Chloe Malle will become the top editor at American Vogue after Dame Anna Wintour stepped aside as editor-in-chief, the publication has announced.
The 39-year-old, daughter of actress Candice Bergen, worked her way up the fashion magazine ranks over the past 14 years to become editor of Vogue.com and host the magazine’s podcast The Run Through.
Malle’s appointment marks a new era for the magazine, considered one of the most influential and glamorous fashion publications.
Wintour, the British-born fashion magnate, announced she was leaving the role in June after holding the position for 37 years. The magazine said she would retain senior positions at its publisher.
In a statement announcing the news, Malle said she had spent her entire career at Vogue working across every platform.
“Vogue has already shaped who I am, now I’m excited at the prospect of shaping Vogue,” she said.
Wintour said Malle had proven adept at finding the balance between Vogue’s “long singular history” and its future “on the front lines of the new”.
“I am so excited to continue working with her, as her mentor but also as her student, while she leads us and our audiences where we’ve never been before,” Wintour said.
During her tenure at Vogue, Malle was reportedly been responsible for securing the magazine’s photoshoot with Naomi Biden for her 2022 White House wedding, as well as an interview with Lauren Sanchez ahead of her wedding to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
Before she began at Vogue, Malle covered real estate for the New York Observer. Her next gig as a freelance writer led her to Vogue where she began a full time position as the social editor in 2011.
“I was hesitant when I was interviewing, because fashion is not one of my main interests in life, and I wanted to be a writer more than an editor, but I was so seduced by the Vogue machine that I couldn’t resist,” Malle told the publication Into the Gloss in 2013.
Like her predecessor, Dame Anna, Malle has not shied away from politics while at Vogue.
Both on her social media and on her podcast she has supported Democratic causes and candidates.
During a 2024 episode of her podcast, which aired after Donald Trump was re-elected as US president, Malle expressed her disappointment with the election result.
It is unclear exactly when the transition from Dame Anna to Malle as chief of the magazine will be, but the 75-year-old is not completely leaving the picture.
Dame Anna will remain publisher Condé Nast’s chief content officer, a role she was appointed to in 2020, which means she will still oversee Vogue’s content, along with the company’s other titles such as GQ, Wired and Tatler.
