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Anna Wintour will step down as editor-in-chief of Vogue (US) after 37 years at the helm of the fashion magazine. In a staff meeting on Thursday, June 26, 2025, the 75-year-old industry figure informed Vogue employees that the publication is beginning a search for a new “head of editorial content” to lead the U.S. edition. Wintour will remain with Condé Nast in her other capacities, including serving as the company’s global chief content officer and as Vogue’s worldwide editorial director, even as she relinquishes day-to-day control of the American magazine.
According to Vogue, the incoming head of editorial content will take charge of Vogue’s daily operations and editorial direction across platforms, reporting directly to Wintour in line with Vogue’s new global leadership structure. This move mirrors the setup already in place at the magazine’s international editions, where each market has its own content lead under Wintour’s oversight. Condé Nast’s chief executive, Roger Lynch, noted that Wintour’s responsibilities have expanded greatly in recent years, effectively doing “three jobs” since 2020 and that appointing a dedicated U.S. editorial head will enable her to focus on supporting all the company’s brands globally. Wintour’s decision is being characterized as a transition in focus rather than a full retirement from Vogue, ensuring she continues to shape the publication’s vision on a global scale even as a new U.S. editor is put in place.
Wintour assumed the top job at American Vogue in 1988, after a prior stint as editor of British Vogue. Her inaugural U.S. Vogue cover (November 1988) famously featured model Michaela Bercu pairing a couture Christian Lacroix jacket with $50 jeans, a then-unorthodox high/low mix that signaled a fresh direction for the magazine and sparked debate about the boundaries of “high fashion”. In the decades that followed, Wintour steered Vogue through fashion’s evolving eras: she embraced the rise of the late-1980s and 1990s supermodels, navigated the grunge movement’s impact on style, and broadened the magazine’s cover subjects beyond models to include celebrities from the worlds of entertainment and culture. Under her editorship, figures such as Oprah Winfrey and Kim Kardashian, once unconventional choices for a fashion magazine, graced Vogue’s cover, reflecting Wintour’s influence in merging celebrity and fashion culture.
Over her tenure, Wintour became an unmistakable force in fashion media, known for her exacting eye and influential vision. Her formidable persona even inspired the fictional magazine editor Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada, the 2003 best-selling novel (and 2006 film) penned by Wintour’s former assistant Lauren Weisberger
Beyond the pages of Vogue, Wintour also leveraged her role to transform the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit into a global pop-cultural phenomenon. As chair of the annual gala since the 1990s, she turned the once-staid fundraiser into the star-studded Met Gala, fashion’s equivalent of Oscars night, raising millions for the museum and catapulting the event to international prominence with elaborate themes and high-profile attendees. Through these initiatives and her editorial direction, Wintour has left an indelible mark on the fashion landscape, cementing Vogue’s status as a leading authority in the industry.
The search for this new editorial leader is underway, though the company has not announced a specific timeline for the transition. Once selected, the head of editorial content will oversee Vogue (US)’s editorial operations and work alongside Wintour, who will continue to guide the brand in her global capacities. .
Wintour’s 37-year tenure atop Vogue has been one of the longest and most influential in fashion journalism, and this carefully managed handover suggests an ongoing role for her as mentor and figurehead even as day-to-day responsibilities shift. The forthcoming leadership change marks the end of an era for Vogue’s American edition, but with Wintour still shaping Condé Nast’s creative vision worldwide, the magazine’s editorial direction is expected to maintain continuity while entering a new chapter under fresh daily leadership
