Anna Wintour STEPS DOWN as Vogue Editor-in-Chief After 37 Years

Anna Wintour‘s trailblazing run as the Editor-in-Chief of Vogue is officially coming to an end.

For, the icon has announced that she is to step down after a 37-year reign.

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WWD, BoF, and more confirm that the 75-year-old informed staff in a company-wide briefing this morning (June 25).

While leaving tall shoes to fill, Wintour will continue on at Condé Nast, shifting to the role of its Global Chief Content Officer and Global Editorial Director at Vogue. She will oversee every brand globally, including Vanity Fair, GQ, and more.

Wintour began her tenure at Vogue in 1988 as the successor of then-editor-in-chief Grace Mirabella. Under her leadership, the publication was reshaped and remoulded into an even mightier machine and the definitive “fashion bible” for the modern age.

A Pop culture force, Wintour is said to be the inspiration for Miranda Priestly‘s character in ‘The Devil Wears Prada,’ a book written by her former assistant Lauren Weisberger. It was famously adapted into a hugely successful movie of the same name, starring Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep in the role of Priestly.

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