Who served as editor-in-chief of American Vogue from 1963 to 1971?

Diana Vreeland served as editor-in-chief of American Vogue from 1963 to 1971.

Vreeland had already become a major fashion authority through her work at Harper’s Bazaar, where she served as fashion editor. At Vogue, she promoted dramatic imagery, strong visual concepts, and an expansive view of fashion connected to art, culture, travel, and celebrity.

Her tenure is remembered for its bold editorial imagination and for helping make fashion magazines more theatrical. She worked with leading photographers and designers and encouraged images that felt aspirational rather than merely documentary.

Vreeland is sometimes mistaken for Anna Wintour because both became internationally recognized Vogue editors. Wintour took over American Vogue in 1988, seventeen years after Vreeland left. Grace Mirabella held the position between those two eras, from 1971 to 1988.