#conde nast
Today’s post comes from Archivist Gwen.
Because we like interesting things and because we love the past, archivists always have their eyes open. For me, this is how it usually goes: while looking in the records for one thing, something else jumps out. This time it was an old civil case file, Conde Nast v. Jean Swartz, et al., which I located while searching the index for a labor case. Publishing meets old Hollywood fashion, I’m in! So up the ladder I scrambled to find the file and, to my eternal joy, entered as an exhibit in the case, a copy of “The Playgoer” for Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles.
The case was about an article published in the magazine by Swartz that had originally been published in the August 16, 1930, issue of Vogue magazine. Conde Nast, the publishers of Vogue were not amused and sued for $5,000 (of which they recovered $250).
But the magazine was the program for the blockbuster film, Hell’s Angels, which premiered at the theater on May 27, 1930. Published weekly, this edition was for the 14th week of Hell’s Angels run and included lots of great publicity about the production, and fabulous advertisements for cars, furs and all things fashionable.
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Been working since the 28th and I finally got to meet Anna Wintour for the first time today. All I can say is that it was as intimidating as I have always imagined it to be. No words.
Teen Vogue’s First African American Beauty Director Elaine Welteroth on Diversity
Recent masthead shake-ups have unearthed a new generation of young, ethnically diverse beauty editors—and they’re bringing a fresh perspective on beauty to traditional media. As young women of color come into power in the industry, there’s an opportunity for assumptions about race, beauty, and products to be challenged in an unprecedented way. For the next few weeks, we’ll be speaking with several of these women and getting their perspective on the state of the industry.
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