Angelica Cheung: founding editor of Vogue China to leave after 15 years

High-profile editor leaves as Chinese audiences turn to social media influencers

Karl Lagerfeld remembered by Carine Roitfeld

10 September 1933 – 19 February 2019
The French fashion editor remembers a passionate man of ideas who always remembered the small details

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Imran Amed: meet fashion’s most influential man

Imran Amed’s website, the Business of Fashion, is the oracle of the style world. As its top 500 power list is published, we ask how he’s got designers and editors hanging on his every word

Thirty years at Vogue: how Anna Wintour changed the way the world gets dressed

In her years as editor of American Vogue, Wintour has invented soft power dressing and become as famous as her celebrity cover stars. Lionised and satirised, respected and feared – could she now be ready to abdicate?

Interview relaunch proves there’s life yet in high-end magazines

The news speaks to optimism at the glossiest end of publishing even as numerous titles are struggling to get by

The September issues: autumn’s big fashion magazines digested

From Vogue to Elle, we read 1,450 pages of the biggest fashion magazine September issues, so you don’t have to. Here’s what you need to know