The devil may wear Prada — but she’s no longer the queen of fashion.
Influential style icon Anna Wintour is stepping down as editor-in-chief of Vogue’s US edition after 37 years of running the fashion world with her trailblazing vision and icy perfectionism, a source close to the magazine’s owner Condé Nast told The Post Thursday.
The sunglasses-and-bob-sporting industry powerhouse announced she’s seeking a new “head of editorial content” for American Vogue during a staff meeting Thursday morning, according to a company spokesperson.
Wintour, 75 — who has a reputation for being cold, controlling and intimidating — will retain some of her power at the publication by hanging onto two key positions, the spokesperson said.
She’ll remain as Condé Nast’s global chief content officer and Vogue’s global editorial director, with the magazine’s new editor-in-chief reporting directly to her.
The elegant London-born editrix kickstarted her career by dropping out of finishing school at 18 and joining Harper’s & Queen magazine as an assistant in the late 1960s, later working for a series of New York magazines.
Before earning the title of editor-in-chief, she served as Vogue’s creative director in 1983.
She later led British Vogue, before rejoining American Vogue as the top boss in 1988.
She came in with a bang, stirring controversy with her first cover in November 1988, which featured a model wearing $50 acid-wash Guess jeans – taboo at the time for high-profile fashion magazines like Vogue.
Wintour landed strong star power throughout the 1990s for the front cover, from Madonna, Cindy Crawford and Renee Zellweger to Oprah Winfrey and Ivan Trump, helping the publication lean more into celebrity profiles.
Wintour’s departure as editor-in-chief is the latest shakeup at Condé Nast, after Vanity Fair editor-in-chief Radhika Jones called it quits in April after seven years running the celebrity news magazine.
It’s an unexpected move as Wintour has long squashed rumors about her retirement from Vogue.
In February, as she was made a companion of honor during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace, Wintour said: “This morning His Majesty asked me if this meant I was going to stop working and I said firmly, no. It makes me even more convinced that I have so much more to achieve.”
As chief content officer, Wintour oversees all of Condé Nast’s global brands — including Wired, Vanity Fair, GQ, Glamour and Bon Appetit — with the exception of the New Yorker.
Her tenure is widely regarded as a transformative one for the magazine, helping to cement US Vogue as a leading magazine in the global fashion industry.
Over the past four years, the responsibilities of her global role have greatly expanded while she has continued running the day-to-day editing of American Vogue, a source close to the matter told The Post.
The addition of the US Vogue editorial role will give Wintour more time to focus on global markets, the source added.