Anna Wintour’s replacement at Vogue has officially been revealed.
On Tuesday, Sept. 2, the magazine announced its new head of editorial content to be Chloe Malle, taking over from the former editor of Vogue.com. Wintour, 75, who stepped back as editor-in-chief of Vogue on June 26.
“Fashion and media are both evolving at breakneck speed, and I am so thrilled and awed to be part of that,” Malle, 39, said in reaction to the announcement. “I also feel incredibly fortunate to still have Anna just down the hall as my mentor.”
Industry news site Puck first reported that Wintour would be naming Malle as her successor on Sept. 1.
According to the announcement, Malle began her tenure at the publication in 2011, first starting off as a social editor for the magazine. After five years in the role, the journalist switched to a contributing editor position at Vogue. She has served as a contributing editor since 2016 and moved up to editor for Vogue.com in 2023.
Reflecting on her choice for a successor at Vogue, Wintour said she had “one chance to get it right.”
“At a moment of change both within fashion and outside it, Vogue must continue to be both the standard-bearer and the boundary-pushing leader,” Wintour said, according to the announcement.
“Chloe has proven often that she can find the balance between American Vogue’’s long, singular history and its future on the front lines of the new. I am so excited to continue working with her … while she leads us and our audiences where we’ve never been before.”
Wintour revealed on June 26 that she would be stepping back from her editor-in-chief role at American Vogue after holding the position for 37 years.
In the new role, Malle will control daily operations at Vogue. Her mother, actress Candace Bergen, once held the fictional position of editor-in-chief at Vogue in her guest role as Enid Frick in seasons 4, 5 and 6 of Sex and the City. Malle’s connections to the entertainment industry continues through her late father, French film director Louis Malle.
