Star's daughter ‘frontrunner' to replace Anna Wintour as Vogue editor
Malle — the daughter of actress Candice Bergen and French film director Louis Malle — is currently editor of Vogue.com and is in the 'final rounds' of interviews to be the new head of editorial content for US Vogue.
Chloe, 39, is a favourite of staff at Vogue and recently interviewed Lauren Sanchez for her Vogue cover ahead of her lavish Venetian wedding to Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos.
We're told that Condé Nast bosses, including CEO Roger Lynch and Anna Wintour, who is stepping down as Vogue' s editor-in-chief, have whittled the shortlist down to the final few candidates.
Vogue declined to comment.
Nicole Phelps, global director of Vogue Runway – the online platform of Vogue dedicated to fashion shows – is also in the running.
The new editor should be announced by the beginning of New York Fashion week, which starts September 11 and runs through September 16.
There are believed to be four to five favourites left, including some external candidates.
However, Instagram's Eva Chen, a pal of Wintour's, is no longer believed to be in the running as her role is so big at Meta.
Chen, who is Head of Fashion Partnerships at Instagram, previously worked on Condé Nast's Teen Vogue and Lucky.
'Eva is making a ton of money at Instagram,' said an industry insider. 'There is no reason for her to move over.'
W Magazine owner Sara Moonves has also been linked to the role, but another source pointed out that she's too entwined with her publication to make the move.
Similarly, Chioma Nnadi, who replaced Edward Enninful as Head of Editorial Content at British Vogue in October 2023, is happy in London and doing a great job.
Wintour, 75, broke the news that she was stepping down as editor-in-chief of American Vogue in June after helming the fashion bible for 37 years.
'When I became the editor of Vogue, I was eager to prove to all who might listen that there was a new, exciting way to imagine an American fashion magazine,' she told staff.
'Now, I find that my greatest pleasure is helping the next generation of impassioned editors storm the field with their own ideas, supported by a new, exciting view of what a major media company can be.'
As previously reported, the new boss won't get Wintour's editor-in-chief title, and will be a head of editorial content instead.
They will also report to Wintour, who is staying on as Vogue 's global editorial director and chief content officer for Condé Nast.
'[I'll be] paying very close attention to the fashion industry and to the creative cultural force that is our extraordinary Met Ball, and charting the course of future Vogue Worlds, and any other original fearless ideas we may come up with,' Wintour has said.
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