Chloe Malle, 39, has been appointed as the new Head of Editorial Content for American Vogue, marking a significant leadership transition for the iconic fashion publication.
Anna Wintour, who held the editor-in-chief role for nearly four decades, is stepping aside but will continue to serve as Condé Nast’s Chief Content Officer and Vogue’s Global Editorial Director.
Malle brings over 14 years of experience at Vogue, having joined in 2011 as a social editor. She rose through the ranks to become a contributing editor and later led Vogue.com starting in 2023, where she significantly increased digital readership and engagement.
A Brown University graduate, Malle’s career spans publications including The New York Observer, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Architectural Digest.
In announcing the change, Wintour emphasized the need for Vogue to evolve in a rapidly changing media landscape.
“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,” she said. Wintour added that she is excited “to continue working with her, as her mentor but also as her student.”
Malle, daughter of actress Candice Bergen and late filmmaker Louis Malle, acknowledges her privileged background but emphasizes how it has driven her to establish her own merit and career in journalism.
Despite the leadership shift, the scrapping of the traditional “editor-in-chief” title indicates a new structural direction—one where each major Vogue edition is led by a “Head of Editorial Content” under Wintour’s global oversight.
