--- title: Edward Enninful Named Editor-in-Chief British Vogue description: Meet the new editor in chief of British Vogue, Edward Enninful, who is a champion for diversity in the industry. canonical: https://time.com/4733404/british-vogue-edward-enninful-editor-in-chief/ author: Samantha Cooney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-10T18:19:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:05:24.807Z og:title: Edward Enninful Is British Vogue's New Editor-in-Chief og:description: He’s known as a champion for diversity og:url: https://time.com/4733404/british-vogue-edward-enninful-editor-in-chief/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta32c8377b2d9a5eb/6988c221cd1bba5b68704a89/edward-enniful-british-vogue.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Lon Dunn + Missguided Launch Event Hosted By By Jourdan Dunn og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Edward Enninful Is British Vogue's New Editor-in-Chief twitter:description: He’s known as a champion for diversity twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta32c8377b2d9a5eb/6988c221cd1bba5b68704a89/edward-enniful-british-vogue.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Edward Enninful Is British _Vogue_'s New Editor-in-Chief  by [Samantha Cooney](https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Apr 10, 2017 6:19 PM UTC  LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 17: Edward Enninful attends the Lon Dunn + Missguided launch event hosted by Jourdan Dunn at The London EDITION on February 17, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for Missguided) LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 17: Edward Enninful attends the Lon Dunn + Missguided launch event hosted by Jourdan Dunn at The London EDITION on February 17, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for Missguided)David M. Benett—Dave Benett/Getty Images for Mis  by [Samantha Cooney](https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Apr 10, 2017 6:19 PM UTC British _Vogue_ [tapped](http://www.vogue.co.uk/article/edward-enninful-vogue-announces-alexandra-shulman-successor-new-editor) Edward Enninful, an outspoken [advocate](http://time.com/4362665/naomi-campbell-edward-enninful/) for [diversity](http://motto.time.com/4699526/fall-winter-fashion-season-diversity/) in the fashion industry, as its new editor-in-chief. The magazine announced that Enninful, formerly the fashion and creative director at _W_ Magazine, would take the reigns of the storied publication in a [statement](http://www.vogue.co.uk/article/edward-enninful-vogue-announces-alexandra-shulman-successor-new-editor) on its website on Monday. He will succeed longtime editor Alexandra Shulman, who [announced](http://www.vogue.co.uk/article/alexandra-shulman-editor-in-chief-leaving-vogue) in January that she would step down from her role in the summer. Enniful, who was born in Ghana and grew up in Britain, will be the first man and black editor of British _Vogue,_ [according](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/10/fashion/edward-enninful-is-named-editor-in-chief-at-british-vogue.html) to the New York _Times._The editor has been frank about the industry’s need to be more inclusive, received an [Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2017/apr/10/british-vogue-appoints-edward-enninful-as-new-editor) in 2016 for his [contributions](http://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/edward-enninful-order-of-the-british-empire-obe-10692194/)to the fashion industry. “Edward is an exceptionally talented stylist who will no doubt bring an exciting new creative aesthetic to the magazine,” Shulman said in the statement. “Every _Vogue_ editor arrives with their own range of talents and experience and Edward is very known, respected and liked within the fashion industry. I look forward to finding out his plans as soon as possible and working with him over the next few months of transition so that British _Vogue_ continues to be the leading magazine in this market.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4733404/british-vogue-edward-enninful-editor-in-chief/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4733404/british-vogue-edward-enninful-editor-in-chief/"},"headline":"Edward Enninful Is British Vogue's New Editor-in-Chief","datePublished":"2017-04-10T18:19:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:05:24.807Z","description":"He’s known as a champion for diversity","url":"https://time.com/4733404/british-vogue-edward-enninful-editor-in-chief/","keywords":["motto","Jobs","career","Magazine"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta32c8377b2d9a5eb/6988c221cd1bba5b68704a89/edward-enniful-british-vogue.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Cooney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta32c8377b2d9a5eb/6988c221cd1bba5b68704a89/edward-enniful-british-vogue.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Lon Dunn + Missguided Launch Event Hosted By By Jourdan Dunn","caption":"Lon Dunn + Missguided Launch Event Hosted By By Jourdan Dunn","creditText":"David M. 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