After Anna Wintour announced she would be stepping away from her post as editor-in-chief of U.S. Vogue, Susan Scafidi, founder and director of Fordham Law’s Fashion Law Institute, spoke with Women’s Wear Daily, weighing in on what that means for the future of the fashion industry.
The job of helming Vogue has changed — it’s no longer chauffeured town cars and caviar lunches on the company card. Instead, it’s about shifting and sharing copy and photoshoots with fellow Vogue titles, and answering directly to Wintour.
The American title is following in the footsteps of the other international Vogue magazines by eliminating the editor in chief title and replacing it with a head of editorial content. British Vogue tapped Nnadi as its head of editorial content in September 2023 following the departure of editor in chief Edward Enninful.
“Anna has long since transcended the role of editor of a single magazine, so this announcement seems like the next logical step — not a step back, but a step up, above the day-to-day and page-by-page,” said Susan Scafidi, founder and director of Fordham Law’s Fashion Law Institute. “There may be a seismic shift at Vogue, but not yet for an industry that has in so many ways been shaped and will continue to be influenced by its leading mononym.”
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