Glamour, while not traditionally a fashion book, has been getting a lot of attention lately as Anna Wintour gives it a look-over in her expanded role as Condé Nast artistic director.
Wintour has already replaced editors at Lucky and Condé Nast Traveler.
Jillian Davison was hired as Glamour’s fashion director, replacing Anne Christensen who resigned to go freelance, amid speculation that she might have been given a nudge toward the door by Wintour and her art director, Raul Martinez, as they revamped the fashion look.
Davison was the creative director of Vogue Australia, and earlier in her career had freelanced at Teen Vogue as well as Harper’s Bazaar in the United States and Australia.
“[Glamour Editor-in-Chief] Cindi [Leive] made the announcement, but it sure seems to have the fingerprints of Anna all over it,” said one source.
Leive seems secure in her job, even while Wintour “consults” on the fashion elements and overall look of the title.
The magazine is the second-most profitable in the Condé stable, behind Vogue.
For the year, Glamour finished up 2.7 percent in ad pages, to 1,480.62.