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Daily Mirror
14 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Anna Wintour's Vogue replacement - all the rumoured names to take over
After Anna Wintour announced she was stepping down from her role as editor-in-chief of Vogue, here's a list of names that could be replacing her… After serving for nearly four decades as the editor-in-chief of American Vogue, Anna Wintour has announced she's stepping down from her role. It's been reported that Anna broke the sad news to her team on Thursday (June 27). However, fashion enthusiasts shouldn't be too devastated as the 75-year-old icon isn't leaving Condé Nast or Vogue completely, she's just scaling back her duties. Anna will reportedly still remain as Vogue's global editorial director as well as Condé Nast's global chief content officer. Anna took on the role back in 1988 and is often credited for transforming the legendary fashion publication. Her pioneering role in the fashion business led her to be named a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire at Buckingham Palace in 2017. The new role will be titled as head of editorial content and many names have entered the mix as potential replacements for the highly coveted gig. As rumours continue to swirl, here's a list of names that might be in the running… Eva Chen Journalist Eva Chen became the beauty editor of Teen Vogue back in 2005 and held this position until 2012. Moving through the ranks at Condé Nast, Eva took on the role of editor-in-chief of Lucky magazine in June 2013. Initially hired as a consultant, Eva was promoted to the top of the publication within just two months. At the time, she was just 33 years old, making her one of the youngest editors to lead a National American magazine. Chen is also presently Head of Fashion Partnerships for Instagram, a role she joined in July 2015. As well as this, she also is an author of several children's books which aims to uplift Asian American children. Eva is a firm fixture at some of the most high-profile fashion shows, sitting in her pride of place on the front row. She's also been spotted with Anna on several occasions, meaning she could potentially be in line to replace her. Amy Astley Amy Astley's relationship with Anna has exceeded two decades, after being named by her to become the editorial director of Teen Vogue back in 2002. After 14 years, she decided to leave the position in 2016 to move onto pastures new. During Amy's tenure, Teen Vogue was nominated twice for a National Magazine Award for General Excellence and was named as Adweek's 2004 Startup of the Year. She released a book in 2009, titled The Teen Vogue Handbook: An Insider's Guide to Careers in Fashion, which became a New York Times best seller. The success of the book led to Penguin updating and reissuing it in 2014. Amy joined Architectural Digest in 2016 as the global editorial director and editor-in-chief. She expanded it solely from a print edition to having multiple digital-only verticals, a social media presence and a hit video series on YouTube. Chioma Nnadi Chioma Nnadi joined Vogue in New York in 2010 and ran the American website as well as writing for the publication and co-hosting the Vogue podcast. After rising up the ranks, Chioma now holds the position of head of editorial content for British Vogue. She is the first woman of colour to claim such a senior leadership role at Vogue globally, succeeding Edward Enniful, who was the first gay man of colour in a senior role. Anna has described Chioma as 'beloved among her colleagues at Vogue' and an 'editor and writer with an impeccable reputation." Pharrell Williams As well as a successful music career, Pharrell Williams has made a significant impact in the fashion industry, becoming a prominent designer and creative director. His fashion work includes collaborations with huge brands including Chanel and Louis Vuitton. Not only that, but he has also founded his very own successful streetwear labels, Billionaire Boys Club and Ice Cream. He is the current Men's Creative Director for Louis Vuitton. Pharrell shares a close professional relationship with Anna, with the pair most recently working together as co-chairs for the 2025 Met Gala along with other prominent figures such as Colman Domingo, A$AP Rocky and Lewis Hamilton.
New York Post
17 hours ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Anna Wintour ruined her Vogue legacy in one crucial way
The glossy page is being turned — sort of. Anna Wintour, the supreme leader of Vogue, is stepping down after 37 years at the fashion bible. Long dubbed 'nuclear Wintour' for her icy nature, the 75-year-old is leaving her role as editor-in-chief, but still retaining her cold death grip on it from above as the global chief content officer at publisher Condé Nast. Plus, she'll still lord over the Met Gala — ensuring celebrities will continue to bow to her in a bid to score invites. Advertisement Part of me is sad to see Wintour go, albeit out of pure nostalgia. Her departure signals an official end to the golden age of glossies, when magazine editors ruled the New York City media landscape with impossibly glamorous designer wardrobes and their noses in the air. 6 After 37 years at the Vogue helm, Anna Wintour is stepping down. Dylan Travis/AbacaPress / She represents a bygone era of black cars, expense accounts, standing lunch reservations at Michael's and sanctioned imperious behavior in the corner offices. Advertisement Before the digital revolution and social media influencers upended traditional gatekeepers, magazine editors were rock stars with a near monopoly on cultural influence. And bold characters with the strongest points of view — and, sometimes, unsparing management styles — were usually rewarded with top jobs. Wintour not only epitomized this, she was the complicated empress of it in the '90s and aughts. 6 Anna Wintour is the reigning queen of the fashion world and palled around top designers like the late Karl Lagerfeld. Stephen Lovekin Advertisement Stories abound about her alleged treatment of peasant underlings. Eye contact with her was reportedly forbidden, as was hopping into the elevator with her. A creature of continuity, she hasn't changed her signature bob, her dark sunglasses or, reportedly, her lunch order of rare steaks in decades. Her legacy was mythologized in 'The Devil Wears Prada,' a roman à clef written by a former Wintour assistant, as well as its 2006 movie. They don't make those creative bullies like they used to. Now, executives have to sanitize their behavior through HR compliance and lead with kindness and compassion. It's good for office morale, but not for media gossip pages. How boring. Imagine a 'The Devil Wears Prada' reboot where everyone is sitting around completing anti-harassment training videos and pitching SEO-driven stories about TikTok fashion trends. No cerulean blue monologue. No speech like, 'I said to myself, go ahead. Take a chance. Hire the smart, fat girl.' Advertisement 6 Anna Wintour, who regularly attends the US Open, is a tennis fanatic and champion of some of the sport's top stars. Annie Wermiel/NY Post Where have all the characters gone? Things changed at Vogue in 2020 when Wintour had to shake the lily-white elitism from her ranks. 'I want to start by acknowledging your feelings and expressing my empathy towards what so many of you are going through: sadness, hurt, and anger too,' she wrote in a note to staff, participating in the mass white atonement of the moment. 'It can't be easy to be a Black employee at Vogue, and there are too few of you. I know that it is not enough to say we will do better, but we will … ' 6 Anna Wintour's stewardship of the Met Gala has turned it into a star-studded event. FilmMagic Absolutely, hiring a more diverse staff was probably a good thing. But the arbiter of privilege turned her fashion bible and its digital site into a place for progressive politics, identitarianism and intersectionality. It became laughably woke. Vogue also became increasingly partisan — a tool of the resistance. Advertisement While Republican first ladies Laura Bush, Barbara Bush and Nancy Reagan weren't given covers like their Dem counterparts, they were at least given the scraps of an inside spread. Then came Trump — and all that stopped. After dishing out tongue baths and multiple covers to Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton and Jill Biden (including last summer while her husband's campaign imploded), Vogue not only snubbed Melania — who was good enough for a cover in 2005. Earlier this year, a story ripped her official portrait, comparing her to a 'freelance magician.' 6 In the 2006 movie 'The Devil Wears Prada,' Meryl Streep (right, with Anne Hathaway) played Miranda Priestly, a character based on Anna Wintour. Wintour, long a champion of Dem politicians, has channeled her snobbery against the right and anyone who wasn't a card-carrying Dem. She fully turned her magazine into an arm of the DNC. Advertisement It became obvious that Vogue was not about American fashion, celebrity or culture — only left-wing figures. People like Stacey Abrams, a two-time loser for the Georgia governor's mansion, and Sarah McBride, the first trans member of Congress, along with Kamala Harris. 6 Anna Wintour attended the 2025 Tony Awards in her trademark sunglasses. Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions Funnily enough, Second Lady Usha Vance — a first-generation American and accomplished attorney — is someone Vogue would bend over backward to shoot … if only she was married to a Dem. Advertisement So the time is right for Wintour to go. Her magazine could use a makeover to shake off the ingrained partisanship of the last 15 years. But since Wintour is still hanging on to some power, I'm guessing we'll just see last season's collection again.
Yahoo
18 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Who Will Succeed Anna Wintour at 'Vogue'? Journalist Amy Odell, Who Wrote a Bestseller About the Editrix, Weighs In (Exclusive)
On Thursday, June 26, Anna Wintour announced she was stepping back as American Vogue's editor-in-chief after 37 years in the role American Vogue will seek to replace the role with a head of editorial content Author and Wintour biographer Amy Odell spoke to PEOPLE about the longtime editor's possible successor and reasons behind the moveEver since Anna Wintour announced she was stepping back from her long-held post as editor-in-chief of American Vogue, there's been one question on everyone's lips: Who will replace her? On Thursday, June 26, Wintour, 75, announced in a Vogue staff meeting that she would relinquish the role after 37 years. The fashion legend, who became editor-in-chief in 1988, will stay on as Condé Nast's global chief content officer and global editorial director at Vogue but is making way for new leadership. Vogue will seek a new head of editorial content, who will report to Wintour. Author and journalist Amy Odell, who published a bestselling biography of Wintour titled Anna in 2022, spoke to PEOPLE about Wintour's exit and the future of Vogue. As for Wintour's possible reasons for leaving, Odell shares, "Anna is 75 years old, [she's been] doing this for 37 years. As superhuman as she is, nobody can do any job forever." Odell admits that while Wintour's "bombshell" news "feels scary," the longtime editor seems to be making a calculated move. "What I do think is interesting about the succession is we know that Anna is a very controlled person and she's setting it up so that she's picking her successor," she explains. "She's still going to be at Condé Nast overseeing what they're doing and influencing the magazine that they're creating. So it seems like a very controlled way for her to leave her editor-in-chief job." As for who Wintour might pick for new head of editorial content, Odell says the successor is likely to be someone from the Vogue or Condé Nast family. ! "If you look at the history of Vogue successions, that's pretty much what's happened when the editor-in-chief has changed over," she says. "So when Anna became editor-in-chief in 1988, she had been both creative director of American Vogue and also editor-in-chief of British Vogue, and her predecessor was Grace Marabella, who was at Vogue for a long time before she became an editor-in-chief, succeeding Diana Vreeland. So I would expect it to be someone internal." Odell suggests that editor Chloe Malle or British Vogue's head of editorial content, Chioma Nnadi could be in the running. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. During her announcement on Thursday, Wintour told Vogue staff: "Anybody in a creative field knows how essential it is never to stop growing in one's work. When I became the editor of Vogue, I was eager to prove to all who might listen that there was a new, exciting way to imagine an American fashion magazine." She continued: 'Now, I find that my greatest pleasure is helping the next generation of impassioned editors storm the field with their own ideas, supported by a new, exciting view of what a major media company can be. And that is exactly the kind of person we need to now look for to be HOEC for US Vogue.' Wintour went on to explain that many of her responsibilities at Vogue would remain the same, 'including paying very close attention to the fashion industry and to the creative cultural force that is our extraordinary Met Ball, and charting the course of future Vogue Worlds, and any other original fearless ideas we may come up with…and it goes without saying that I plan to remain Vogue's tennis and theater editor in perpetuity. 'But how thrilling it will be,' she concluded, 'to work alongside someone new who will challenge us, inspire us, and make us all think about Vogue in a myriad of original ways." The longtime editor began her career at Vogue in 1988, taking the reins from former editor-in-chief Grace Mirabella. Wintour immediately started reshaping the magazine and one of her first major moves made history for the brand. Her first cover (the November 1988 issue), featured model Michaela Bercu in a $50 pair of jeans (the first time denim was on the cover of Vogue) with a $10,000 Christian Lacroix sweater in a fun and relaxed shot photographed by Peter Lindbergh. Read the original article on People
Yahoo
19 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Anna Wintour quits Vogue
The 75-year-old British editor has been at the helm of the American edition of the iconic magazine since 1988 but will now bow out. While the formidable editor-in-chief is stepping away from the glossy fashion bible, she will reportedly stay on at publishing house Condé Nast in an overseeing capacity. Fashion Week Daily broke the news on Thursday, reporting, "Anna Wintour is stepping down from her role at American Vogue.' "Wintour - who's led American Vogue as editor-in-chief for 37 years - announced the news in a staff meeting on Wednesday morning.'
Business Insider
a day ago
- Business
- Business Insider
Anna Wintour's latest career move is her next great leadership challenge
Anna Wintour may be shifting roles, but she's not slowing down. Wintour's decision, announced Thursday, to give up the title of editor in chief of Vogue, a role she's held since 1983, signals a colossal shift at the venerable fashion publication. Yet Wintour isn't departing. Wintour, who is about a decade over the average US retirement age at 75, will hire a new US "head of editorial content" for Vogue, who will report to her. The magazine reported that Wintour would retain many of her duties, including overseeing the Met Ball, and remain as global editorial director of Vogue and chief content officer for Condé Nast, Vogue's parent company. The move is the latest instance of a boldfaced name in leadership planning a shift in their responsibilities, rather than relinquishing them. Condé Nast did not respond to a request for comment from BI on succession plans. Take Warren Buffett, who's 94 and the longest-serving chief of an S&P 500 company, and plans to stay on as chairman after he hands over the CEO job at the end of the year. Jamie Dimon, who's approaching two decades atop JPMorgan, has also said he could stay on as chairman even after he gives up his executive duties. That can be good for individual leaders' well-being and for the entities they lead, though leadership experts told Business Insider that staying too long can also introduce risks. Wintour has not indicated that this is the first step in her retirement plan, but in her comments to staff this week, she emphasized her desire to shape the next generation of talent. "Now, I find that my greatest pleasure is helping the next generation of impassioned editors storm the field with their own ideas, supported by a new, exciting view of what a major media company can be," she said. The benefit for longtime bosses to remain engaged is that it can be good for their sense of purpose and ease their transition to an eventual retirement. It can also benefit their team, as they have the opportunity to pass on a wealth of institutional knowledge to their successor to help avoid missteps. "There's a steady hand at the ship while this transition is happening," Kevin Groves, a professor of management at Pepperdine's Graziadio Business School, told BI. A longevity boost Transitioning — rather than quitting outright — has other perks for leaders. Jasmine Sawhne, a Los Angeles psychiatrist who helps clients with life transitions, told BI that type-A personalities who are wedded to their work tend to benefit from a gradual retirement rather than an abrupt one. "Retirement can affect one's identity, their sense of purpose and daily structure, mental health — it is a huge, significant life change," she said. At the same time, good cognitive health also makes it easier for people to keep working. A recent report on the "silver economy" found that in 41 advanced and emerging economies, a person who reached the age of 70 in 2022 had, on average, the same cognitive ability as a 53-year-old in 2000, making it more likely that they would stay in the labor market. Suddenly withdrawing from a stimulating work environment can impact executive function and memory, which can trickle down to impact everything from a person's sleep quality to their sense of meaning. Leaders who have built-in interactions at work can also experience extreme loneliness when they quit. For those with high-status roles like Wintour, a well-planned transition can be "a really critical step so that they can avoid that post-retirement existential void," Sawhne said. Many centenarians credit their careers (or similar activities, like part-time work or volunteering) with their longevity, keeping them mentally sharp and socially connected. From politicians and big-time execs to Tom Cruise, who's said he plans to make movies until he's 100, it's often hard for strivers to give up the roles they love. Helping fill the biggest shoes Another perk of shifting responsibilities rather than retiring outright is preventing the "emotional whiplash" of an organization adjusting to a new leader, Sawhne said. It can also give leaders more time to train or mentor their successors. Still, she said, remaining at the helm long-term can cause friction if the new hire doesn't understand how much authority they really have or who's truly in charge. Gary Rich, a leadership coach who's worked with Fortune 500 companies on succession planning, told BI that it can be hard for leaders, particularly ones who've demonstrated long-term success, to give up their roles even when they say they're ready to. Rich said incoming leaders often value having someone who's been at the job stick around for a bit to assist in the transition. He said that 20% of his work involves coaching the new person, while 80% involves convincing the outgoing leader to let go. He said the reason is simple: High-powered leaders often draw enormous validation and self-esteem from their roles."Asking people to let go of that is asking them to let go of a major part of their identity," Rich said. The trick is, he said, not to stay too long. Rich said the limit should be three months. Planning for the future As great as a soft exit is, the key is making sure it leads somewhere. Rich said it becomes difficult for the new guard to establish power when the old boss hangs on, and members of the organization might still go to the predecessor through back-channel communications. Nailing a subtle role shift is easier said than done. Sawhne said it's crucial to have a support system of people who can offer validation that "you're not retiring from influencing some company; you're just retiring from the intensity of the work that you're putting in."
