Anna Wintour Steps Down from Vogue to Focus on Tennis

After decades at the helm of Vogue, Anna Wintour is bowing out on her own terms.

Fez– Anna Wintour has always been more than a fashion editor. For decades, she’s been “the” power player behind the glossy gates of Vogue, shaping not just trends but entire industries.

So when rumors once swirled that she might become the US ambassador to the UK, a role traditionally reserved for career diplomats or political insiders, it wasn’t that far-fetched.

The idea of a magazine editor being seen as ambassador material? That alone tells you just how serious a force Wintour has been on the world stage.

Born into the world of journalism, Wintour is the daughter of Charles Wintour, long-time editor of the “Evening Standard”.

She started out in London, but her ambitions were always bigger than one city. In her twenties, she moved to New York, then came back to take over “British Vogue” in 1985.

Just three years later, she made her defining leap: editor-in-chief of “American Vogue”. And from day one, she made it clear she wasn’t here to play by the old rules.

Her very first cover, model Michaela Bercu in a faded pair of jeans, threw the fashion world into mild panic. Jeans? On the cover of “Vogue”? The printers thought it was a mistake.

But Wintour knew exactly what she was doing. That image, casual and confident, was a signal.

She was already predicting the fashion world’s gradual descent into dress code freedom, and proving she had a sixth sense for what was next.

Behind the signature sunglasses and famously icy exterior, Wintour has always been driven by something deeper than style: discipline.

She once started her mornings at 4:30am, squeezing in an hour of tennis before a 6 a.m. blowdry. That same energy shaped the way she raised her children.

Her daughter Bee, now into theater, once recalled attending a glittering Vogue gala in high school and asking her tablemate to quiz her on Latin American history as she had a test the next day.

And yet, even the most powerful woman in fashion has her soft spots. For Wintour, it’s tennis. Her love for the game runs so deep that she’s been known to skip New York Fashion Week if it clashes with the US Open.

While that move may raise eyebrows in fashion circles, to her it’s simple: tennis comes first.

So when she abruptly stepped down, right in the middle of the menswear shows, many were left guessing.

But for tennis fans, the timing made perfect sense. With rising British star Jack Draper stepping into Andy Murray’s shoes, and the Carlos Alcaraz–Jannik Sinner rivalry heating up, it seems Wintour is trading fashion front rows for courtside seats.

Vogue may be losing its queen, but Wimbledon just gained its most stylish fan.