Vanity Fair (magazines) More than two thousand of these images appeared, and they are considered the chief cultural legacy of the magazine, forming a pictorial record of the period. The final issue of the British "Vanity Fair" appeared on February 5, 1914. "Vanity Fair" is a weekly magazine that was published by The Commonwealth Publishing Company of 110 West 42nd Street, New York City. The Commonwealth Publishing Company was incorporated in February 1902, and went into bankruptcy in April 1904. An American "Vanity Fair" was edited by Condé Montrose Nast from 1913 to 1936, when it was merged into "Vogue". It was revived
Vogue (magazine) first color photograph on the cover of the magazine. The photograph was taken by photographer Edward Steichen and portrays a woman swimmer holding a beach ball in the air. Laird Borrelli notes that "Vogue" led the decline of fashion illustration in the late 1930s, when they began to replace their celebrated illustrated covers, by artists such as Dagmar Freuchen, with photographic images. Nast was responsible for introducing color printing and the "two-page spread." He greatly impacted the magazine and turned it into a "successful business" and the "women's magazine we recognize today" and greatly increased the sales volumes until his