Anna Wintour, the long-time global editorial director of Vogue, is taking a step back from her editorial duties at the fashion publication.
She will continue to oversee Vogue globally in her post as the publication’s global editorial director, while Vogue U.S. will recruit a new head of editorial content. Wintour on Thursday announced the new job title, head of editorial content, American Vogue.
“She is still very much staying at Conde/Vogue,” Vogue publisher Condé Nast said in a statement to CBS News.
Wintour, 75, remains at the top of Vogue’s masthead, as she retains her title as Vogue’s global editorial director. She is also the chief content officer for Condé Nast. In that role, she will oversee media brands including Wired, Vanity Fair, GQ and Condé Nast Traveler.
Wintour became editor-in-chief of Vogue in 1988 and has been seen as one of the most figures in fashion for decades.
Vogue’s global creative director is Raúl Martinez, and Taylor Antrim is U.S. Deputy editor. Chloe Malle edits Vogue.com.
Condé Nast overhauled its editorial structure in 2021, when it united its global editorial teams. Today, each market has a head of editorial content plus a global editorial director.
The change at Vogue means that the U.S. version of the publication will bring a new editorial leader for the U.S. Other editions of the publication, such as Vogue Japan or Vogue France, also have a head of editorial content position, each led by a global editorial director.
Once filled, the newly created U.S. position will allow Wintour to focus more on her roles as Vogue’s global editorial director and Condé Nast’s chief content officer.
Wintour is widely considered to be the most powerful figure in the fashion industry, and is believed to have inspired Meryl Streep’s icy Miranda Priestly, editor of the fictional Runway magazine, in the 2006 film “The Devil Wears Prada.”
“It was entertainment. It was not a true rendition of what happens within this magazine,” Wintour told 60 Minutes in 2009.
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