In Vogue: An Illustrated History of the World’s Most Famous Fashion Magazine Book

In Vogue is a fascinating look at the history of the world’s most influential magazine. The complete compendium is illustrated with hundreds of covers and archival interiors of past Vogue editions featuring the work of some of the twentieth century’s most respected artists cover illustrators and photographersfrom Edward Steichen Toni Frissell and Erwin Blumenfeld to Irving Penn Richard Avedon David Bailey Helmut Newton Annie Leibovitz Mario Testino Steven Klein Bruce Webber and Herb Ritts. In 1909 an entrepreneurial New Yorker named Cond Nast took charge of a struggling society journal and transformed it into the most glamorous fashion magazine of the twentieth century. In Vogue traces the history development and influence of this media colossusfrom its beginning as a social gazette in the late nineteenth century to the exploration of modern fashion photography and new visuals in the mid-twentieth century to its status as the top style magazine today. The book explains the makings of the magazinefrom runways to editorial meetings to the pages of Vogue.The thoroughly researched story incorporates first-person accounts interviews with editors and photographers and excerpts from stories written in the magazine by many world-renowned writers including Truman Capote Aldous Huxley Richard Burton Federico Fellini and Marcello Mastroianni. Unparalleled in its scope and exceptionally illustrated In Vogue is sure to be among the most important publications on the subjects of culture art fashion photography and media.

• Binding type: Hardback
• Year published: 2012-10-30
• Number of pages: 444