Very rare WW2 vintage UK Vogue magazine, February 1941.
This issue features many movie and theatre stars of the day, and an incredible full page photo by Horst...
Cover by Pierre Roy.
Into Spring fashion by Lee Miller. More Lee Miller photography throughout.
8 page beauty portfolio, photos by Toni Frissell and Horst.
Society beauties portraits by Cecil Beaton.
Greece, 2 page feature inc photos of ATHENS, traditional costume, PARTHENON etc
Fashion and shoe heel BAROMETER 1939, 1940 etc,
Beauty feature on skincare, BATH time, body care, hair - several pages
Film director CAROL REED with a mock-up of Folkestone Pier, Diana Wynyard,
Pauline Tennant portraits by CECIL BEATON
Fashion illustrations in this issue - RENE BOUET-WILLAUMEZ, ROGER DESCOMBES
Super cute toy dogs from Heals feature in a 2 page fashion spread
Fashion featured in this issue - COATS, CORSET, jersey, tasselled turban, tweed, BONNETs and hats
Edward G Robinson 2 page feature
Actors and aristocrats etc who appear in this issue - EVE CURIE, HERMIONE BADDELEY, JESSICA STONER, BETTY-ANN DAVIES, CLARISSA CHURCHILL, Lesley Blanch, Loretta Young, Michael Redgrave, Phyllis Calvert (appears in 2 features in this issue).
Free sweater KNITTING PATTERN
Fashion, beauty, politics, art, culture, motoring, shopping.
Includes photography by Lee Miller, Horst, Toni Frissell, Cecil Beaton.
Vogue Pattern Book
86 pages
323 x 250 x 5 mm
English Vogue began in 1916 and this issue is a rare artefact. These early issues of UK Vogue are supremely difficult to find now.
During World War II British Vogue was kept in print as a part of the war effort. One of its influences was to encourage people to recycle and contribute paper to the war effort. They sent their archives to be pulped and had features on taking part in the war effort. As a result any British Vogue pre-1945 are some of the rarest magazines on the planet.
The condition is wonderful for a magazine of this vintage. The magazine is in excellent condition and the front cover is superb. Some pages have a feint red stain, mostly ads (see all photos from the actual magazine). The hole top left is deliberate, originally a supplement magazine would have been attached with string.
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