Who edited American Vogue from 1971 to 1988, between Diana Vreeland and Anna Wintour?

Grace Mirabella edited American Vogue from 1971 to 1988, between Diana Vreeland and Anna Wintour.

Mirabella joined Vogue in 1953 and rose through the magazine’s editorial ranks. After Vreeland left the editor-in-chief position in 1971, Mirabella took over and guided the publication through a period when fashion magazines increasingly addressed working women and broader lifestyle concerns.

Her tenure emphasized practical fashion, service journalism, and accessible style. This approach differed from Vreeland’s highly theatrical visual direction and preceded Wintour’s more image-driven leadership, which began in 1988.

Mirabella later founded Mirabella magazine, a publication aimed at professional women. Because several prominent editors led major fashion magazines during the same period, her role is sometimes confused with Tina Brown’s editorship of Vanity Fair or Joan Juliet Buck’s later editorship of Vogue Paris.