Everyone Is Making The Same Jokes At The Surprising News That Anna Wintour Is Stepping Down As Editor-In-Chief Of Vogue
In a move that sent shockwaves through the fashion world, Anna Wintour announced that she's stepping down from her role as editor-in-chief of Vogue. Since 1988, Wintour has run the publication like a perfectly tailored empire, where she has set trends that people have worn all around the world and launched the careers of lots and lots of designers. She also turned the Met Gala into the biggest fashion event of the year.
The queen of icy stares isn't vanishing completely; she'll reportedly stay on in her roles as Condé Nast's global chief content officer and Vogue's global editorial director. But it's the news that someone else will be stepping into her editorial stilettos that has made the fashionistas gasp in unison (with Chanel pearls firmly clutched) all over the internet.
So, I decided to round up the funniest tweets about Anna leaving, because, well, this is BIG:
Editor's Note: We dive into X so you don't have to scrub your eyeballs afterward. Here's the good stuff we found floating in the chaos.
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USA Today
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- USA Today
Vogue editor Anna Wintour makes pop culture chic: A look back at the fashion icon's impact
Anna Wintour isn't just a face behind the pages of Vogue magazine. She is a paragon of glamour herself. The famed editor-in-chief, who's served at the helm of American Vogue since 1988, is stepping down as the magazine's head of editorial content, as part of a modified organizational structure the Condé Nast publication adopted four years ago. Wintour will stay on as Condé Nast's chief content officer and Vogue's global editorial director. Wintour, known for her stern management style and iconic A-frame bob, helped redefine the landscape of celebrity fashion, thanks in part to her bold cover portraits for Vogue (Wintour's first issue featured Israeli model Michaela Bercu in a casual look that included a $50 pair of faded jeans.) Over the years, Wintour spotlighted a range of A-list talent, from pop stars Madonna and Britney Spears to supermodel Naomi Campbell and former first lady Michelle Obama. The style maven also helped transform the Met Gala, an haute couture fundraiser for The Metropolitan Museum of Art, into a viral, star-studded extravaganza that draws buzz from fashionistas, celebrities and social media onlookers alike. Here's a look back at Wintour's indelible mark on the fashion world and beyond. Anna Wintour leaves Vogue: Media executive steps down as magazine's editor-in-chief Anna Wintour makes Met Gala 'hip' celebrity shindig The 1995 Met Gala was Wintour's first time in charge of the event, but it didn't become her permanent "Party of the Year" until 1999. "It was the flashiest and most shocking party the Met had ever thrown," fashion journalist and author Amy Odell wrote in 2022's "Anna: The Biography." Wintour had "cracked off the shellac and unleashed the future's much more hip possibilities." It's no secret that Wintour has a heavy hand in curating the gala's details, as previously cataloged in 2016's "The First Monday in May" documentary. Wintour, along with museum curators and close friend Tom Ford, orchestrates every detail, including the dress code, food and seating arrangements. In recent years, the Met Gala has hosted epic fashion moments from the likes of Rihanna, Kim Kardashian, Zendaya, Jared Leto and Bad Bunny with head-turning themes that explore multiculturalism, nature and fashion history. Even with all the celebrity wattage, West Coast Vogue contributor Lisa Love detailed to Odell some of the intricacies Anna would "fuss about" during the event. "When Kim Kardashian wore a custom latex Thierry Mugler dress that redefined tight to the camp themed party in 2019, Anna kept saying to Lisa Love, 'Can you please tell her to sit down?'" Odell wrote. "Love had to explain that, actually Kardashian physically couldn't sit." Who is Anna Wintour? What to know about longtime Vogue chief Anna Wintour reportedly inspires 'The Devil Wears Prada' book, film "The Devil Wears Prada," a 2003 novel written by Wintour's former assistant Lauren Weisberger, tells the story of aspiring magazine writer Andrea Sachs, who finds herself working for the icy Miranda Priestly, a high-powered editor of a top fashion publication. The book became a New York Times bestseller and spawned two sequels, 2013's "Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns" and 2018's "When Life Gives You Lululemons." In an interview with Random House, Weisberger — who didn't name Wintour as a direct inspiration — said while she didn't set out to write a "'boss from hell' story," some of the anecdotes featured in the novel "aren't so far away from the tasks either I or my friends in various industries ... went through our first few years out of college." At the time of the book's release, Wintour told The New York Times: "I always enjoy a great piece of fiction. I haven't decided whether I am going to read it or not." Weisberger's alleged insider portrait of Wintour hit the big screen in 2006 with a film adaptation that starred Anne Hathaway as Sachs and Meryl Streep as Priestly. The Oscar-nominated dramedy grossed $326.7 million worldwide. Wintour has since appeared to give her seal of approval to Weisberger's high- fashion tale. In December 2024, the Vogue editor was spotted attending the London premiere of "The Devil Wears Prada" musical, a theatrical reimagining of the film with music by Elton John. Anna Wintour becomes musical muse for Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj, more Wintour's fashion empire has served as lyrical fodder for some of the biggest names in music. The magazine magnate has been referenced or name-dropped in songs from the likes of Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj, Bad Bunny and others. On 2009's "Empire State of Mind," Jay-Z delivers the pun: "Caught up in the in-crowd, now you're in-style / Into the winter gets cold, en vogue with your skin out." 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Yahoo
an hour ago
- Yahoo
Anna Wintour Steps Back as 'Vogue 'Editor-in-Chief After 37 Years — and She's Hiring!
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San Francisco Chronicle
an hour ago
- San Francisco Chronicle
‘That's all.' Anna Wintour leaves editor-in-chief role at Vogue
I am here to report that the news of the abdication of Anna Wintour is greatly exaggerated. Yes, Wintour — perhaps the most famous magazine editor in the world — is stepping down from her role as editor-in-chief of Vogue. The bobbed-hair Brit icon of fashion publishing has been at the helm of the storied 132 year-old magazine since 1988, an unprecedented run. In those 37 years, she has gone on to surpass any previous editor as its representative. But before you plan the farewell parade, remember that Wintour currently holds three positions at Condé Nast, Vogue's parent company. At 75, she will remain Vogue's global editorial director, as well as chief content officer for Condé Nast. In that role, Wintour oversees Wired, Vanity Fair, GQ and several other magazines (excluding the New Yorker.) Wintour will also still remain the most powerful person at Vogue. While her title of editor-in-chief will be struck from the masthead, a new 'head of editorial content' will be created at American Vogue. That person will report directly to Wintour. So, in essence, Wintour will have no successor. While the move itself might not change the direction of the Vogue brand or power structure considerably, the news has inspired significant media coverage, with many calling it the end of an era for fashion publishing. Wintour was already a veteran of several publications when she took over Vogue from Grace Mirabella in 1988. Her first cover in November of that year featured model Michaela Bercu photographed by Peter Lindbergh, wearing a bejeweled Christian Lacroix couture jacket and stonewashed Guess jeans. The look was a high-low pairing that broke precedent. During her time as editor-in-chief, she was a star in the last great flowering of magazines before the financial crisis of 2008. Perhaps only successive Vanity Fair editor-in-chiefs Tina Brown and Graydon Carter came close to Wintour in celebrity. During her tenure, Wintour oversaw the magazine as publishing expanded online and eventually, into social media. Wintour is also responsible for using the power of Vogue to transform the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute's annual fundraising gala into one of the biggest fashion and celebrity events in the world, raising millions of dollars annually. The Costume Institute is now named for her. With her concealing bangs, oversized sunglasses and unflappably chic public persona, Wintour has become a brand and object of public fascination independent of the magazine. In 2003, the novel 'The Devil Wears Prada,' by Wintour's former assistant Lauren Weisberger, shot onto the New York Times bestseller list for six months. The book's cold, demanding editor of the fictional Runway magazine, Miranda Priestly, is widely seen as a roman à clef of Wintour. Even before the novel and the subsequent 2006 film adaptation, starring Anne Hathaway as Weisberger's stand-in Andy and Meryl Streep as Priestly, Wintour had a reputation as 'Nuclear Wintour,' a nickname that came from her allegedly frosty demeanor. Priestly's tendency to dismiss subordinates with a casual 'that's all' has become one of the more notable memes from the hit movie. When Wintour went to see the film, the editor noted that she wore Prada. In 2009, Wintour appeared in R.J. Cutler's documentary 'The September Issue' about the creation of the magazine's famed fall fashion edition, further cementing her as a face for the brand. As the magazine and fashion worlds have changed in the 21st century, Wintour has had to navigate calls for more racial, body and ethnic diversity in the magazine. Beyond Weisberger's book, allegations of a hostile work environment at Vogue continued to plague Wintour, specifically by former Vogue editor Andre Leon Talley in his 2020 memoir, 'The Chiffon Trenches.' A prolific Democratic Party fundraiser, Wintour has also been criticized for not featuring First Lady Melania Trump on Vogue's cover like previous presidential spouses. The only other fashion editor of comparable pop culture stature to Wintour is Mirabella's predecessor, Diana Vreeland, who inspired the character of Maggie Prescott in the 1957 musical 'Funny Face' and has become much caricatured. But while Vreeland has been mostly defanged as a delightful eccentric in depictions, Wintour has come to symbolize many things. On one hand, she's the enduring figure in an industry obsessed with VC youth and trends. Like a royal or a pope, her presence seems to offer a certain stability in fickle fashion. To some, she's an OG girl boss in male dominated publishing. And to others, she's the archetype for a boss from hell. But what other magazine executive has been as memed, merchandized and fetishized like Wintour? With a new musical version of 'The Devil Wears Prada' by Elton John onstage in London (with Priestly played by Vanessa Williams) and a cinematic sequel in the works, it's not like Wintour is going to suddenly be less famous. While Wintour's power isn't diminishing, the shift does mark the close of a chapter. There will likely never be another fashion editor who commands her level of interest again.
