A short History of the worlds most famous Fashion Magazine

VOGUE

Vogue magazine is one of the oldest and most prestigious fashion magazines and with over 100 years of history Vogue has become one of the most influential and glamorous fashion magazines of the twentieth century. With a high interest in fashion, Vogue has always been my choice of magazine, therefore I thought the History of this famous magazine would be some what interesting.

In 1909, an entrepreneurial New Yorker named Conde Nast took charge of a struggling society journal and transformed it into Vogue fashion magazine. In its beginning Vogue was a social gazette in the late nineteenth century. From this readers of Vogue saw an exploration of modern fashion photography and new visuals with exciting articles. From the runway to the pages of Vogue, fashion has never been more adequately documented. In its search for better ways to transmit fashion with clarity, grace, and glamour, Vogue has become the publication that contributed most to the development of photography and fashion journalism. However, it has been said that Vogue is a unique publication with an influence that reaches far beyond fashion journalism into the realms of art, photography and popular culture.

When taking a look at the editors, photographers, writers and designers who built Vogue and those who continue to build it today, it easy to see why this magazine is the most prestigious fashion magazine of this century. These men and woman, invisible to the readers but highly visible to this industry are behind each cover, each page and each story. With each issue of Vogue I am constantly astonished at the unique and unexplored articles and photos. I have never opened an issue of Vogue and felt I have read the same stories or seen similar style of photos in previous issues. I think this is why Vogue is a magazine woman constantly enjoy reading.

Vogue is now in its twelfth decade and its history displays editorial, visual and artistic contributions to culture in general and to fashion journalism in particular. With a history like this discovering the secret of success of the worlds foremost fashion magazine is in the ability to hold the attention of millions of women for more then a century.

See the official Vogue Website at: http://www.vogue.com.au/