Two Titles, One Toast—Vogue and Vanity Fair’s New Eras Are Fêted in Paris

Tonight in Paris, on the eve of the first night of Paris Fashion Week, Condé Nast gathered to celebrate its own. At La Réserve in the 8th arrondissement, CEO Roger Lynch and Chief Content Officer Anna Wintour hosted an intimate cocktail for Chloe Malle, newly appointed Head of Editorial Content at Vogue, and Mark Guiducci, who stepped into the role of Global Editorial Director at Vanity Fair earlier this summer. Guests—from Pharrell and Pamela Anderson to Simon Porte Jacquemus, Chemena Kamali, and Lauren Santo Domingo—sipped champagne in a candlelit salon that spilled onto a courtyard aglow with lanterns.

Lynch called the moment one of “transformation” before ceding the floor to Wintour, who introduced Malle and Guiducci as “two editors at the forefront of their generation.” They would, she mused, “lead in ways I can foresee and, no doubt, in many ways I can’t.”

Her toast underscored both reflection and anticipation. For Guiducci, the promotion was a homecoming: he joined Condé Nast as Vanity Fair’s features assistant the Thursday after graduating from college. “He’s not only fulfilling a long-held dream but exceeding it in every possible way,” Wintour said, teasing his first Hollywood cover and quipping that one can only imagine how fun his Oscar party will be.

Turning to Malle, a Vogue insider for more than a decade, Wintour praised her “tenacity, drive, and creativity,” noting how she has helped expand the magazine’s reach while never losing her “imagination, smile, or sense of fun.” Citing Malle’s interview with Vice President Kamala Harris on the Vogue podcast and her team’s recent New York Fashion Week coverage, Wintour added that she is “the perfect person to meet this moment of change in fashion.” With a playful glint, she hinted that Malle has “some exciting surprises” planned for the end of the year.

Glasses raised, the toast ended on a note of optimism: both editors, Wintour shared, are already deep into planning for 2026 and beyond, “taking us and our audiences to places we’ve never been before.”

Before the night drew to a close, the honorees offered glimpses of what’s ahead. Guiducci, having immersed himself in Vanity Fair’s archives, distilled the magazine’s essence to two words: “glamour” and “provocation”—pillars he intends to uphold. Malle, meanwhile, likened her vision for Vogue to a recent encounter at Bergdorf Goodman with Céline’s new “Smiley” bag. “The silhouette is classic, the details historic, but there’s this wry, joyful wink,” she said. “That is my goal for American Vogue: to honor the brand we are so proud of, while adding exuberance and a little wink.”