In Vogue

"In Vogue is a look at the more than 100-year history of the world's most prestigious magazine. This compendium is illustrated with hundreds of covers and archival images from past Vogue editions, and features the work of some of the twentieth century's most respected artists, cover illustrators, and photographers - from Edward Steichen, Toni Frissell, and Erwin Blumenfeld to Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton, Annie Leibovitz, Mario Testino, Steven Klein, Bruce Weber, and Herb Ritts." "In 1909, an entrepreneurial New Yorker named Conde Nast took charge of a struggling society journal and transformed it into the most influential and glamorous fashion magazine of the twentieth century. In Vogue traces the history, development, and importance of this media colossus - from 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 under the stewardship of editorial director Alexander Liberman and, more recently, Diana Vreeland and Grace Mirabella - to its status as the top style magazine today, under the leadership of Anna Wintour. The book explains the makings of the magazine - from the runway to the pages of Vogue." "The meticulously researched story incorporates first-person accounts, interviews with editors and photographers, and excerpts from articles written in the magazine by many world-renowned figures, including Truman Capote, Aldous Huxley, Richard Burton, and Federico Fellini."--Jacket.