HELL HAS FROZEN OVER: Anna Wintour steps down as Editor-in-Chief of Vogue

They kept it quiet overnight? I don’t believe it

This is NUCLEAR ☢️ WINTER

Like every other magazine and newspaper, this fetid old rag is taking on water and probably getting ready to go under.

You won't be missed, Kuntz.

She is 75 years old and is being editor is an all consuming job. I don’t understand why on Earth anyone would want to work so late in their life.

Ding Dong, the witch is dead (well, her career anyway)

She still has final say over all Conde Nasty magazines.

[quote] I don’t understand why on Earth anyone would want to work so late in their life.

Confused man: "Why do you do it?"

Francesca Fiore: "POWER!!!"

Yuck it up while you can but don't come back here bitching when Vogue et al turn into low rent non-entities like Vanity Fair.

WAY too long for any executive position (for someone who did not create or found the company).

I don't know how anyone could resurrect it though - those fashion magazines feel dead to me. Most designers can't make it and have gone out of business, except the old school brands.

[quote] Yuck it up while you can but don't come back here bitching when Vogue et al turn into low rent non-entities like Vanity Fair.

Why would I care? Magazine publishing is as decrepit as Wintour is, and it's a women's magazine anyway.

"Yuck it up while you can but don't come back here bitching when Vogue et al turn into low rent non-entities like Vanity Fair."

It's a magazine about the rag trade, not the fucking Journal of the American Medical Association. Other than sucking up huge quantities of air and paper, Vogue produces absolutely nothing of any long-term value.

She outcunted everyone, but the magazines will die without her.

[quote]They kept it quiet overnight? I don’t believe it

It took a while before Anna agreed....

Ah, the Met Gala will never be the same!

Yeah R10, it's as if no gay people work in the fashion industry. My bad.

R11, you sound like you grew up in some eastern bloc country. Ninotchka lives.

10 million dollhairs for the 1st photo of her sitting in the back row of a fashion show

After pushing Edward out for suggesting it's time he took her job bitch goes anyway

She's still global head of something, and haven't all the various Vogues been consolidated so it doesn't really matter who's editor-in-chief of each country's Vogue?

I know next to nothing about fashion, but I've been reading for at least 15 years (here and elsewhere) about how US Vogue is the blandest, least interesting of all the editions. Surprised she managed to hang on for this long.

Goodbye, Anna.

That's all.

[quote] She's still global head of something, and haven't all the various Vogues been consolidated so it doesn't really matter who's editor-in-chief of each country's Vogue?

If this is the case, then her successor in the editor-in-chief role will have a very unrewarding job. Nothing worse than the previous queen still running the show in the background. But what am I saying. I am sure Ms. Wintour will stay out of everything and not meddle at all. That's just not her thing.

R18 she oversees EVERY Conde Nast magazine. Even The New Yorker.

Say what you will, she looks great for 75 or has had the best and most understated work done that we've seen in a long, long while.

I loathe that animal hating cunt.

R18 Yup she´s still the Queen Bee and has now more time to torture the asses she put in those editor seats.

[quote]As chief content officer, Wintour oversees every brand globally, including Wired, Vanity Fair, GQ, AD, Condé Nast Traveler, Glamour, Bon Appetit, Tatler, World of Interiors, Allure and others, with the exception of The New Yorker, which is overseen by David Remnick. Wintour became editor in chief of Vogue in 1988.

[quote]Four years ago, Condé Nast changed its editorial structure, bringing together the editorial teams around the world for the first time. Every market where Condé Nast operates has a head of editorial content led by a global editorial director. The new Vogue U.S. role is part of the company’s organizational design and it will join the heads of editorial content for Japan, China, India, Taiwan, U.K., France, Spain, Germany, Italy and the Middle East

[quote]The addition of a new editorial leader on the U.S. Vogue team is expected to allow Wintour more time to support the markets more equally, in addition to leading all titles at Condé Nast, with the exception of The New Yorker.

Vogue used to be fantasy and escapism in a pre-internet/social media world.

Now there are so many options to fill that, in video and in more depth, I just don't see how looking at skinny models in wild outfits in exotic locations would ever seem interesting again.

It feels like an older art form that has died. People aren't looking towards Vogue for any trends - and I dare say, 'trends' in general that we used to know are also very dead.

It's interesting how this move is a year before the sequel to Devil Wears Prada comes out.

Her pre-written NYT obituary was leaked last year. It was quite something.

[quote] Say what you will, she looks great for 75 or has had the best and most understated work done that we've seen in a long, long while.

How can you tell? For decades she's worn a wig with huge bangs that completely hide her forehead and most of her cheeks. And it makes her look like a Romulan warbird commander.

"I could have you EJECTED into SPACE! Is that CLEAR, Subcommander André Leon?"

I stand corrected re my earlier comment as to THE NEW YORKER

TY R25

She will be replaced by the beautiful Georgina Chapman.

Vogue is being re-imagined for a contemporary audience, so her successor will be Elaine Welteroth.

I’d love to snatch that stupid Prince Valiant wig off her head and throw it in the river.

Anna will be moving into sketch comedy.

Hahaha r32

Perhaps this is why Tim Gunn wasn't renewed for PR. Hmmm.

How can you tell, r23, with that wig and those sunglasses.? It can be Michael Caine under there for all we know…

I hope the successor is a lesbian. We all want to see this movie.

What is she going to do?

I can't believe she is not waiting for much anticipated Young Gay Takeover. I must say I am excited to see how cutie patooties Matthieu Blazy and Jonathan Anderson helm Chanel and Dior - the two biggest fashion houses in the world. Matieu was originally at Bottega Veneta and turned that fashion brand around in no time flat into the huge success it is today. Jonathan Anderson basically did the same for Loewe and now he is at Dior (the first designer since Dior himself to oversee men's and women's). They both took over for underperforming female designers. And they are both Extremely talented gay men, both 40 years old (born three months apart), with very long careers ahead of them at their respective houses if they handle it correctly.

I am excited to see what life they breath into these sleep giants.

Jonathan Anderson's first mens show is tomorrow actually. Blazy hits the runway with his first Chanel show later this fall.

[quote]"I could have you EJECTED into SPACE! Is that CLEAR, Subcommander André Leon?"

LOL.

If you hear him tell it, she DID have him ejected into space.

R4 some people genuinely love their work

Someone on here loves shitting on Vanity Fair meanwhile it’s been the better magazine for years.

The man who runs British Vogue is expected to replace her

Tee Hee Hee ! That Haitian voodoo doll finally worked!

Huh. Maybe someone should rethink their hate for Wintour "pushing" Enninful out.

R45 - I didn't know much about him, but from what I read, he sounds like a very good choice. He's had an amazing career and seems to know everyone.

And he carries the tradition from Anna of British Vogue editor taking over American Vogue position.

Can only imagine what’s behind those sunglasses

Can’t be good

Now she can audition for the lead in the new "Devil Wears Prada" musical.

Anna epitomizes the Baby Boomer generation - no university education or degree, dropped out of a prestigious prep school to work at Biba and her first fashion jobs. Floated up the ranks in the first generation of women workers - got more jobs because of her connections (and her father's).

Was appointed to head positions at a very young age - younger than anyone would be appointed now. Fucked two married men, had affairs with them and they left their wives to be with her.

Rude and dismissive to others - and held tightly to that job for almost 40 years. That's boomer shit to me.

And just like that, the devil wears athleisure

R50 - what's funny is how much they denied using Anna as the reference for the character in DWP - despite that the book was written BY one of Anna's assistants.

However, if you ever watch September Issue - it's unbelievable how much is there despite it being released after DWP.

Moving the run-through earlier in the day than planned and complaining that nobody's ready? Yep. Having a fashion consult with a designer and making a small wince because she doesn't like it? Yep. People being visibly on edge and nervous around her (even on camera)? Yep.

I knew that bitch Jacqueline Follet was gonna push out Anna eventually!

Was it filmed after TDWP?

R55 - actually I just looked it up - it was released in Sept 2009 - but it was filmed in Q1/Q2 of 2007, so I think they may have viewed some of that footage before shooting TDWP.

I thought it was shot after since TDWP was released in 2008 and it was released in 2009. But no. So now I think they purposefully used all of that.

R53, i read the book and saw the movie, and the movie is better in many senses. In the book there is no signs of fragility an/or rapport between the characters, the Miranda/Anna character is vile and preposterous through and through. Meryl Streep manages to inject a glimpse of humanity that is absent in the book.

I think, cleverly, Anna sort of leaned into the movie, it benefited her, given its success and her image. Also, it increased her mythical reputation, something that she clearly loves.

Andre must have been furious that a version of him wasn't portrayed in the film.

(I mean, the Tucci character, sort of, but no one physically like Andre.)

What r26 said. The world has changed, and Vogue is a relic.

R57 - it's well known that Meryl had them write several scenes to give her character more balance.

She also made them write the scene about the walk-through and 'stuff?' representing millions of jobs, etc. It slaps everyone watching the film out of dismissing all of it as silly nonsense.

I believe she also had them write the scene where she has no makeup and she talks about her split and the impact on the kids.

[quote]How can you tell, [R23], with that wig and those sunglasses.? It can be Michael Caine under there for all we know…

"Don't make me be a bad girl again!"

Does this mean she can change her hair now?