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After months of speculation, Vogue has named Chloe Malle as its new head of editorial content for the US edition, while Anna Wintour remains global editorial director and continues to oversee Condé Nast’s worldwide media empire.
The fashion world had been buzzing for months. From New York to Paris, insiders speculated endlessly about who would succeed Anna Wintour, the legendary figure who shaped Vogue for nearly four decades. On Tuesday, the mystery was finally solved: Chloe Malle, current editor of Vogue.com, has been named head of editorial content for the magazine’s US edition.
This move doesn’t mean Wintour is stepping away entirely. At 75, she remains Vogue’s global editorial director and Condé Nast’s chief content officer, overseeing a portfolio of iconic titles including GQ, Vanity Fair, Bon Appétit and Architectural Digest. Malle will handle day-to-day operations, managing print and digital, but she will report directly to Wintour, ensuring continuity at the top of the fashion empire.
In her announcement, Wintour praised Chloe Malle’s vision and leadership. “Chloe has repeatedly shown she can balance American Vogue’s long, singular history with its future. I’m thrilled to keep working with her as her mentor and her student.”
Chloe Malle, 39, is the daughter of Hollywood royalty and European cinema. Her mother, Candice Bergen, is best known for her role on Murphy Brown, while her late father, Louis Malle, was a celebrated French filmmaker. Educated at Brown University, she began her career writing about real estate at the New York Observer before joining Vogue in 2011 as social editor. She chronicled high-society events and weddings before becoming a contributing editor in 2016 and taking charge of Vogue.com in 2023.
Under her leadership, Vogue.com’s audience doubled, reaching 14.5 million unique visitors monthly. She launched creative projects like Dogue, a digital-only issue devoted to celebrity dogs, and interviewed major figures such as Lauren Sánchez before her wedding to Jeff Bezos.
“Vogue has already shaped who I am,” Chloe Malle said in the announcement, “Now I’m excited at the prospect of shaping Vogue myself.”
Anna Wintour’s Lasting Legacy
When Anna Wintour became editor-in-chief of Vogue in 1988, she disrupted decades of tradition. Until then, fashion magazines featured models in rigid couture poses, far removed from mainstream culture. Wintour broke those boundaries by putting celebrities on covers, making fashion accessible and relevant. Her debut cover featuring Madonna was a declaration of intent: fashion would no longer be isolated from the world.
She introduced a daring mix of high and low, blending couture with affordable pieces. Her first cover showed a couture jacket styled with a $50 T-shirt, signaling a new era where fashion was about personal expression, not just wealth.
Anna Wintour also elevated behind-the-scenes industry events into global spectacles. The Met Gala, under her leadership, became the most influential night in fashion, merging art, celebrity and commerce. She championed young designers like Marc Jacobs and Alexander McQueen, shaping careers and redefining the industry’s future.
Nicknamed the “Ice Queen,” Wintour’s decisive, uncompromising leadership has kept Vogue at the forefront of a rapidly changing media landscape.
Now, with Chloe Malle stepping up, Wintour can focus on global strategy while still guiding the US edition through her protégée. It is not a retirement for Anna Wintour, but a reimagining of leadership and a sign that Vogue, like fashion, is always evolving.
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