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",
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