July 8, 2020

Stephen Gan Is the Latest Magazine Editor Under Fire

In mid-June, Stephen Gan, the founder and editor in chief of V magazine and the creative director of Elle, was eviscerated on Diet Prada, the Instagram […]
May 14, 2020

André Leon Talley’s Tales from the Dark Side

There is a scene in “The September Issue,” the 2009 movie by R. J. Cutler about the making of the biggest Vogue of the year, that […]
April 9, 2020

What’s the Point of a Fashion Magazine Now?

Last week, Vanity Fair Italy’s cover star was not a supermodel lounging on a yacht in an Etro caftan, or a movie star in Gucci, but […]
March 26, 2020

W Magazine Goes on Hiatus, Furloughs Much of Its Staff

ImageSara Moonves, the editor in chief of W, in Sept. 2019.Credit…Tom Jamieson for The New York Times W, the hefty fashion bible known for publishing the […]
January 2, 2020

Italian Vogue Won’t Publish Photos This Month

What is a fashion magazine without photo shoots? Without those glossy images of models, photographed in glamorous locales and produced by a small army of hairstylists, […]
December 4, 2019

Inside The World of Interiors, Condé Nast’s Secret Weapon

LONDON — To be a magazine reader these days is to lament — unless you are reading The World of Interiors, published since 1982 by Condé […]
September 30, 2019

The Most Watched Editor at Fashion Week

Sara Moonves, the new editor in chief of W, has been around the limelight all her life. Now the attention is on her.
January 24, 2018

All Good Magazines Go to Heaven

Advertisement LONDON — When James Hyman was a scriptwriter at MTV Europe, in the 1990s, before the rise of the internet, there was a practical — […]
January 13, 2018

Condé Nast Crafts Rules to Protect Models From Harassment

Advertisement Condé Nast, publisher of some of the glossiest magazines in the world, is changing the way it does business. Prompted by the sexual harassment outcry […]
December 27, 2017

How to Interview a Celebrity Like a Celebrity

Advertisement George Wayne has a theory about why his celebrity column has been a hit at Vanity Fair for more than two decades: sex. “When you […]