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Surprise! Anna Wintour<\/a> is stepping down from her role at American Vogue<\/a>.\u00a0 Wintour\u2014who\u2019s led American Vogue as editor-in-chief for 37 years\u2014announced the news in a staff meeting on Wednesday morning. The pub will be seeking a new head of editorial content. However, she will continue to hold he position as Cond\u00e9 Nast\u2019s global chief content officer and global editorial director at Vogue.<\/p>\n

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Anna Wintour<\/p>\n

Wintour\u2019s career at Vogue truly transformed the magazine, making the U.S. edition a leading force in fashion media today. Before becoming EIC at the publication, she served as its creative director in 1983, later leading British Vogue as EIC from 1985 to 1987 before rejoining American Vogue. In 1988, her first issue on newsstands\u2014November 1988, featuring Michaela Bercu wearing a Christian Lacroix sweater and $50 Guess jeans\u2014caused a stir in media regarding what \u201chigh fashion\u201d meant. Throughout the \u201990s, her covers led the conversation around celebrity and fashion\u2019s overlap\u2014and occasionally caused controversy when going against corporate or public opinion\u2014with star power from Oprah Winfrey, Madonna, Ivana Trump, Ren\u00e9e Zellweger, Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford, and more.<\/p>\n

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Vogue November 1988 (Courtesy of Vogue)<\/p>\n

During the 2000\u2019s and 2010\u2019s, Wintour continued to push the envelope of fashion media and align Vogue\u2018s issues with both current events and topical pop culture moments. Notable cover highlights include Kirsten Dunst\u2019s turn in Sofia Coppola\u2019s Marie Antoinette (September 2006), Sarah Jessica Parker\u2019s return as Carrie Bradshaw for the Sex and the City movie (June 2008), Michelle Obama\u2019s tenure as First Lady (March 2009), Kate Moss\u2019 wedding to Jamie Hince (August 2011), Vogue\u2018s biggest-ever issue at 916 pages, featuring Lady Gaga (September 2012), Rihanna\u2019s pregnancy reveal (May 2022), and Zendaya\u2019s Met Gala co-chair debut (May 2024). One of her greatest feats, however, was Kim Kardashian<\/a> and Kanye West\u2019s April 2014 cover, timed to their lavish wedding that spring. The viral moment marked both stars\u2019 first cover for the title, as well as its first interracial couple, first reality TV star, and first rapper to be featured on the cover; Kardashian would later go on to cover Vogue\u2018s May 2019 and March 2022 covers solo.<\/p>\n

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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West for Vogue April 2014 (Annie Leibovitz\/Courtesy of Vogue)<\/p>\n

During her tenure at Vogue, Wintour also extended her cultural influence beyond creating hotly anticipated covers. Her team over the years included editors that became ones to watch in the media world, including Andre Leon Talley, Edward Enninful, Chioma Nnadi, Leah Faye Cooper, Plum Sykes, Naomi Elizee, Jos\u00e9 Criales-Unzueta, Hamish Bowles, and Edward Barsamian. Where fashion was concerned, she frequently launched designers\u2019 careers and advised various brands on their business and creative directions, including Marc Jacobs, Tom Ford, Joseph Altuzarra, Zac Posen, Jack McCullough and Lazaro Hernandez, Jonathan Anderson, and more. Her broader influence also extended to the Met Gala, which she began co-chairing in 1995 and turned into the thematic and star-studded fundraiser we know it as today. Wintour additionally spearheaded the CFDA\/Vogue Fashion Fund\u2019s launch to support emerging designers, a project she\u2019s led since the competition began in 2004.<\/p>\n

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Thom Browne, Andrew Bolton, Anna Wintour (BFA.com)<\/p>\n

In addition to these projects, however, Wintour became a fixture in pop culture as well. Widely seen as the face of fashion media, her signature bob, sunglasses, and colorful gemstone necklaces became a fixture on the streets of New York City and Fashion Week front rows\u2014and were even parodied on multiple occasions on Saturday Night Live. Entire articles were written on Wintour\u2019s lifestyle as well, from why she wears her sunglasses indoors to her go-to lunch and coffee orders. Her presence in fashion and media is so immense that it\u2019s even been covered in books, most recently Amy Odell\u2019s 2022 in-depth biography Anna, which charts Wintour\u2019s life and career from her childhood to the present day.<\/p>\n

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Anna Wintour (Neil Rasmus\/ BFA for The Mark Hotel)<\/p>\n

Wintour\u2019s exit follows a flurry of recent changes at Cond\u00e9 Nast. Most recently, Susan Cappa resigned as the company\u2019s head of sales for fashion and luxury this week. Earlier this month, Wintour named Mark Guiducci<\/a> as the creative director for Vanity Fair, following editor-in-chief Radhika Jones<\/a>\u2018 surprise exit from the magazine in April. It also begs the question: Who will follow in her footsteps for media\u2019s most coveted job? Stay tuned!<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve reached out to Vogue for comment on the announcement.<\/p>\n

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