1 hour ago Voices: Farewell, Anna Wintour – the Queen of editors with a nuclear

The ravens are leaving the tower of fashion with news that long-time US Vogue editor is standing down. Former magazine editor Rowan Pelling had a ringside seat for the glamour, power and excess that 'Mag Land' controlled

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10 h. ago Anna Wintour's Vogue replacement: All the rumoured names in line to become editor

After Anna Wintour announced she was stepping down from her role as editor-in-chief of Vogue, here’s a list of names that could be replacing her

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19 h. ago Dior Paris show is sweet relief for anyone wanting to flex a cooler muscle

Jonathan Anderson makes his sharp-eyed debut as creative director for the fashion houseEven Anna Wintour can only be in one place at a time. And rather than Paris, where Jonathan Anderson made his Dior debut on Friday, the most powerful person in fashion was in Venice for the Bezos/Sánchez wedding shortly after relinquishing her role as editor-in-chief at American Vogue.And unlike the wedding of the year, Anderson’s show proved to be sweet relief for anyone wanting to flex a cooler, chicer muscle. Perched on wooden cubes within the Cour du Dôme des Invalides sat plenty of VIP clout: Daniel Craig, Donatella Versace and Roger Federer. Most of the Arnault family, who own Dior and routinely joust with Jeff Bezos over who has more money, were present. Even Rihanna, pregnant in a Dior pastel waistcoat, was relatively punctual. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago Anna Wintour has spent decades dictating a certain look for the super

The Bezos-Sánchez wedding is rewriting the fashion rules. And there’s nothing the outgoing Vogue editor can do about itHow neat that Anna Wintour’s resignation as editor-in-chief of American Vogue should occur bang in the middle of Lauren Sánchez and Jeff Bezos’s wedding extravaganza in Venice. Top takeout? Anna’s revolution is over. She lost. Not personally, of course – she accrued significant riches herself, and her name is literally hewn into stone over a chunk of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Just don’t call her Ozymandias! But the things she represented are over, and nothing illustrates it in quite such withering fashion as the gathering on the Grand Canal of Instagram’s apex predators.Don’t worry – this isn’t going to be another article over-egging the fact that someone has unfurled some protest banner or something on a Venetian church. Very little needs refreshing quite as desperately as the eat-the-rich genre, which has started to feel even smugger than the sup...

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26 h. ago Anna Wintour: ‘queen of fashion’ steps away from American Vogue editor

Wintour has been both King Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell, commanding power while pulling strings behind the scenesThe departure of Anna Wintour as editor-in-chief of American Vogue leaves a bigger absence in the fashion world than would be left by the departure of any designer or supermodel.For more than three decades, Wintour has held the official title of editor-in-chief of American Vogue – and an unofficial, but widely acknowledged, title of queen of fashion. At any catwalk show, the best seat in the house is automatically hers. Like Beyoncé and Madonna, she has no need of a last name; everyone refers to her simply as “Anna”, although few are bold enough to address her directly. She has been a constant, regal presence, crowned by the signature glossy bob and ever-present sunglasses. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Who will replace Anna Wintour as the next editor of Vogue? Fashion editors and nepo babies top the list

After news broke that Wintour, 75, is stepping down from one of her roles after 37 years, the fashion world was left trying to figure out who would be the next front row fixture.

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40 h. ago Anna Wintour: end of an era as ‘queen of fashion’ departs as American Vogue’s editor

Wintour has amplified the place of fashion in culture beyond all recognitionThe departure of Anna Wintour as editor-in-chief of American Vogue leaves a bigger absence in the fashion world than would be left by the departure of any designer, or any supermodel.For more than three decades, Wintour has held the official title of editor-in-chief of American Vogue – and an unofficial, but widely acknowledged, title of queen of fashion. At any catwalk show, the best seat in the house is automatically hers. Like Beyonce and Madonna, she has no need of a last name; everyone refers to her simply as “Anna”, although few are bold enough to address her directly. She has been a constant, regal presence, crowned by the signature glossy bob and ever-present sunglasses. Continue reading...

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