Vogue (magazine) audience could conceivably afford. For example, the inaugural cover of the magazine under Wintour's editorship featured a three-quarter-length photograph of Michaela Bercu, an Israeli model, wearing a bejeweled Christian Lacroix jacket and a pair of jeans, a departure from her predecessors' tendency to portray a woman's face alone; according to "The New York Times", this gave "greater importance to both her clothing and her body". As fashion editor Grace Coddington wrote in her memoirs, the cover "endorsed a democratic new high/low attitude to dressing, added some youthful but sophisticated raciness, and garnished it with a dash of confident energy and
Vogue Italia Vogue Italia Vogue Italia is the Italian edition of "Vogue" magazine. Owned by Condé Nast International, it is the least commercial of all editions of "Vogue" magazine and has been called the top fashion magazine in the world. Its imagery is frequently shocking and provocative; according to the art director of British "Vogue", its photographs "go beyond straight fashion to be about art and ideas". "Vogue Italia" was first published as "Novità" ("Novelties") in October 1964 until November 1965, when the name was changed to "Vogue & Novità"; in May 1966 the title was changed to "Vogue Italia", its title