After more than 25 years in the role, Alexandra Shulman, editor-in-chief of British Vogue, is calling it a day.
Shulman, who intends to leave her role in the summer, said steering the magazine through its centenary last year had been “one of the greatest privileges.”
“I have worked with an unparalleled collection of talent both inside and outside the magazine and have been lucky enough to see both Vogue and the British fashion industry expand and flourish,” she said.
“It has been very hard to find a rational reason to leave what is unquestionably a fascinating and rewarding role but last autumn I realised that I very much wanted to experience a different life and look forward to a future separate to Vogue.”
Nicholas Coleridge, managing director of Condé Nast Britain, who has also announced his plans to step down later this year, added: “Alex has been the longest serving and most successful editor of Vogue in its 100-year history.
“She has edited the title for a quarter of its existence, through its period of highest ever circulation, and its simultaneous transformation into a global digital brand. She has been the towering figure of the British fashion press throughout her tenure: a superb journalist and editor, who understands and exemplifies every quality. Imaginative, hard-working, perceptive and a brilliant leader, Alex is also a valued friend to so many of us.
“It is impossible to sufficiently express the contribution she has made to Vogue, to Condé Nast and to the British fashion industry.”
Vogue said an announcement regarding a successor to Shulman will be made in due course.
Coleridge will step down on 1 August 2017, but will assume the role of chairman of Condé Nast Britain until at least 2019.
