Anna Wintour appoints Chloe Malle as the new Vogue head of editorial content

Anna Wintour has finally named Chloe Malle as Vogue U.S.'s head of editorial content, after stepping down as editor-in-chief in June, according to CNN.

Chloe Malle, who is currently editor of Vogue.com, is appointed to lead the magazine's daily editorial operations in the United States, overseeing both print and digital output while reporting to Wintour, who will remain Vogue's global editorial director and Condé Nast’s global chief content officer.

Malle co-hosts Vogue’s podcast, The Run-Through with Vogue, and has been the head of the magazine’s digital offerings since 2022.

She joined Vogue in 2011 as social editor, covering weddings, parties and lighter lifestyle stories, and became a contributing editor in 2016. As of 2023, she has led Vogue.com, overseeing its digital content.

Malle has interviewed stars including Gigi Hadid and Greta Gerwig, and recently launched the second edition of Dogue, Vogue’s digital-only issue devoted to celebrity dogs, while also handling the magazine’s June cover story with Lauren Sanchez.

“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, as her mentor but also as her student, while she leads us and our audiences where we’ve never been before,” Wintour said in a statement on Vogue.com

Malle said she feels “incredibly fortunate to still have Anna just down the hall as my mentor” and expressed excitement at joining Vogue’s leadership at a time of change in fashion and media.

The candidates reportedly considered for the role were all closely connected to Wintour: Eva Chen, Instagram’s director of fashion partnerships who previously held senior positions at Teen Vogue and Lucky; former Vogue staffer Sara Moonves, the first female editor-in-chief of W; and Nicole Phelps, who currently serves as global director of both Vogue Runway and Vogue Business.

Fashion journalist Lauren Sherman reported via Puck on Monday that Malle’s appointment was seen as a “practical, reasonable and rational” choice to manage Vogue US’s daily operations.

According to Sherman, Wintour told candidates she wanted someone she could empower to turn the brand into a “live-action content machine,” while Wintour mentors regional editorial leaders abroad.

Before joining Vogue, Malle studied comparative literature at Brown University and worked as a real estate writer for the New York Observer.

She is the daughter of American actor Candice Bergen and the late French film director Louis Malle.

The announcement follows Wintour’s June decision to step back from her daily editorial duties while remaining at Condé Nast in a supervisory and mentorship role.

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