Anna Wintour cut a glum figure Thursday as she was pictured for the first time since news broke that she had split from her long term partner Shelby Bryan after 20 years together. .
The longtime Vogue editor, 70, was spotted clutching a stack of papers while walking through the streets of New York City. .
Her outing came hours after it was first reported that Wintour and Bryan, 74, had parted ways.
Anna Wintour cut a glum figure Thursday as she was pictured for the first time since news broke that she had split with her partner Shelby Bryan after 20 years together.
The longtime Vogue editor, 70, was spotted clutching a stack of papers out walking through the streets of New York City.
Page Six reported Wednesday that the relationship between the Vogue editor and Texas-born investor Bryan, 74, has been cooling since 2013 and the couple have only rarely been seen in public together since.
But Wintour and Bryan have rarely been seen in public in recent years.  .
 Her outing came hours after it was first reported that Wintour and Bryan, 74, had parted ways.
Anna Wintour and her partner Shelby Bryan have split after 20 years together, according to a Wednesday report running in Page Six.
Wintour and Bryan are pictured together in 2001.
The pair were often pictured at social events and tennis matches in the years prior, but have less frequently been spotted out in the time since.Â
The US Vogue editor - who took the helm of the fashion bible back in 1988 - is famous for her icy persona
Wintour does not have children with Bryan
Talley, who worked at Vogue for more than two decades and eventually became the magazine's editor-at-large, slammed Wintour in his memoir, The Chiffon Trenches.Â
As well as being editor of Vogue, Wintour also serves as the publisher's artistic director.Â
'I want to say plainly that I know Vogue has not found enough ways to elevate and give space to Black editors, writers, photographers, designers and other creators ,' Wintour wrote.Â
Many believed Wintour may finally step down from her role as editor-in-chief of Vogue, but the company strongly expressed its support for their most famous employee.Â
Wintour and Bryan are pictured in 2007
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