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| Anna Wintour steps back as US Vogue's editor-in-chief | Anna Wintour steps back as US Vogue's editor-in-chief |
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| Dame Anna Wintour is stepping back as editor-in-chief of American Vogue after 37 years. | Dame Anna Wintour is stepping back as editor-in-chief of American Vogue after 37 years. |
| The British-born fashion magnate, 75, is leaving the role she has held longer than any other editor, but will retain senior positions at its publisher. | The British-born fashion magnate, 75, is leaving the role she has held longer than any other editor, but will retain senior positions at its publisher. |
| Dame Anna will continue as Vogue's global editorial director, as well as chief content officer for its parent company Conde Nast. | Dame Anna will continue as Vogue's global editorial director, as well as chief content officer for its parent company Conde Nast. |
| She was made a dame by the late Queen Elizabeth II for services to fashion and journalism in 2017, and was made Companion of Honour by King Charles earlier this year. | She was made a dame by the late Queen Elizabeth II for services to fashion and journalism in 2017, and was made Companion of Honour by King Charles earlier this year. |
| Dame Anna announced to staff on Thursday that a new role, head of editorial content, would be introduced at American Vogue. | Dame Anna announced to staff on Thursday that a new role, head of editorial content, would be introduced at American Vogue. |
| Raised in London, Dame Anna was the editor of British Vogue before she took the helm at its US sister publication in 1988. | |
| She is credited with giving American Vogue a new lease of life, turning it into one of the world's top fashion publications and was credited with overhauling its output, including featuring less well-known models and mixing inexpensive clothes with couture. | |
| Over her long career, Dame Anna has become one of the most recognisable and influential figures in the fashion industry. | |
| Outside of her work with Vogue, she has also organised the Met Gala, a New York fundraiser which attracts high-profile celebrities, since 1995. | |
| She is known for her trademark bob and dark glasses. Last December, she told the BBC's culture editor Katie Razzall the signature shades were a "prop", and "they help me see and they help me not see". | |
| Dame Anna's tenure as editor-in-chief of US Vogue is also widely rumoured to have inspired the tyrannical but revered character of Miranda Priestly in the Devil Wears Prada - a novel by a former assistant of Wintour, Lauren Weisberger. | |
| Earlier this year, King Charles asked Dame Anna whether she would stop working - to which she said she replied "firmly no". |