“Obviously, I’m here editing British Vogue, so I can’t talk about Harper’s Bazaar,” she said Thursday in a telephone interview. However, another top Conde Nast editor seen as a stronger candidate for the Harper’s Bazaar job is Alexandra Shulman, editor of British Vogue. There were rumors in London that Procter was talking to Harper’s Bazaar, but sources downplayed her chances. A Conde Nast spokeswoman would not comment on any of the candidates but said the company has received many expressions of interest. The magazine will be overseen by managing editor Harriet Wilson and deputy editor Lucy Yeomans until a replacement for Procter is found.Īmong the names being mentioned so far are Justine Picardie, features editor of British Vogue Cristina Odone, deputy editor of The New Statesman Catherine Ostler, Tatler’s former features editor who now edits the Saturday magazine of The Daily Express newspaper, and Rebecca Tyrrel, executive editor of the Sunday magazine for The Sunday Telegraph. Procter’s departure caused fashion director Harriet Mays Powell and senior fashion editor Mary Eustaceto to reverse their earlier decisions to resign. said in a statement that it had reached an “amicable settlement” with her, although British newspapers reported at length on the stormy rows at the magazine and on the decision by Nicholas Coleridge, managing director of Conde Nast U.K., to finally get rid of her. But its most recent audited numbers for the period July to December 1998 showed a circulation drop of 5.2 percent to 85,673, and industry observers estimate the latest circulation is about 80,000. She’d been editor of Tatler for nine years, during which time she increased circulation to a high of 90,000. Procter could not be reached for comment on her resignation. WHO’S NEXT? Speculation is rife in Britain over who will be the next editor of Tatler, following the abrupt departure of Jane Procter, who resigned late last week following continual disagreements with her staff.
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