Anna Wintour to step down from Vogue leadership role
The announcement of her nearly 40-year tenure ending shocked many in the fashion world.
NEW YORK — Anna Wintour is stepping down from her Vogue role on Thursday, according to multiple reports.
The fashion magazine is now looking for a new head of editorial content, previously referred to as an editor-in-chief position, according to Women’s Wear Daily.
With this surprise announcement, 75-year-old Wintour will still be in the same world by keeping her position as Condé Nast’s global chief content officer and global editorial director at American Vogue, according to the Daily Mail.
Wintour started as editor-in-chief of the monthly magazine in 1988, taking over after Grace Mirabella. Her decades-long tenure has remade Vogue into what it is today: an industry leader in the fashion world.
She’s credited with putting celebrities on the cover of Vogue and publishing “fun and relaxed shots,” among other things, according to People.
The announcement of her nearly 40-year tenure ending shocked many in the space, leaving folks reeling on social media with the news.
“Anna Wintour & her bob stepping down from vogue while Fashion week is taking place is so wild to me,” wrote one user on X. “Like wow. Idk how I feel about this.”
The announcement quickly soared to trending on Google and X.
It’s not yet clear why Wintour is stepping down, but the Daily Mail says she recently left Vanity Fair staff ‘blindsided‘ and unhappy when she decided to appoint her daughter’s “nepo-baby best friend to run the magazine.”
Her longtime position and reputation for being intimidating is thought to have inspired the book, then turned movie, “The Devil Wears Prada.”
Wintour’s replacement, temporary or otherwise, has not yet been announced. It’s also not entirely clear when she will stop serving in her current role.