Vogue (magazine)
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Vogue is a fashion and lifestyle magazine published in several countries around the world. It is widely considered one of the most influential fashion magazines in the world.
Vogue is published by Condé Nast Publications, headquartered in London, United Kingdom. In the United States, the magazine is produced at Condé Nast's U.S. headquarters at 4 Times Square in New York, NY.
The historic relationship between Vogue and supermodels began with model Lisa Fonssagrives who appeared on over 200 of their covers. As shown on the cover to the right, Fonssagrives at the height of her career could be both sophisticated and yet a cook which every American woman could identify. Her name recognition from her presence in nearly every fashion magazine from the 1930s to the 1950s, from Town and Country, Life, Vogue, and the original Vanity Fair to the cover of Time magazine helped to build the importance of Vogue magazine in establishing a model to reach supermodel status.
Various editions of Vogue are published in major fashion-exporting countries around the world, such as Italy, Britain, the United States and France. An edition for China was announced in 2005.
American Vogue is celebrating the magazine's 115th anniversary in 2006. British Vogue is currently in its 90th year. While British Vogue is more trend and fashion orientated, American Vogue regularly includes more sophisticated cultural and political features in addition to its fashion layouts. The magazine has been occasionally criticized for its tendency to focus on social elites in its features over average women with notable accomplishments.
The current editor-in-chief of the American edition of Vogue is Anna Wintour. During her tenure as editor, the magazine continues to be the best selling fashion magazine in the United States. Wintour is noted for her trademark bob and her practice of wearing sunglasses indoors. Her presence at fashion shows is often taken as an indicator of the designer's profile within the industry. Previous Vogue editors include Diana Vreeland and Millicent Fenwick, who later became a United States Congressional Representative from New Jersey.
In 2005, Condé Nast launched Men's Vogue.
Condé Nast Publications also publishes Teen Vogue, a version of the magazine for a younger girls in the United States. Australia has a Vogue Girl magazine.
Until 1961, Vogue was also the publisher of Vogue Patterns, a home sewing pattern company. It was sold to Butterick Publishing which also licensed the Vogue name.
Editor-In-Chief's
Edna Woolman Chase (1914-1951)
Jessica Daves (1952-1962)
Diana Vreeland (1963-June 1971)
Grace Mirabella (July 1971-October 1988)
Anna Wintour (November 1988-to present)