British Vogue editor-in-chief Edward Enninful is stepping down. As the Guardian reported on Saturday, citing a letter to the workforce, the 51-year-old will remain in a new role at publishing house Condé Nast as a consultant to fashion magazine Vogue.
Enninful became the first black person to head the influential magazine since 2017. Under his direction, people with disabilities and a male model appeared on the cover for the first time.
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Also under his aegis, Duchess Meghan, wife of Prince Harry, designed an issue of British Vogue titled “Forces for Change” in 2019. The cover featured a portrait of climate activist Greta Thunberg.
It was initially unclear who would succeed Enninful. As the so-called European Editorial Director, Enninful also influenced Vogue editions in Germany, France, Spain and Italy from London. The Guardian reported speculation that Enninful could now be in a good position to succeed American Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour, 73, in New York.
Speaking of his first cover as head of British Vogue in late 2017 with model Adwoa Aboah, the daughter of a British aristocrat and Ghanaian immigrant, Enninful once said: “It was important to create a cover that reflected Britain today, a society multicultural where everyone was welcome – where my family was welcome.”