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 (magazine) the magazine's editor, comments on the initiative by stating "as one of the fashion industry's most powerful voices, "Vogue" has a unique opportunity to engage with relevant issues where we feel we can make a difference." The name "Vogue" means "style" in French. "Vogue" was described by book critic Caroline Weber in a December 2006 edition of "The New York Times" as "the world's most influential fashion magazine": The publication claims to reach 11 million readers in the US and 12.5 million internationally. Furthermore, Wintour was described as one of the most powerful figures in fashion. Google partnered with "Vogue"