In Vogue: The Illustrated History of the World's Most Famous Fashion Magazine

From the illustrated covers of Vogue 's founding in 1892 to the advent of color photography in the 1930s and today's postmodern world, this thick volume is as elegant and engrossing as the magazine. An essay by Susan Sontag on the social implications of fashion photography enhances profiles of Irving Penn, Helmut Newton, Annie Leibowitz and other image-makers, along with the models, athletes and powerful women who have graced the magazine's pages. Behind-the- scenes anecdotes and proofs that did—and didn't— make the cut offer an intimate look at how the magazine assembles its public face. (Sept. 22)