The heavyweight international Vogue editors who once filled the front rows at Paris Fashion Week were gone this season, a stark sign of the restructuring that has consolidated power in the hands of global editor Anna Wintour and her regional deputies.

After a pandemic pause, the decision to stage the event at the close of New York Fashion Week may have backfired, but the real challenges facing the Met Gala go deeper than a date change.

Fashion’s most exclusive party returned with a smaller and younger guest list, an anything-goes interpretation of the American fashion theme and an official meme correspondent.

Centralising control in New York worked wonders under Vogue’s longest-serving editor-in-chief Edna Woolman Chase, but times have changed, argues Nina-Sophia Miralles, the author of ‘Glossy: The Inside Story of Vogue.’

In a global world where local tastes still matter, the publisher of Vogue should be careful not to dictate too much of its content strategy from New York and London.

As the publisher focuses on returning to profitability, a new unified content strategy under Anna Wintour, more powerful at the publisher than ever, aims to make its strategy more efficient and intertwined.

Publisher Condé Nast continues to cut costs and streamline operations, as its US-based leadership consolidates its power after a global merger.

The digital watchdog has helped to hold the fashion industry accountable on copying and cultural insensitivity, but its increasingly cosy relationships with major brands could undermine its credibility.