Vogue seeks new head of editorial content after Anna Wintour steps down

According to an account published by the company, Dame Anna told staff she wanted to help "the next generation of impassioned editors storm the field with their own ideas" as she announced her departure from the editor-in-chief role.

Wintour joined American Vogue in 1988 after serving as editor of British Vogue. Her first issue on newsstands – November 1988 – featuring model Michaela Bercu wearing a pricey Christian Lacroix sweater and $50 Guess jeans caused a stir about what comprised “high fashion”.

She became a senior editor at New York in 1981 and creative director at Vogue in 1983. In 1986, she was named editor-in-chief of British Vogue, then returned to the United States to edit HG from September 1987 until she was appointed editor-in-chief of Vogue in July 1988.