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 (British magazine) of American "Vogue", British "Vogue" is a magazine whose success is based upon its advertising rather than its sales revenue. In 2007, it ran 2,020 pages of advertising at an average of £16,000 a page. It is deemed to be more commercial than other editions of "Vogue." British "Vogue" is the most profitable British magazine as well as the most profitable edition of "Vogue" besides the US and China editions. During the First World War, Condé Nast, "Vogue"s publisher, had to deal with restrictions on overseas shipping as well as paper shortages in America. The British edition of "Vogue" was