Anna Wintour announced she would step down from the role of editor in chief of US Vogue after a long tenure that began in 1988. According to Wikipedia, she left the editorship in June 2025 and on 1 September the magazine named Chloe Malle as her successor.
Wintour will continue to serve inside Condé Nast in senior creative roles. Wikipedia and Biography.com report she holds titles including global chief content officer, artistic director, and global editorial director of Vogue. The National Women’s History Museum also notes her ongoing involvement with the Metropolitan Museum of Art as a trustee and long time cochair of the Costume Institute benefit.
Her ascent at Vogue is credited with changing how fashion magazines present style. Sources record that her November 1988 cover, photographed on the street and featuring jeans, signalled a shift toward mixing accessible pieces with high fashion. She moved the title toward celebrity covers and a tighter editorial control that many peers said revived the magazine as a market leader.
Wintour became an influential force beyond print. She built the Met Gala into a major cultural fundraiser and helped establish programs to support young designers. The National Women’s History Museum and Wikipedia say she organised benefits that raised tens of millions of dollars for the Costume Institute and for AIDS charities.
Her management style and public persona drew persistent controversy. Wikipedia records criticisms of aloofness and harsh demands at work, as well as disputes over editorial choices including the use of fur and questions about diversity at Vogue. She has been the subject of fiction and film inspired by former staff accounts, most notably a roman à clef that became The Devil Wears Prada, and later a documentary about Vogue called The September Issue.
Impact Honors And Philanthropy
Wintour’s influence translated into formal honours and institutional recognition. Wikipedia lists an OBE in 2008, elevation to Dame Commander in 2017, appointment to the Order of the Companions of Honour in 2023, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2025. Biography.com also highlights her role in raising major donations for the Met and fashion causes.
On industry support she created the CFDA Vogue Fund and launched public initiatives such as Fashion’s Night Out, aimed at stimulating retail and promoting designers. Sources say she helped lift careers of designers and acted as a gatekeeper who could accelerate attention and orders for emerging talent.
The move from the editor chair closes one chapter and keeps another open. According to the included sources, Wintour will remain a Condé Nast executive and an institutional figure at the Met while Chloe Malle takes editorial command of American Vogue. Observers cited in the sources describe this outcome as both a transfer of day to day authority and a continuation of Wintour’s broader cultural role.
