Dame Anna Wintour has stepped down as Vogue’s editor-in-chief after leading the fashion publication for 37 years.
According to US media, the 75-year-old told staff members on Thursday morning.
NBC News confirmed the news through a Vogue company spokesman.
Met Gala co-chair Dame Anna will still be Condé Nast’s global chief content officer and global editorial director at Vogue.
Dame Anna announced to staff that a new role, head of editorial content, would be introduced at American Vogue.
Her big break at Vogue came in 1983 when she landed the role as creative director.
In 1985, Dame Anna replaced Beatrix Miller as editor-in-chief of British Vogue, but leapt back to New York City in 1988 to take over as Vogue editor-in-chief.
Her rein also marked the start of putting celebrities on the cover of magazines, which other publications were quick to follow.
Her famed covers included A-listers like Oprah Winfrey, Madonna, Ivana Trump, Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington and Cindy Crawford.
The move is all the more surprising because in February Dame Anna told the King Charles she will not stop working as she removed her trademark sunglasses when she was honoured at an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace.
She was made a Companion of Honour in the 2023 King’s Birthday Honours list for her services to fashion.
Dame Anna has also been running the Met Gala since 1995.
Born in London in 1949, Eleanor Trego Baker, Dame Anna’s mother, was a film critic, while her father was Charles Wintour, the editor-in-chief of the London Evening Standard in the 1960s.
She began her career in fashion journalism in 1970 when she was hired at the magazine Harpers & Queen as an editorial assistant.
Dame Anna has denied being the inspiration for ice queen magazine editor Miranda Priestly in the 2006 movie The Devil Wears Prada.
