor-in-chief.
She modernized the journal by that includes celebrities on its covers and mixing excessive style with extra reasonably priced road fashion.
She championed rising designers, together with Marc Jacobs, Alexander McQueen and John Galliano, and broadened the model’s attain by including new titles all over the world.
