End of an era: Resignation of Anna Wintour as “Vogue” boss

The end of an era is emerging: Anna Wintour (75) is said to have informed her employees on Thursday that after 37 years she will return as editor -in -chief of the American “Vogue”. . Condé Nast as the publisher of the magazine confirmed the message.

The 75-year-old fashion icon informed the workforce that the magazine would now start looking for a new person responsible for the editorial content. Wintour, who has been the successor to Grace Mirabella (1929-2021) at the top of the most influential fashion magazine in the world since 1988, will not completely turn its back on the “Vogue”.

She keeps her position as a global chief content officer at Condé Nast and also remains global editorial director (Global Editorial Director) of the “Vogue”. In this function, it will continue to monitor the worldwide orientation of the fashion magazine.

As Chief Content Officer from Condé Nast, Wintour monitors all brands of the company worldwide, with the exception of the “New Yorker”. Prestigious titles such as “Vanity Fair”, “GQ” or “Glamor” combine under their roof. The withdrawal from the operational management of the US “Vogue” undoubtedly marks the end of an era. Wintour led the magazine through multiple crises, mastered the digital change and always preserves its characteristic mix of elegance and hardness. Her famous sunglasses became a symbol of the unapproachable perfection, which she embodied.

When Wintour succeeds Grace Mirabella, nobody suspected that this personnel decision would have one of the longest and most formative leadership in the history of fashion magazine journalism. But Wintour attracted attention with the cover of her first edition from November 1988. It showed the Israeli model Michaela Bercu in a Stonewashed jeans. It was the first time that jeans appeared on the cover of the “Vogue”. In 1992 she also broke with a long US “Vogue” tradition and brought Richard Gere (75) to the cover as the first man.