Anna Wintour Announces Chloe Malle as New ‘Vogue’ Head of Editorial Content

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, the former editor of Vogue.com. Wintour, 75, stepped down 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, per 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.

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Per 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, per 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 down from her editor-in-chief role at American Vogue after holding the position for 37 years. Reporting from The Daily Front Row, WWD and Business of Fashion at the time confirmed that Wintour would continue at Condé Nast as the company’s global chief content officer and global editorial director at Vogue.

“When I became the editor of Vogue, I was eager to prove to all who might listen that there was a new, exciting way to imagine an American fashion magazine,” Wintour told Vogue. “Now, I find that my greatest pleasure is helping the next generation of impassioned editors storm the field with their own ideas … that is exactly the kind of person we need to now look for to be HOEC for US Vogue.”

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.

“I’ve spent my career at Vogue working in roles across every platform — from print to digital, audio to video, events and social media,” Malle told Vogue. “I love the title, I love the content we create, and I love the editors who create it. Vogue has already shaped who I am, now I’m excited at the prospect of shaping Vogue.”