Suzy Menkes Joins The Vogue Team

Globally renowned fashion journalist Suzy Menkes has been appointed international Vogue editor, and will serve as critic and reporter on all international websites - including Britain, France, Italy, China, Russia, Japan, Germany and Spain.

"It'll be great to have Suzy as part of the team," British Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman said this morning. "Her experience is invaluable and I have always admired her."

Suzy Menkes

Menkes has worked as a fashion critic for the International Herald Tribune(recently rebranded The International New York Times) for 25 years. Her new role will also see her take a lead role in organising an annual luxury goods industry conference, supported by Condé Nast International - details of which will be announced in the coming future.

"I am thrilled to become international Vogue editor at Condé Nast International, which has a real commitment to journalistic excellence, and to have the opportunity to write for a wider global audience through the Voguewebsites," said Menkes. "I am grateful to have spent 25 years at theInternational Herald Tribune - a newspaper where I had unstinting support in being able to express myself freely and honestly. I feel this is the perfect time to embrace a new challenge in the digital age."

"Suzy Menkes is a unique talent, with superb judgement about fashion and keen insight into the business behind it," said Jonathan Newhouse, Condé Nast International chairman and chief executive. "She is hugely influential and respected. Her contribution will bring even greater quality and authority to theVogue brand."