The luxury magazine publisher Cond??Nast has announced that Alexandra Shulman, Editor-in-chief of British Vogue is to stand down from the title in June of this year.

Shulman has served the magazine for almost 25 years, since 1992- the longest tenure of any Editor in its 100 year history.???I have edited British Vogue for 25 years almost to the day, and to have steered it during our spectacular centenary has been one of the greatest privileges," the 59-year-old journalist wrote in a statement."During that time I have worked with an unparalleled collection of talent both inside and outside the magazine and have been lucky enough to see both Vogue and the British fashion industry expand and flourish.

"It has been very hard to find a rational reason to leave what is unquestionably a fascinating and rewarding role but last autumn I realised that I very much wanted to experience a different life and look forward to a future separate to Vogue.

"My career at Cond??Nast has been everything I could have wished of it and my heartfelt thanks go to Nicholas Coleridge and Jonathan Newhouse for giving me so many opportunities, trusting me to take care of the precious cargo that is Vogue and allowing me the freedom to do the job exactly how I wanted."

Shulman then posted an image of news of her appointment inThe Telegraph24 years ago, thanking well-wishers for their comments on her resignation.

Cond??Nast have not yet announced who will succeed her, but her deputy Emily Sheffield - Samantha Cameron"s sister - will no doubt be in the frame to step up.

Alongside her role at Vogue, Shulman has recently published two novels, Can We Still Be Friends (2013) and The Parrots (2016), and last year released Inside Vogue:A Diary Of My 100th Year which charted the lead up to the magazine???s centenary last year, which included an exhibition of Vogue???s impressive imagery at The National Portrait Gallery, the stellar coup of landing the Duchess of Cambridge as the centenary cover girl as well as the riveting but opinion dividing BBC documentary.

Under her tenure, Vogue has flourished, maintaining a solid print circulation base, as well as launching its successful digital online arm.Alongside commissioning inspiring shoots from photographers such as Mario Testino, Patrick Demarchelier and Tim Walker, and provocative features - a memorable piece in recent history was from writer Christa D???Souza on her bowel movements - she cemented Kate Moss as the face of British Fashion (the model has appeared on the cover over 30 times).

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Equally, Shulman has made her mark as the down to earth face of fashion, bringing the public further into the vaulted fashion world than others.The pioneering Vogue Festival has become a yearly event where designers, Vogue editors and celebrities offer in person insight into the workings of the industry and magazine.Whilst her outspoken approach regarding the size - or lack - of models has seen her as an unusual voice of dissent within the often bubble-like industry.

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Her abdication from the most desired post in fashion has been speculated within the industry for some time, but this confirmation has sentthe fashion world - currently propping up the benches in Paris at the Haute Couture shows - into a spin of well-dressed gossip over who her successor will be.

Insiders are tipping Katie Grand, editor in chief of Cond??Nast stablemate Love magazine and super-stylist, as the hot favourite.She"d be an obvious choice considering how much talkability each issue of Lovecreates.

Meanwhile bookmakers Corals have released their own Runners and Riders, tipping everyone fromGlamoureditor-in-chief Jo Elvin (sensible) to Victoria Beckham and Samantha Cameron (less so).Other names that have been thrown into the mix include glossy magazine veteransJustine Picardie, editor in chief of Harper???s Bazaar and Lucy Yeoman???s editor-in-chief of Porter.

But at a time when the magazine market is in decline, with the rise of online fashion commentary and social media fast taking over, whoever does takes over will find themselves with rather deep heels to fill.

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