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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
Washington Post
5 hours ago
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- Washington Post
Anna Wintour is stepping back. Who would want to take over Vogue?
Anna Wintour made an announcement that shocked the worlds of fashion and media on Thursday: She will look for a new editorial lead to oversee the day-to-day operations of American Vogue, the magazine she has edited for the past 37 years. This shift will likely change little for Wintour, with her laconic style and pristine bob that have made her synonymous with what it means to be in and out of fashion.
BBC News
9 hours ago
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Anna Wintour: The Vogue editor's legacy, and who might replace her
Dame Anna Wintour had just sent off her first edition of US Vogue in October 1988 when the magazine received a phone call from the printers. They had seen the issue's front cover, and had one question: "Has there been a mistake?"The cover, Dame Anna's first as editor-in-chief, featured a lesser-known model, Michaela Bercu, smiling at the camera in a stylish Christian Lacroix couture two things were notably different from usual: the model was standing outside, in the street, and wearing a pair of jeans. The printers half-assumed there had been some kind of error. "I couldn't blame them," Dame Anna later recalled. "It was so unlike the studied and elegant close-ups that were typical of Vogue's covers back then, with tons of makeup and major jewellery. This one broke all the rules."The jeans had, in fact, been a last-minute addition, after the skirt which Bercu was supposed to wear didn't fit properly. But the intended message was clear: the cover star was a regular, everyday girl - and this was a new era for Vogue. Dame Anna's arrival, and desire to defy convention, "signalled a revolution" at the magazine, according to CNN Style's Oscar Holland, who praised her debut issue as "warm and easygoing". After two years in charge of British Vogue, Dame Anna had been hired for the US edition precisely to shake things up. She was tasked with making sure the magazine didn't lose its edge as it headed towards the 1990s. In the decades since, Dame Anna has "steered the title from glossy print editions featuring first supermodels then grunge, via Noughties celebrity culture and reality TV stars, into an online era of social media and digital publishing," noted the Times' fashion editor Harriet this week, Dame Anna announced she would be stepping back as Vogue's editor-in-chief after 37 years. She will remain publisher Condé Nast's chief content officer, a role she was appointed to in 2020, which means she will still oversee Vogue's content, along with the company's other titles such as GQ, Wired and Tatler. But while she may be staying with the company, her departure as editor-in-chief marks the end of an extraordinary era for the magazine, which helped to define pop culture. Dame Anna will be remembered for "the greater sense of informality that she brought to her early Vogue covers" and the tone they set, says Dr Kate Strasdin, senior lecturer at the Falmouth University's Fashion and Textile Institute."She also pioneered the celebrity cover image, positioning popular culture beneath the famous Vogue banner."In her first year as editor-in-chief, Dame Anna put Madonna on the cover, the first celebrity to have featured, as part of her wider mission to merge the words of fashion and entertainment."She was the first to make fashion a global, cultural industry," Marian Kwei, a stylist and contributor to Vogue, told BBC Radio 4's Today. But, she adds, Dame Anna "also showed that fashion could be more approachable". "She took away the elitism that was in fashion, and brought a democratisation, and made fashion this party that everybody else was invited to." It hasn't always been smooth sailing, however. In 1993, animal rights group Peta occupied her office in protest over Dame Anna's decision to wear fur, something she no longer were arguably occasional cultural missteps, too. The LeBron James and Gisele Bundchen cover in April 2008 sparked a debate about whether it reinforced old stereotypes of race and recently, Dame Anna faced a much more existential challenge - how to move Vogue into the digital age with hugely increased 2018, designer Philip Plein compared the number of Vogue's readers with the number of Instagram followers Kim Kardashian had."So what is more important nowadays for a brand?" he asked. "This is an interesting question." In a fast-moving media landscape, some industry watchers may wonder whether Dame Anna was quietly asked to step down by Conde Nast to make way for fresh Alexandra Shulman, former editor of British Vogue, said she doubted this, telling BBC News: "I don't think there's any view that a new vision is needed. "Anna's made it perfectly clear that she's remaining in control at American Vogue... so I think she will still have the final say."Shulman added that it was likely Dame Anna herself would choose her successor at Vogue. 'The high priestess of our time' Dame Anna is as known for her own image as much as the aesthetic she has created in her magazines. Her trademark sunglasses and bobbed haircut are partly what helped her become such an instantly recognisable figure. She told the BBC's Katie Razzall last year, somewhat cryptically, that her sunglasses "help me see and they help me not see... they help me be seen and not be seen".The editor has always been something of an enigma, and will be well aware that the conversation and speculation that surrounds her just fuels the interest she played down the focus on her image, saying: "I don't really think about it. What I'm really interested in is the creative aspect of my job."Her reputation as an editor has, of course, been widely debated, Dr Strasdin notes. "The fashion industry has traditionally been a space where egos and creativity can clash spectacularly," she says, adding that documeantries such as The September Issue and First Monday in May "offer some insight into the strangeness of that world". Over time, Dame Anna gradually became a significant figure not just in fashion, but western culture. She is regularly referenced in hip-hop lyrics, with Nicki Minaj, Jay-Z and Ye (formerly Kanye West) among the artists who have name-checked her."I believe what she has done," reflected Kwei, "is carved a space in fashion, culture, time, history that we will never be able to outdo".Dame Anna was the loose inspiration for Miranda Priestly, the demon magazine editor in The Devil Wears Prada, portrayed on screen by Meryl editor has appeared to enjoy occasionally leaning in to the comparison, and last year attended the gala night for the stage asked if she thought people were frightened of her in real life, Dame Anna replied: "I hope not." Dame Anna's impact can be seen in all kinds of ways, including, for example, at Amazon founder Jeff Bezos wedding to Lauren Sánchez in Venice this weekend."She created that moment, and almost created that brand," the former Sun editor David Yelland told the BBC. "It was when she put Lauren Sancehz on the front of Vogue in 2023, that the Bezos/Sanchez brand started. "She did the same with Kim Kardashian and she did the same with the Trumps. When she put Ivana on the front in 1990 it was incredibly controversial, people called it tacky, but that was the beginning of the Trump brand in the higher end of global society. So she's not just an editor, she's the high priestess of our time." Who could replace Anna Wintour? The question of Dame Anna's successor is complicated. "This is a challenging era for print media," explains Dr Strasdin. "Vogue's social media platforms are frequently under fire for the seemingly relentless celebrity content which critics decry as diluting the mission of Vogue. "But a strong digital presence is vital. Eva Chen, as director of fashion partnerships for Instagram, brings that expertise. She has long been a Met Gala regular and has to be on the longlist I should think.""Chioma Nnadi must also be in the running," she continues. "She hails from London, and has spent the last two years heading up editorial content at British Vogue. She is Wintour's protege and it does feel as if she has been waiting in the wings."Other possible candidates, according to the Daily Mail's fashion editor Margaret Abrams, include former head of Teen Vogue Amy Astley, who still works for Condé Nast editing another magazine. Vogue's senior editor Chloe Schama, her namesake Chloe Malle, editor of Vogue's website, or even Dame Anna's own daughter, film producer Bee Shaffer Carrozzini, could also be in the frame."As ever fashion is regarded as both superficial and economically valuable," says Dr Strasdin. "Anna Wintour has had to tread the tightrope of maintaining relevance as far as style is concerned at the very same time that fashion has had to undergo re-evaluation in relation to sustainability, plagiarism and labour conditions. "I think these are the very real concerns that her successor will have to navigate."
National Post
10 hours ago
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- National Post
Vogue is hiring after Anna Wintour says she is stepping down as editor-in-chief
Anna Wintour is stepping down as Vogue editor-in-chief but will retain editorial control over the storied magazine. Article content The longtime Vogue powerhouse told staff Thursday she's seeking a head of editorial content to handle more of the day-to-day operations. But she's holding on to plenty of power to keep her a force at the magazine that built her reputation in fashion. Article content Article content Article content Article content Wintour will remain chief content officer for Conde Nast and global editorial director of Vogue. The news shook the fashion world and Wintour-watchers on social media amid breathless headlines that she was 'stepping down' from the magazine. The new lead will report directly to Wintour in her capacity as global editorial director, Vogue said in a statement posted to its website later Thursday. Article content '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,' Wintour told staff. Article content '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 added. Article content Article content As chief content officer, Wintour will continue to oversee every Conde Nast brand globally, including Vogue, Wired, Vanity Fair, GQ, AD, Conde Nast Traveler, Glamour, Bon Appetit, Tatler, World of Interiors, Allure and more, with the exception of The New Yorker. Article content Article content 'In effect, the addition of a new editorial lead for Vogue US will allow Wintour greater time and flexibility to support the other global markets that Conde Nast serves,' the Vogue statement said. Article content Wintour also oversees the annual Met Gala, fashion's biggest night and a major fundraiser for the fashion wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. And she'll remain involved in Vogue World, a traveling fashion and cultural event the magazine began in 2022. Article content Article content Four years ago, Conde Nast changed its editorial structure, bringing together editorial teams around the world for the first time. Every market where Conde Nast operates has a head of editorial content led by a global editorial director. The new role at American Vogue is part of that reorganization. The new structure has already been rolled out at other Vogue titles around the world.
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13 hours ago
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Anna Wintour to Step Down as Editor-in-Chief of US Vogue
Anna Wintour, the longtime editor of Vogue magazine, said the Condé Nast publication is seeking a new head of American editorial content. The person filling the newly created position will take over daily editing duties of a magazine that's considered a trendsetter in the fashion industry. Wintour, who serves as chief content officer for Condé Nast and global editorial director of Vogue, took on expanded duties after a company reorganization four years ago, the company said in an email. Other markets, including Japan, the UK and France, already have appointed dedicated heads of editorial content. Bloomberg's Tiwa Adebayo joined Francine Lacqua to discuss Wintour's decision to step down from her role as editor-in-chief of American Vogue after 37 years. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
