Anna Wintour steps again as US Vogue’s editor-in-chief

Dame Anna Wintour is stepping again as editor-in-chief of American Vogue after 37 years.

The British-born trend magnate, 75, is leaving the position she has held longer than another editor, however will retain senior positions at its writer.

Dame Anna will proceed as Vogue’s world editorial director, in addition to chief content material officer for its mother or father firm Conde Nast.

She was made a dame by the late Queen Elizabeth II for companies to trend and journalism in 2017, and was made Companion of Honour by King Charles earlier this 12 months.

Dame Anna introduced to workers on Thursday {that a} new position, head of editorial content material, could be launched at American Vogue.

In line with an account revealed by the corporate, Dame Anna informed workers she wished to assist “the subsequent era of impassioned editors storm the sector with their very own concepts” as she introduced her departure from the editor-in-chief position.

She stated she would proceed with a lot of her duties, and that “it goes with out saying that I plan to stay Vogue’s tennis and theatre editor in perpetuity”.

Raised in London, Dame Anna was the editor of British Vogue earlier than she took the helm at its US sister publication in 1988.

She is credited with giving American Vogue a brand new lease of life, turning it into one of many world’s high trend publications and was credited with overhauling its output, together with that includes much less well-known fashions and mixing cheap garments with couture.

Over her lengthy profession, Dame Anna has grow to be one of the vital recognisable and influential figures within the trend business.

Outdoors of her work with Vogue, she has additionally organised the Met Gala, a New York fundraiser which attracts high-profile celebrities, since 1995.

She is thought for her trademark bob and darkish glasses. Final December, she informed the BBC’s tradition editor Katie Razzall the signature shades had been a “prop”, and “they assist me see they usually assist me not see”.

Dame Anna’s tenure as editor-in-chief of US Vogue can also be extensively rumoured to have impressed the tyrannical however revered character of Miranda Priestly within the Satan Wears Prada – a novel by a former assistant of Wintour, Lauren Weisberger.

Earlier this 12 months, King Charles requested Dame Anna whether or not she would cease working – to which she stated she replied “firmly no”.