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Conde Nast - The Man and His Empire - A Biography (Hardcover)
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Conde Nast - The Man and His Empire - A Biography (Hardcover)
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Conde Nast's life and career was as high profile and glamourous as
his magazines. Moving to New York in the early twentieth century
with just the shirt on his back, he soon became the highest paid
executive in the United States, acquiring Vogue in 1909 and Vanity
Fair in 1913. Alongside his editors, Edna Woolman Chase at Vogue
and Frank Crowninshield at Vanity Fair, he built the first-ever
international magazine empire, introducing European modern art,
style, and fashions to an American audience. Credited with creating
the "cafe society," Nast became a permanent fixture on the
international fashion scene and a major figure in New York society.
His superbly appointed apartment at 1040 Park Avenue, decorated by
the legendary Elsie de Wolfe, became a gathering place for the
major artistic figures of the time. Nast launched the careers of
icons like Cecil Beaton, Clare Boothe Luce, Lee Miller, Dorothy
Parker and Noel Coward. He left behind a legacy that endures today
in media powerhouses such as Anna Wintour, Tina Brown, and Graydon
Carter. Written with the cooperation of his family on both sides of
the Atlantic and a dedicated team at Conde Nast Publications,
critically acclaimed biographer Susan Ronald reveals the life of an
extraordinary American success story.
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