Mrs. Anna Wintour (Dame Anna Wintour) stepped back 37 years later as the editor-in-chief of American Vogue.
The 75-year-old British-born fashion giant (75) has a longer position than any other editor, but will retain its senior position as its publisher.
Mrs. Anna will continue to serve as Vogue’s global editorial director and chief content officer for its parent company Conde Nast.
She was announced to serve fashion and journalism in 2017 by the late Queen Elizabeth II and was named a companion of honor by King Charles earlier this year.
Mrs. Anna announced Thursday to employees that she would introduce a new editorial content leader in American Vogue.
According to the company’s publishing account, Mrs. Anna told employees she wanted to help “the next generation of enthusiastic editors infringe on the field with their own ideas” as she announced she had left the editor-in-chief role.
She said she would continue to take on many responsibilities, “I would undoubtedly intend to keep Vogue’s tennis and drama editors forever.”
Mrs. Anna grew up in London and was an editor of Vogue, the British before taking over the American sister publication in 1988.
She gave American Vogue a new life, turning it into one of the world’s top fashion publications and was considered a lesser-known model and cheap clothing mixed with haute couture for overhauling its output.
Over her long career, Mrs. Anna has become one of the most well-known and influential figures in the fashion industry.
In addition to working with Vogue, she organized Met Gala, a New York fundraiser that has attracted high-profile celebrities since 1995.
She is known for her trademark bob and dark glasses. Last December, she told BBC’s cultural editor Katie Razzall that the iconic shadow was “props”, “they helped me see it, they helped me not see it.”
Mrs. Anna’s tenure as editor of the US Vogue was also widely rumored to inspire Miranda Priestly’s tyrannical but respected character in the devil’s wear of Prada, a novel by one of Wintour’s novel Lauren Weisberger.
Earlier this year, King Charles asked Mrs. Anna if she would stop working – she said she replied “unwaveringly.”
