The British-born boss of Vogue’s US website is rumoured to have been handpicked to be the next editor of the British fashion magazine by Dame Anna Wintour, who appears to be considering a more bashful appointment after Edward Enninful.
The all-powerful Ms Wintour highly rates New York-based Londoner Chioma Nnadi as she looks to replace her former protégé Mr Enninful who leaves in early 2024.
Enninful made history when he was appointed Vogue’s first Black editor-in-chief in 2017, becoming a huge name in fashion in his own right as well as using Vogue to champion black, ethnic minority and transgender models.
But rumours of a rift between them, denied by Vogue, have been rife for years amid claims he was plotting to topple Wintour. Two months ago Edward announced he was leaving Vogue in early 2024, creating waves in the fashion world ever since, with one insider telling the Mail on Sunday: ‘He’s no match for her.’
The Times reports that the favourite to replace him is journalist Ms Ndadi, who would be known as head of editorial content rather than editor-in-chief. MailOnline has asked Vogue to comment.
Chioma is described as low-key, nuanced and even ‘shy’ by colleagues – in many ways the polar opposite of Enninful, who has an army of celebrity friends with the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, Oprah Winfrey and the Duchess of Sussex on speed dial.
Chioma Nnadi, pictured in New York last year, is being tipped to replace Edward Enninful running British Vogue
Ms Ndadi is described as low-key, nuanced and even ‘shy’ by colleagues working under Mr Enninful
Edwards Enninful with Jennifer Lopez and Anna Wintour at the Coach Runway Show in New York last week. Rumours of a rift with her protégé have been denied, but Mr Enninful announced in July that he was leaving Vogue
Baby Chioma held by her Swiss-German mother and Nigerian father in London
Ms Ndadi says her father inspired her love of fasion, still wearing some of his…
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