After months of speculation, Alexandra Shulman’s successor at British Vogue has finally been announced. And in what may come as a shock to Samantha Cameron – who recently launched a new fashion line, and whose sister Emily Sheffield was hotly tipped for the role – the job has gone to someone cut from slightly different cloth. In fact, the powers that be at Condé Nast have gone for something quite radical: British Vogue now has its first black, male editor.
There will be plenty of people annoyed by Edward Enninful’s appointment. Some will believe that editing Vogue is a woman’s job – and that giving it to a man is a step in the wrong direction. There were plenty of highly-qualified women in the running after all; one wonders how the news is going down at Vogue House. Others will hate the idea of a man telling women what to wear.
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