Vogue’s new nepo baby editor Chloe Malle reveals VERY dowdy personal style as she makes barbed remarks about not taking fashion ‘too seriously’
Vogue’s new nepo baby editor Chloe Malle has revealed her very dowdy personal style – before making seemingly barbed remarks about not taking fashion ‘too seriously.’
The 40-year-old sat down with Emily Sundberg for a piece in the popular Feed Me Substack published on Wednesday.
Malle, who was appointed to take Wintour’s spot as head of editorial content at Vogue in September 2025, discussed everything from her favorite newsletters to the role of print in today’s world.
And, during the discussion, she was asked about what she would choose to wear to dinner ‘if you could guarantee not a soul would care.’
Malle, whose look at the Met Gala debut fell flat earlier this year, then admitted to a somewhat drab sense of style.
‘I think I’d wear what I’m most comfortable in, and what I feel most like myself in,’ she began.
‘This would likely be a striped sweater, High Sport pants, and Belgian loafers – I guess we do all morph into our mothers…’
Malle, who is the daughter of Candice Bergen and the late director Louis Malle, went on to describe Vogue as being like Hotel California, in that ‘you can check out anytime you want but you never really leave.’
Vogue’s new nepo baby editor Chloe Malle has revealed her very dowdy personal style – before making seemingly barbed remarks about not taking fashion ‘too seriously’
She then made a seemingly barbed remark about not taking fashion ‘too seriously.’
Addressing the future of the outlet, the guest was asked: ‘Vogue has always been the pinnacle of “can’t sit with us” vibes, but is [Malle] trying to make Vogue more relatable?’
To which, Malle responded: ‘It’s important to me that Vogue has a wry sense of humor about what we do.
‘We are the fashion authority, but fashion is better – I believe – when not taken too seriously.’
Despite not naming Wintour, the veteran fashion icon, 76, who had been at the helm for 37 years, has become well known for her cold demeanor – earning her the nickname ‘The Ice Queen.’
Rumors of her fierce personality and intense antics in the Vogue offices have also swirled for years.
While Malle was appointed as head of editorial content at Vogue, Wintour still serves as Vogue’s Global Chief Content Officer for Condé Nast and Global Editorial Director.
Eagle-eyed fashion fans have previously noted seeming points of tension between the pair.
Malle, whose look at the Met Gala debut fell flat earlier this year, then admitted to a somewhat drab sense of style
While Malle was appointed as head of editorial content at Vogue, Wintour still serves as Vogue’s Global Chief Content Officer for Condé Nast and Global Editorial Director
Back in February, the duo went viral for the ‘painfully awkward’ moment that they shared while sitting down together for an interview with New York Times reporter Jessica Testa.
Testa asked Malle what she would do if Vogue had the same large budget that it once did in the 1990s.
‘I would build a whole new podcast studio, I would pay everyone 30 percent more, I would make sure the social team had more people on it, because they’re working all the time, I would have our app staffed more fully,’ Malle shared.
She added that Vogue has tons of ideas for shoots that would ‘help take people on adventures,’ and that a larger budget would ‘really help’ with that.
However, Wintour didn’t appear thrilled with that answer, as she appeared to give Malle a withering look from behind her large, signature sunglasses.
‘But to be clear, Jessica, we have a very healthy budget at Vogue, and how we use it and use our resources is constantly changing, depending on the moment,’ Wintour chimed in.
Since joining the magazine in 2011, Malle has co-hosted Vogue’s weekly fashion and culture podcast, strengthened its newsletters and expanded its wedding coverage, as well as launching viral hits such as Dogue, a tongue-in-cheek fashion magazine for dogs.
