Vanity Fair (U.S. magazine 1913–36) Vanity Fair (U.S. magazine 1913–36) Vanity Fair is an American society magazine published from 1913 to 1936. It was highly successful until the Great Depression led to its becoming unprofitable, and it was merged into "Vogue" in 1936. Condé Nast began his empire by purchasing the men's fashion magazine "Dress" in 1913. He renamed the magazine Dress and Vanity Fair and published four issues in 1913. Nast paid $3,000 for the right to use the title "Vanity Fair" in the United States, granted by the magazine "The Standard and Vanity Fair", "the only periodical printed for the playgoer and player",
Vogue (British magazine) the answer to this problem, providing "Vogue" fashion coverage in the British Isles when it was not practicable to receive it in the usual way. Under the London edition's second editor, Elspeth Champcommunal, the magazine was essentially the same as the American edition, except for its British English spellings. However, Champcommunal thought it important that "Vogue" be more than a fashion magazine. It featured articles on ‘society and sporting news… Health and beauty advice… travelogues… and editorials’, making it a 'skillfully mixed cocktail'. Champcommunal held her editorial position until 1922. Under its first editor, Dorothy Todd, a renowned "Vogue" editor