When Washington Was in Vogue When Washington Was in Vogue When Washington Was in Vogue is a Harlem Renaissance novel written by Edward Christopher Williams, set in Washington, D.C. in 1922-3. The first epistolary novel written by an African-American, it was originally serialized in the radical magazine "The Messenger" between January 1925 and July 1926 as "The Letters of Davy Carr: A True Story of Colored Vanity Fair." Largely due to the small circulation of the magazine, "When Washington Was in Vogue" languished in obscurity until its rediscovery and subsequent publication in 2003. It follows the adventures of Davy Carr, a scholar living amongst the
Vogue Italia to the present day. In 1961, Condé Nast contacted the owner of "Novita" magazine to invest in a new fashion magazine. From October 1964 until November 1965, the magazine was published as Novita. In 1965, after 73 years since the birth of Vogue, "Vogue Italia" was launched, as Vogue & Novita, being the first issue for the month of November 1965. Consuelo Crespi lead the launch until 1966. In 1966, Franco Sartori was appointed as the first editor-in-chief and under his leadership he changed the name from "Vogue & Novita" to "Vogue Italia", being the May 1966 issue the first