(AFP) — Magazine legend Anna Wintour stepped down as editor of U.S. Vogue on Thursday after 37 years during which she was often hailed as the single most influential figure in the fashion world.
Wintour, 75, was famous for making Vogue’s front covers an authoritative statement on contemporary fashion, and for her total control over the glamorous pages inside.
She will no longer run day-to-day editing of the fashion bible, but magazine group owner Conde Nast was quick to scotch suggestions of retirement.
She will continue to hold senior roles at the group and remain Vogue’s global editorial director.
British-born Wintour came to public renown as the inspiration for “The Devil Wears Prada,” a hit 2003 novel and 2006 movie, for which Meryl Streep
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