Who was the first editor-in-chief of British Vogue?

Elspeth Champcommunal was the first editor-in-chief of British Vogue.

British Vogue began publication in 1916, making it the first international edition of Vogue. Champcommunal became its inaugural editor and helped establish the British magazine as a distinct publication rather than a simple reproduction of the American edition.

Her tenure belongs to the early history of fashion magazines, when editorial teams were developing the visual language of modern fashion journalism. British Vogue later became known for influential editors including Dorothy Todd, Audrey Withers, Alexandra Shulman, and Edward Enninful.

Champcommunal’s name is less familiar than those later editors, and it is sometimes omitted from simplified histories of the magazine. The question concerns British Vogue’s first editor-in-chief, not the first editor of American Vogue or the editor who served the longest.