Published by Conde Nast Publications, Vanity Fair highlights artists, illustrators and writers providing in-depth coverage and social commentary. Beginning with the Jazz Age, the archive chronicles popular culture, fashion, celebrity portraiture and politics through the years.  

The original version of Vanity Fair featured popular, avant-garde covers for its first run from September 1913 through February 1936. The magazine was relaunched 47 years later in March 1983 with a new cover look focused on celebrity portraits and political figures.

Articles and cover pages are fully indexed and advertisements are individually identified, ensuring researchers and readers can quickly and accurately locate the information they seek. Vanity Fair Magazine Archive is valuable to researchers of 20th-century current events, politics and culture, as well as those interested in the history of photography, advertising, and fashion design.

Research Areas:

  • Advertising
  • Entertainment
  • Fashion
  • Photography
  • Politics
  • Society
  • Popular culture
  • World news

The magazine scans’ quality and readability are impressive, with content in Maclean’s and Vanity Fair being particularly colorful and sharp. Documents can be downloaded, printed, emailed, and forwarded to Google Drive and OneDrive. Citations can be exported to all the most used citation management tools in MLA, APA, Chicago, and Harvard style.

— Library Journal