British Vogue appoints new editor – here’s what people are saying
Since 2011 Enninful, who emigrated from Africa to the UK as a child, has been Creative and Fashion Director of the American magazine W, where he has worked with the world’s best fashion photographers to produce ground-breaking, highly admired work.
His experience as a fashion editor dates back to 1991 when he was named Fashion Director of the avant-garde British title i-D at the age of 19, a position he held for more than 20 years.
In the years between 1998 and 2011 he contributed extensively to American Vogue and Italian Vogue. In an internal announcement, Newhouse cited his work at Italian Vogue under its late editor, Franca Sozzani, as having “attained landmark status in recent cultural history.”
What others are saying about his appointment:
- Edward Enninful confirmed as new British Vogue editor (Vogue article)
- Edward Enniful is the new British Vogue editor (GQ article)
- British Vogue: what we can expect of Edward Enninful as editor (Guardian article)
- British Vogue appoints first male editor: Edward Enniful (The Telegraph article)
Congratulations to our longtime friend @Edward_Enninful, the new editor of British Vogue! We can’t wait to see what you do! ❤️ pic.twitter.com/F0j7ERUrSv
— Marc Jacobs (@marcjacobs) April 10, 2017
Meet @Edward_Enninful, the first male editor-in-chief at @BritishVogue. https://t.co/Nnj5mciMda pic.twitter.com/kpcRI73wdB
— Business of Fashion (@BoF) April 10, 2017
Meet the new boss ? @Edward_Enninful is to be the new editor at @BritishVogue: https://t.co/XeURJJI4MA pic.twitter.com/ZvXuiubX91
— MISS VOGUE (@MissVogueUK) April 10, 2017
Yay to diversifying media! @Edward_Enninful ?? @BritishVogue ?? https://t.co/COaT7n9zb9
— NYLON (@NylonMag) April 10, 2017
Congratulations @edward_enninful on your announcement as @britishvogue’s next Editor-in-Chief. Best of luck on this new chapter! xxx Anna pic.twitter.com/2DU8Y7F3Lo
— Anna Sui (@annasui) April 10, 2017
Congratulations to @Edward_Enninful the new editor of British @voguemagazine a truly talented human being
— Gok Wan (@therealgokwan) April 10, 2017
Fashion News: @Edward_Enninful is named editor in chief of @BritishVogue: https://t.co/2C7P0zr18O pic.twitter.com/QvzmGix31X
— FashionWeek (@FashionWeek) April 10, 2017
.@Edward_Enninful Named Editor of @BritishVogue https://t.co/ecKlGrAtrL via @wwd pic.twitter.com/Xhev6UfcuR
— MPA (@mpamagmedia) April 10, 2017
.@CondeNast ends months of speculation by unveiling @Edward_Enninful as incoming Editor-in-Chief of @BritishVogue https://t.co/oSxoW5r1Ef pic.twitter.com/3t4UfbYOxy
— PPA (@PPA_Live) April 10, 2017
Condé Nast International’s announcement describes Enninful as “an influential figure in the communities of fashion, Hollywood and music which shape the cultural zeitgeist.” He was awarded an OBE (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) by Queen Elizabeth last year, and in 2014 was named fashion creator of the year by the British Fashion Council.
Born in Ghana 45 years ago, one of six children, Enninful was brought to London as a child and grew up in the city’s Ladbroke Grove area.
He became interested in fashion as a teenager when he was scouted as a fashion model. He displayed a talent for fashion styling as a teenager, which led the then Editor of I-D, Terry Jones, to appoint Enninful as the magazine’s fashion director, the youngest in the industry.
He attended Goldsmith’s, University of London, well known for its art programmes, but left before graduation in order to plunge full-time into a fashion editing career.
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