Vogue is a fashion and lifestyle magazine covering many topics including fashion, beauty, culture, living, and runway. Vogue began as a weekly newspaper in 1892 in the United States, before becoming a monthly publication years later.
The British Vogue was the first international edition launched in 1916, while the Italian version Vogue Italia has been called the top fashion magazine in the world. As of today, there are 23 international editions.
In 1892, Arthur Baldwin Turnure, an American businessman, founded Vogue as a weekly newspaper in the United States. From its inception, the magazine targeted the new New York upper class. The magazine at this time was primarily concerned with fashion, with coverage of sports and social affairs included for its male readership.
Condé Montrose Nast purchased Vogue in 1909 one year before Turnure's death, and gradually grew the publication. He changed it to a unisex magazine and started Vogue overseas in the 1910s. Under Nast, the magazine soon shifted its focus to women, and in turn the price was soon raised. The magazine’s number of publications and profit increased dramatically under Nast’s management. By 1911, the Vogue brand had garnered a reputation that it continues to maintain, targeting an elite audience and expanding into the coverage of weddings. According to Condé Nast Russia, after the First World War made deliveries in the Old World impossible, printing began in England. The decision to print in England proved to be successful causing Nast to release the first issue of French Vogue in 1920.
This is part 9 of a 12-part series on Vogue magazine.For earlier magazines see parts 1 - 8 also.
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1931 July 15
Beauty Number
Cover by Georges Lepape |
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1931 August 15
Early Autumn Fashions
Cover by Georges Lepape |
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1931 September 1
Autumn Fabrics and Original Designs
Cover by Eduardo Garcia Benito |
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1931 September 15
Autumn Shopping, Millinery and Furs
Cover by Pierre Mourgue |
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1931 October 1
Paris Openings
Cover by Georges Lepape |
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1931 October 1
Four women in evening gowns designed by Annek, Krivitzky, Tonkonogoy, Helene Yrande
Illustration by Georges Lepape |
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1931 October 15
Paris Fashions
Cover by Eduardo Garcia Benito |
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1931 November 1
New York Winter Fashions
Cover by Carl Oscar August Erickson |
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1931 November 15
Vanity Number
Cover by Georges Lepape |
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1931 December 1
Christmas Gifts
Cover by Eduardo Garcia Benito |
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1931 December 15
Holidays and Winter Travel
Cover by Georges Lepape |
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1931 December 15
Woman wearing a Franklin Simon Hat
Illustration by Porter Woodruff |
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1932 January 1
Southern Fashions and Winter Resorts
Cover by Carl Oscar August Erickson |
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1932 January 15
Spring Forecast
Cover by Georges Lepape |
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1932 February 1
Spring Fashions - Designs for Dressmaking
Cover by Eduardo Garcia Benito |
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1932 February 15
Spring Millinery Accessories
Cover by Carl Oscar August Erickson |
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1932 3 March 1
Illustration by R.S. Grafstrom |
Ruth Sigrid Grafstrom (1905-1986) was an American illustrator, producing significant work in fashion illustration during the 1930s and 40s. She was born on April 26, 1905in Rock Island, Illinois. Her father, Olaf Grafstrom, was a painter from Sweden who immigrated to Seattle. His work influenced Northwest realist painters and at one time he chaired the art department at Augustana College. Ruth's mother was also an artist, focusing on ceramics.
Grafstrom attended school in Chicago and Paris and after graduating, worked in fashion illustration.She created illustrations for Vogue magazine, including some covers. Grafstrom also contributed illustrations to the Delineator, Cosmopolitan, and other women's magazines.Her illustrations featured real, approachable women. She drew "'real' women...[who] inhabit 'real' space.” Her illustrations sometimes included fabric collage, to give the image texture.
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1932 March 1
Illustration by R.S. Grafstrom |
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1932 March 15
Hats and Gowns from early Paris Openings
Cover by Pierre Mourgue |
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1932 April 1
Paris Fashions
Cover by Carl Oscar August Erickson |
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1932 May 1
Bridal Fashions, House Decorations
Cover by Eduardo Garcia Benito |
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1932 May 1
Illustration by Carl Oscar August Erickson |
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1932 May 1
Illustration by Georges Lepape |
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1932 May 15
Summer Travel
Cover by Jean Pagès |
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1932 May 15
Illustration by Pierre Mougue |
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1932 May 15
Illustration by Pierre Mougue |
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1932 June 15 Cover illustration
by Carl Oscar August Erickson |
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1932 August 1
Summer Entertaining, Older Women's Fashions
Cover by William Bolin |
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1932 August 1
Autumn Forecast
Cover by William Bolin |
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1932 September 1
Autumn Shopping, Fabics, Designs for Dressmaking
Cover by A. E. Marty |
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1932 September 15
Hats and Gowns from early Paris Openings
Cover by Eduardo Garcia Benito |
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1932 October 1
Paris Fashions
Cover by Carl Oscar August Erickson |
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1932 October 1
Illustration by R.S. Grafstrom |
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1932 October 15
New York Fashions
Cover by Georges Lepape |
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1932 October 15
Three women wearing Schiaparelli clothing
Illustration by Rene Bouet-Willaumez |
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1932 November 1
Fashions for Limited Incomes
Cover by Pierre Mourgue |
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1932 November 15
Cover by Eduardo Garcia Benito |
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1933 January 1
Illustration by R. S. Grafstrom |
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1933 January 1
Two Women wearing Augustabernard and Patou Dresses
Illustration by Carl Oscar August Erickson |
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1933 January 15
Spring Forecast
Cover by Carl Oscar August Erickson |
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1933 January 15
Illustration by Pierre Mourgue |
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1933
February 1
Spring Fabrics and Original Vogue Designs
Cover by George Wolfe Plank |
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1933 February 1
Spring Fabics, Designs for Dressmaking
Cover by Georges Lepape |
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1933 February 15
Spring Millinery Accessories
Cover by Eduardo Garcia Benito |
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1933 February 16
Illustration by Rene Bouet-Willaumez |
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1933 March 1
Spring Shopping
Cover by Georges Lepape |
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1933 April 1
Paris Fashions
Cover by Carl Oscar August Erickson |
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1933 April 15
Women in Patou Dresses
Illustration by Pierre Mougue |
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1933 June 1
Summer Fashions
Cover by Carl Oscar August Erickson |
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1933 June 1
Beauty Number
Cover by Georges Lepape |
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1933 June 1
Illustration by R.S. Grafstrom |
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1933 June 15
Cover by Georges Lepape |
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1933 July 1
Beauty Number
Cover by Eduardo Garcia Benito |
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1933 July 15
Gardens, Summer Sports
Cover by Pierre Mourgue |
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1933 July 15
New York Fashions
Cover by R. S. Grafstrom |
