It was an announcement the industry had predicted would come for years — and yet when news broke on Thursday, June 26, that Dame Anna Wintour, 75, was stepping down as editor in chief of American Vogue after a 37 year tenure, even close insiders were taken aback.
Reports confirmed the editor, who took on the role in June 1988, announced the news during a staff meeting on the morning of Thursday, June 26. The title will now seek a new head of editorial content, while Wintour remains its publisher, Conde Nast’s, global chief content officer as well as being global editorial director at Vogue. Her role will continue overseeing Conde’s stable of magazines, which include Vanity Fair, GQ, Architectural Digest, Tatler and more.
