The Model Sanctuary

Fashion facts series #1:
Before Vogue was the fashion publication we know it as today, it was actually a weekly society newspaper. First published on 17 December 1892, the cover depicted a young debutant emerging from a cloud of butterflies drawn by A. B. Wenzell, a highly sought after illustrator of his time. The publication was founded in New York City by Arthur Baldwin Turnure and was meant to attract the high society readers. Articles featured topics such as social etiquette, theater debuts, and columns tracking the city’s elites. Vogue maintained this format for 17 years until it was taken over by Condé Nast in 1909.
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