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 Paris Vogue Paris The French edition of "Vogue" magazine, Vogue Paris, is a fashion magazine that has been published since 1920. The French edition of "Vogue" was first issued on 15 June 1920. Michel de Brunhoff was the magazine's editor-in-chief from 1929 until 1954. Edmonde Charles-Roux, who had previously worked at "Elle" and "France-Soir", became the magazine’s editor-in-chief in 1954. Charles-Roux was a great supporter of Christian Dior's "New Look", of which she later said, "It signalled that we could laugh again - that we could be provocative again, and wear things that would grab people's attention in the street." In