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unusual facts about Vogue magazine



Bridget Hall

Formerly with Ford Models, she signed with IMG Models and has appeared on fashion magazine covers such as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, ELLE and Allure and in fashion shows in New York City, Paris and Milan.

Design by committee

One maxim is that a camel is a horse designed by committee; this has been attributed to Vogue magazine, July 1958, to Sir Alec Issigonis and also to University of Wisconsin philosophy professor Lester Hunt.

Gail Simmons

Prior to joining Food & Wine, Gail was the special events manager for chef Daniel Boulud’s restaurant empire and worked for food critic Jeffrey Steingarten at Vogue.

Hildy Kuryk

Hildy Kuryk (born September 30, 1977) is the Director of Communications for Vogue Magazine and the former National Finance Director of the Democratic National Committee.

John Saldivar

Through de la Renta, Saldivar met André Leon Talley, who later hired him as his personal assistant at Vogue Magazine.

Scottsboro, Alabama

The Unclaimed Baggage Center has been featured several times in the media, including in The Wall Street Journal, Vogue Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, Good Morning America, The Washington Post, The Dallas Morning News, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Baltimore Sun, The Seattle Times and the travel/adventure television series Globe Trekker.

Velvet D’Amour

She also made a catwalk appearance in John Galliano's prêt-à-porter showing entitled "Everybody is Beautiful" in 2006, and in the associated French Vogue article featuring photography by Nick Knight.


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Dee Hartford

She initially achieved fame in the late '40s as a model for Vogue magazine. Hartford was cast in one big-screen credit in her early career, with a role in A Girl in Every Port (1952), directed by Chester Erskine.

Ilka Chase

Born in New York City and educated at convent and boarding schools in the United States, England, and France, she was the only child of Edna Woolman Chase, the editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine, and her first husband, Francis Dane Chase.

Kathryn Abbe

Abbe won Vogue magazine's Prix de Paris photography award in 1941.

Lydia Sargent

Her plays include "I Read About My Death In Vogue Magazine" and "Playbook" with Maxine Klein and Howard Zinn.

Norman Parkinson

He spotted Nena von Schlebrügge, the mother of Uma Thurman at age 16 when she left her senior school in Stockholm, and brought her to London to model for Vogue magazine.

Remy Blumenfeld

Remy Blumenfeld is the grandson of the photographer, Erwin Blumenfeld who is credited with having taken more covers of Vogue Magazine than any other photographer.

Sadi Ranson

After working at Conde Nast Publications, Ranson attended Boston University, returning to Conde Nast for several summers to work as a fashion assistant at Vogue magazine where she worked for Jade Hobson and Anna Wintour as well as other editors under the direction of then editor Grace Mirabella.