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",
The Forum (American magazine) 1920s, pro and con articles on contemporary issues returned. Subjects included communism, religious fundamentalism, and military preparedness. Circulation reached 90,000 by the end of the decade. In 1930, "The Forum" merged with "Century Magazine", to add an upper class element to attract advertisers. "Forum and Century" provided articles on cures to the economic situation during the Great Depression, including a notable article by John Maynard Keynes "Causes of World Depression", published in 1931, years before his ideas came into vogue. Charles Beard, the father of the Progressive School of History, contributed an article entitled "A Five-Year Plan for America", an