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Yahoo
17 hours ago
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- 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.'
New York Times
a day ago
- Entertainment
- New York Times
The Concorde-and-Caviar Era of Condé Nast, When Magazines Ruled the Earth
As the longtime editor in chief of Vanity Fair, Graydon Carter was accustomed to big expenses: chauffeured town cars, five-star hotel stays, writer salaries that stretched into the mid six-figures. But in early 2001, he wondered if he had gone too far. Annie Leibovitz, the magazine's chief photographer, had run up a $475,000 bill on a cover shoot involving 10 world-famous actresses — Nicole Kidman, Penélope Cruz, Sophia Loren — and an elaborate stage set, complete with a mantelpiece and a genuine John Singer Sargent painting, which was flown from Los Angeles to New York to London. ('It was like Vietnam, the expenses,' Mr. Carter recalled.) Now, he needed to tell his boss, S.I. Newhouse Jr., the billionaire owner and patron of Condé Nast, about the latest line item on his tab. 'I do have to talk to you about something,' Mr. Carter said as the men sat down for lunch. 'It's a good-news-bad-news situation.' 'What's the bad news?' Mr. Newhouse asked. 'Well, I think we just shot the most expensive cover in magazine history.' A pause. 'What's the good news?' 'It looks like a $475,000 cover.' It was the equivalent of roughly $850,000 today. Mr. Newhouse was fine with it. At its 1990s and 2000s peak, Condé Nast captivated tens of millions of readers with its glossy manuals to the good life: Vogue and GQ for fashion, Vanity Fair for celebrity, Gourmet for food, Architectural Digest for real estate. Editors like Anna Wintour, Tina Brown and Mr. Carter were the ultimate cultural gatekeepers, venerated and feared. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Washington Post
2 days ago
- Business
- Washington Post
Anna Wintour is seeking a new Vogue editor-in-chief but will maintain editorial control
NEW YORK — Anna Wintour is stepping down as Vogue editor-in-chief but will retain editorial control over the storied magazine. 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.
CTV News
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- CTV News
Anna Wintour stepping down as Vogue editor-in-chief
Anna Wintour is stepping down from her longtime top role at American Vogue after 37 years at the helm. (via CNN Newsource) After nearly four decades as the editor-in-chief of American Vogue, Anna Wintour is stepping down and seeking a replacement, the magazine's publisher Condé Nast confirmed to CNN. Wintour broke the news to staffers on Thursday. Although she'll exit the top role at Vogue, she is not leaving Condé Nast altogether, but scaling back her duties. She will remain on as the publisher's global chief content officer as well as Vogue's global editorial director. The new role replacing her atop the storied American fashion magazine will be titled head of editorial content. As Vogue's editor-in-chief, she reinvented the publication, transforming an increasingly unadventurous title into a powerhouse that could set and destroy both trends and designers. Though magazines shouldn't be judged by their covers alone, Wintour's covers signaled that she was unafraid of spotlighting lesser-known figures and eschewing the norms of high-end fashion titles. Her first issue, published in November 1988, was fronted by Israeli model Michaela Bercu in a pair of stonewashed jeans — the first time that jeans had ever appeared on Vogue's cover. This set a tone for the hundreds of issues that followed, and Wintour would go on to make countless editorial decisions her predecessors would have considered unimaginable. Gone were the days of controlled studio headshots; in their place came casual, outdoor, upper-body shots. In 1992, she broke with a century-old Vogue tradition by featuring a man on the cover (in the form of Richard Gere, who appeared alongside Cindy Crawford, his wife at the time). Though Wintour is most closely associated with Vogue, in 2020, she became Condé Nast's chief content officer, overseeing all its titles globally, including Vanity Fair, Wired, GQ, Architectural Digest, Bon Appétit and Condé Nast Traveler. Rather than a retirement announcement, Wintour's shift, as well as the new role atop Vogue's US edition, are part of a wider global restructuring of the company. Still, the changing of the guards is a seismic shift for American Vogue, offering a coveted opening for fashion editors as well as the opportunity for the industry's most influential publication to head in new directions. Two years ago, Chioma Nnadi became the first Black woman to lead British Vogue as she succeeded Edward Enninful's own history-making six-year run as the magazine's first Black editor-in-chief.
Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE The Basil Zempilas story you won't hear in WA. Plus, turmoil at top glossy mag and Mamamia staff reveal fears of legal disaster: INSIDE MAIL
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