Alexandra Shulman quits for work-life balance reasons, leaving Vogue recruiters a huge task

Alexandra Shulman, Vogue UK’s Editor-in-chief who famously eschewed the orthodox, banal stereotype of disdainful and aloof fashion queen in favour of her own way (a “chain-smoking 50-year-old Toyota-driving divorcee”, as she described herself to The Guardian), has departed after a quarter of a century. 

Her colleagues described her exit as “rather stylish”, and a senior colleague described her leadership style as “never starry in a very conscious way. It was quite British, just like her magazine” – The Guardian reports.