L'Officiel#L'Officiel USA

L'Officiel was first published in 1921. It was the official publication of the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne, a trade body representing all Parisian couturiers,{{r|ppc|page=83}} and took over the role of Les Elégances Parisiennes, a joint publication of a group of about twenty-five couturiers which became defunct in 1922.{{r|mary|page=56}} When launched in 1921, L'Officiel was originally a professional trade magazine, directed principally at international buyers of high fashion, both corporate and individual, and at those working in the fashion industry.{{r|ppc|page=83}}

Georges Jalou joined the magazine as artistic director in 1932. Within a short time, the magazine had helped to start the careers of designers such as Pierre Balmain, Cristóbal Balenciaga, Christian Dior, and Yves St. Laurent, and came to be known as "the Bible of fashion and of high society"."la bible de la mode et des élégantes" Jalou became general director of the publication and editor-in-chief, and later purchased the magazine.

In the 1940s French novelist Colette wrote pieces for the magazine.

L'Officiel Hommes was first launched in 1976 as a male alternative to L'Officiel, but in ceased publication in 1991. It was relaunched in 1996, one of its editors was Patrick Besson.{{Cite web |last=BONNET |first=Philippe |title=L'Officiel Homme revient, sévèrement friqué. Le mensuel édité par Jalou traitera de la consommation masculine haut de gamme. |url=https://www.liberation.fr/medias/1996/03/01/l-officiel-homme-revient-severement-frique-le-mensuel-edite-par-jalou-traitera-de-la-consommation-ma_167065/ |access-date=2024-09-28 |website=Libération |language=fr}} In 1998 however it was rebranded to L'Optimum because of a publishing rights dispute. Then in 2005 L'Officiel Hommes was relaunched again and has been in operation since.{{Cite book |last=Tonchi |first=Stefano |title=L'Officiel 100: One Hundred People and Ideas from a Century in Fashion |publisher=Marsilio |year=2021 |isbn=978-8829712809 |pages=250 |language=En}}

Georges Jalou transferred the magazine to his three children in 1986: Laurent Jalou became the president of Éditions Jalou, Marie-José Susskind-Jalou directed its editorial content, and Maxime Jalou was responsible for publication. After the death of Laurent Jalou in 2003, his sister Marie-José Susskind-Jalou became president of the company, and restructured the content of the magazine to target a younger market than in its early years.

There was controversy in 2011 when Beyoncé was featured on the magazines cover in blackface and tribal makeup.{{Cite news |date=2011-02-23 |title=Beyonce 'blacks up' for magazine shoot |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-12551799 |access-date=2024-09-28 |work=BBC News Online |language=en-GB}} The magazine responded by saying it was done in honour of Fela Kuti and that it was "a return to her African roots".{{Cite magazine |last=Weekly |first=Us |date=2011-02-24 |title=Beyoncé Criticized for 'Blackface' Photo Shoot |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/beyonce-criticized-for-blackface-photo-shoot-246633/ |access-date=2024-09-28 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}} Dodai Stewart said "It's fun to play with fashion and makeup, and fashion has a history of provocation and pushing boundaries. But when you paint your face darker in order to look more 'African', aren't you reducing an entire continent, full of different nations, tribes, cultures and histories, into one brown color?". The stylist and creative director of the shoot Jenke Ahmed Tailly said “It [the blackface] was paying homage to African queens.”{{Cite web |last=Haridasani |first=Alisha |last2=Gbadamosi |first2=Nosmat |date=2016-09-23 |title=The stylist behind Beyoncé, Kim and Kanye |url=https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/jenke-ahmed-tailly-stylist-to-pops-most-stylish-women/index.html |access-date=2024-09-28 |website=CNN |language=en}}

For the October issue in 2013 Karl Lagerfeld shot the cover photo and editorial, which featured the cast of Opium a film about the life of Jean Patou.{{Cite web |last=Guilbault |first=Laure |date=2013-09-18 |title=L'Officiel Taps Karl Lagerfeld for October Issue |url=https://wwd.com/feature/cover-story-7163865-214528/ |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=WWD |language=en-US}}

File:L'Officiel Paris, June July 2013.jpg on the cover of the June/July 2013 issue]]

The cryptocurrency Taste Token was launched in 2018 the venture was headed by Benjamin Eymère L'Officiel CEO and was developed to compensate readers for their time on the website and for brands to figure out what readers like.{{Cite web |last=Hays |first=Kali |date=2018-11-08 |title=L'Officiel Is Bringing Cryptocurrency to Fashion Media |url=https://wwd.com/feature/lofficiel-magazine-cryptocurrency-taste-tokens-la-liste-fashion-media-1202901881/ |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=WWD |language=en-US}}

Stefano Tonchi became the magazine's Chief Creative Officer in January 2020, though he left the magazine in December 2021.{{Cite web |last=Hays |first=Kali |date=2020-01-06 |title=Stefano Tonchi Lands at L'Officiel |url=https://wwd.com/business-news/media/stefano-tonchi-lands-at-lofficiel-1203409600/ |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=WWD |language=en-US}}

In January 2021, a group of freelancers working for the magazine took legal action in France, claiming that they had not been paid.{{cite news |last1=Hays |first1=Kali |title=L'Officiel Freelancers Take Legal Action in France for Unpaid Wages |url=https://wwd.com/business-news/media/lofficiel-media-freelancers-unpaid-group-legal-action-in-france-1234696870/ |work=Women's Wear Daily |date=14 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115002058/https://wwd.com/business-news/media/lofficiel-media-freelancers-unpaid-group-legal-action-in-france-1234696870/ |archive-date=2021-01-15 }} Archived 15 January 2021.{{cite news |last1=Hays |first1=Kali |title=L'Officiel Reducing Print as Freelancers Demand Long Overdue Payments |url=https://wwd.com/business-news/media/lofficiel-cuts-print-freelancers-not-being-paid-before-coronoavirus-1203631684/ |access-date=8 December 2021 |work=Women's Wear Daily|date=12 May 2020}}{{cite news |last1=Hays |first1=Kali |title=L'Officiel Freelancers Look to Legal Action for Long Overdue Payments |url=https://wwd.com/business-news/media/lofficiel-magazine-not-paying-freelancers-class-lawsuit-looming-1203653666/ |access-date=8 December 2021 |work=Women's Wear Daily |date=15 June 2020}}

For its 100th anniversary in 2021, L'Officiel opened its archive for academic study to students at the Parsons Paris.{{Cite web |last=Socha |first=Miles |date=2021-02-26 |title=Parsons Paris, L'Officiel Team Up Amid Shared Centennials |url=https://wwd.com/feature/parsons-paris-lofficiel-anniversary-100-1234749922/ |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=WWD |language=en-US}} They also launched L'Officiel House of Dreams, a website set up as a virtual museum documenting the magazine's history.{{Cite web |last=Richford |first=Rhonda |date=2021-09-28 |title=L'Officiel Launches Virtual 'House of Dreams' to Mark 100 Years |url=https://wwd.com/business-news/media/lofficiel-virtual-house-of-dreams-100-years-1234951481/ |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=WWD |language=en-US}}

In April 2022, AMTD International (now AMTD IDEA Group), a Hong Kong based subsidiary of the AMTD Group, acquired L'Officiel Inc. SAS and Éditions Jalou. With the purchase, AMTD announced that it intended to expand and establish L'Officiel{{'s}} presence to multiple areas worldwide.{{Cite web |title=AMTD Group BrandVoice: AMTD Acquires Global Fashion Media Group L'Officiel Inc SAS |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/amtd-group/2022/02/07/amtd-acquires-global-fashion-media-group-lofficiel-inc-sas/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Forbes |language=en}} They then announced planned launches for Australia, Canada, Japan and the United Kingdom within two years.{{Cite web |last=FR |first=FashionNetwork com |title=Passé dans le giron d'AMTD, L'Officiel veut élargir son horizon |url=https://fr.fashionnetwork.com/news/Passe-dans-le-giron-d-amtd-l-officiel-veut-elargir-son-horizon,1444056.html |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=FashionNetwork.com |date=8 December 2022 |language=fr}} The Japanese edition was relaunched in 2024,{{Cite web |last=璃子 |first=沼 |date=2024-05-23 |title=仏ファッション誌「ロフィシェル」日本版が復活 カフェやウェブメディアなど広く展開 |url=https://www.wwdjapan.com/articles/1821647 |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=WWDJAPAN |language=ja}} and Australian, Canadian, Mexican and Taiwanese editions are planned to launch in 2025.{{Cite web |last=Wightman-Stone |first=Danielle |date=2025-02-11 |title=L'Officiel magazine announces expansion plans |url=https://fashionunited.com/news/fashion/lofficiel-magazine-announces-expansion-plans/2025021164426 |access-date=2025-02-14 |website=FashionUnited |language=en}}

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L'Officiel then became part of AMTD World Media and Entertainment Group in 2023, however it began to be controlled through L'Officiel Group, Inc. AMTD Group now licences the L'Officiel brand to L'Officiel Group, inc. through WME (this is how the magazine operated prior to becoming part of WME).{{Cite web |title=AMTD Digital 2024 Annual Report |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1809691/000121390025018782/ea0231719-20f_amtd.htm |access-date=2025-03-01 |website=www.sec.gov |quote=In addition, WM&E licenses L’Officiel and The Art Newspaper trademarks and domain names and other intellectual properties it uses in is business from AMTD Group Inc.}}

L'Officiel Singapore and L'Officiel Malaysia were relaunched in March 2023, now directly owned and managed and no longer under a franchising ownership model.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-14 |title=AMTD IDEA Group's L'OFFICIEL Inc. SAS completed the recruitment of a full team of experienced professionals and local experts in Singapore and Malaysia, ready for a new and powerful launch in March 2023 under direct owner's model |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230214005639/en/%C2%A0AMTD-IDEA-Group%E2%80%99s-L%E2%80%99OFFICIEL-Inc.-SAS-completed-the-recruitment-of-a-full-team-of-experienced-professionals-and-local-experts-in-Singapore-and-Malaysia-ready-for-a-new-and-powerful-launch-in-March-2023-under-direct-owner%E2%80%99s-model |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=www.businesswire.com |language=en}} In August 2023, L'Officiel Philippines was also brought under direct ownership.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-17 |title=L'Officiel Global successfully acquired the Philippines business to add one more country to direct owner's model on a worldwide basis |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230817083645/en/L%E2%80%99Officiel-Global-successfully-acquired-the-Philippines-business-to-add-one-more-country-to-direct-owner%E2%80%99s-model-on-a-worldwide-basis |access-date=2023-08-24 |website=www.businesswire.com |language=en}}

At the World Economic Forum in January 2023, the L'Officiel Coffee pop up was launched in Davos, and AMTD announced plans to expand the store to different cities worldwide.{{Cite web |title=AMTD IDEA's L'Officiel Presents L'Officiel COFFEE and a global rollout plan |url=https://ir.amtdinc.com/press-releases/news-details/2023/AMTD-IDEAs-LOfficiel-Presents-LOfficiel-COFFEE-and-a-global-rollout-plan/default.aspx |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=ir.amtdinc.com |language=en-US}} The first location opened in Japan in April 2025 in the Omotesandō district of Tokyo, the store is in a building redesigned by Keiji Ashizawa.{{Cite web |last=Carrera |first=Martino |date=2025-04-16 |title=EXCLUSIVE: L’Officiel Ventures Into Hospitality With First Coffee Outpost in Tokyo |url=https://wwd.com/business-news/media/lofficiel-opens-coffee-hospitality-space-tokyo-omotesando-1237087242/ |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=WWD |language=en-US}}

Future locations are planned for Australia,{{Cite web |title=L'Officiel Coffee: Fashion, Art & Coffee |url=https://www.lofficielcoffee.com |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=L'Officiel COFFEE |language=en}} China, Hong Kong, London,{{Cite web |last=Carrera |first=Martino |date=2025-04-16 |title=EXCLUSIVE: L’Officiel Ventures Into Hospitality With First Coffee Outpost in Tokyo |url=https://wwd.com/business-news/media/lofficiel-opens-coffee-hospitality-space-tokyo-omotesando-1237087242/ |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=WWD |language=en-US}} Macao, Malaysia, New York City, Paris, and Singapore.

French publications usually have multiple editors for different areas of the magazine, in the case of L'Officiel they are listed below. However as of 2025 Vanessa Bellugeon is the magazine's only editor-in-chief.

The magazine has 27 different international editions. Other titles published by the group include L'Officiel Art (launched in 2012) and L'Officiel Hommes.

Other titles of the magazine that are no longer published include L'Officiel 1000 Modèles (from 1996–2019),{{Cite web |title=Jalou Media Group - 1000 Models |work=Jalou Media Group |date=12 June 2012 |url=http://jaloumediagroup.com/nos-marques/lofficiel-1000-models/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722100404/http://jaloumediagroup.com/nos-marques/lofficiel-1000-models/ |archive-date=22 July 2018}} L'Officiel Chirugie Esthétique (launched in 1996),{{Cite web |title=Jalou Media Group - L'Officiel Plastic Surgery |url=http://jaloumediagroup.com/nos-marques/lofficiel-medecine-et-chirurgie-esthetique/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722100533/http://jaloumediagroup.com/nos-marques/lofficiel-medecine-et-chirurgie-esthetique/ |archive-date=22 July 2018}} L'Officiel Voyage (2005–2019), L'Officiel Business (2007), L'Officiel New Talents (2012),{{Cite web |last=FR |first=FashionNetwork com |title=Les Editions Jalou lancent L'Officiel New Talents avec des blogueuses |url=https://fr.fashionnetwork.com/news/les-editions-jalou-lancent-l-officiel-new-talents-avec-des-blogueuses,232008.html |access-date=2023-11-11 |website=FashionNetwork.com |date=3 February 2012 |language=fr}} L'Officiel Shopping/L'Officiel Paris Guide (launched in 2012),{{Cite web |title=Jalou Media Group - L'Officiel Shopping |work=Jalou Media Group |date=12 June 2012 |url=http://jaloumediagroup.com/nos-marques/lofficiel-shopping/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830232245/http://jaloumediagroup.com/nos-marques/lofficiel-shopping/ |archive-date=30 August 2018}} L'Officiel 1000 Modèles Design, L'Officiel 1000 Modèles Joaillerie, L'Officiel Beauté and L'Officiel Intérieur.{{Cite web |last=FR |first=FashionNetwork com |title=Marie-José Susskind-Jalou, nouvelle rédactrice en chef de L'Officiel |url=https://fr.fashionnetwork.com/news/Marie-jose-susskind-jalou-nouvelle-redactrice-en-chef-de-l-officiel,677037.html |access-date=2023-11-11 |website=FashionNetwork.com |date=4 April 2016 |language=fr}}{{Cite web |title=Editions Jalou Archive |url=http://patrimoine.editionsjalou.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909184753/http://patrimoine.editionsjalou.com/ |archive-date=9 September 2018}}

The magazines first supplement was launched in the 1920s and was known as L'Industrie Française du Vêtement Féminine.{{Cite book |last1=Tonchi |first1=Stefano |author-link=Stefano Tonchi |url=https://lofficiel100.com/room/27 |title=L'Officiel 100: One Hundred People and Ideas from a Century in Fashion |last2=Pecorari |first2=Marco |publisher=Marsilio |year=2021 |isbn=978-8829712809}}

L'Officiel editions in Brazil, Italy and the Middle East all had original print runs in the 1970s, these editions were closed down but later relaunched.

Currently L'Officiel directly owns and operates ten editions: L'Officiel Brasil, 时装 L'Officiel China (in co-operation with Fashion Publishing), L'Officiel Hong Kong,{{Cite web |last=Goldstone |first=Violet |date=2023-11-24 |title=L'Officiel Adds Hong Kong Edition |url=https://wwd.com/business-news/media/lofficiel-hong-kong-edition-1235949189/ |access-date=2023-11-24 |website=WWD |language=en-US}} L'Officiel Italia, L'Officiel Japan,{{Cite web |last=WW |first=FashionNetwork com |title=L'Officiel launches first-ever Japan edition |url=https://ww.fashionnetwork.com/news/L-officiel-launches-first-ever-japan-edition,1671127.html |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=FashionNetwork.com |date=11 October 2024 |language=en-WW}}{{Cite web |title=SEC Registration Statement The Generation Essentials Group |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2053456/000121390025031177/ea0231192-05.htm#T15}} L'Officiel Malaysia, L'Officiel Paris, L'Officiel Philippines, L'Officiel Singapore and L'Officiel USA. A special edition for the World Economic Forum called L'Officiel Davos is also published yearly.{{Cite web |title=AMTD IDEA Group & L’OFFICIEL Inc. SAS Announce the Launch of L’OFFICIEL Davos |url=https://www.lofficielbaltic.com/en/lifestyle/amtd-idea-group-l-officiel-inc-sas-announce-the-launch-of-l-officiel-davos |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=L'Officiel Baltic |language=en}} They also own and operate La Revue des Montres in France, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore.{{Cite web |last=WW |first=FashionNetwork com |title=L'Officiel launches 'La Revue des Montres' publication in Asia |url=https://ww.fashionnetwork.com/news/L-officiel-launches-la-revue-des-montres-publication-in-asia,1537063.html |access-date=2024-09-28 |website=FashionNetwork.com |date=15 July 2023 |language=en-WW}}{{Cite web |title=La Revue des Montres launches Philippine edition |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DGhjlU6xgjf/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== |access-date=2025-03-01 |website=www.instagram.com}}

L'Officiel was the first international magazine to launch in China,{{Cite web |title=Éditions Jalou |url=http://www.jalougallery.com/jalou-corporate-leseditionsjalou.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329142739/http://www.jalougallery.com/jalou-corporate-leseditionsjalou.php |archive-date=29 March 2008 |website=Jalou Gallery}} launching in 1985 however it ceased publication in 1990.

The magazine was relaunched in 2002 as 魅力 L'Officiel 中文版 and was operated by NCN (Hong Kong branch) under licence, the magazine was based in Hong Kong. However it closed the same year.

In 1980 时装 (Fashion) was founded and by the mid-1980s had almost reached a circulation of 300,000.{{Cite web |title=BoF中国时尚商业简史 {{!}} 中国现代时装杂志的诞生 |url=https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/21277996 |access-date=2023-08-13 |website=知乎专栏 |language=zh}} From late 2003 the magazine was rebranded to 时装 L'Officiel after an agreement was made with Éditions Jalou and with this the magazine became distributed in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau.{{Cite web |title=《时装L'OFFICIEL》海上嘉年华_新浪网 |url=http://eladies.sina.com.cn/2003-11-23/81543.html |access-date=2023-08-13 |website=eladies.sina.com.cn |language=zh}}{{Cite web |title=Editions Jalou - L'Officiel China |work=Jalou Media Group |url=http://www.editionsjalou.com/international/chine/lofficiel-china/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120909063436/http://www.editionsjalou.com/international/chine/lofficiel-china/ |archive-date=9 September 2012}} The magazine is based in Beijing.{{Cite web |title=L'Officiel China |url=https://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/magazines/lofficiel-china/ |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=Fashion Model Directory}} As of 2021 L'Officiel China had a circulation of 839,000.{{Cite book |title=L'Officiel 100: One Hundred People and Ideas from a Century in Fashion |publisher=Marsilio |year=2021 |isbn=978-8829712809 |pages=296}}

L'Officiel Italia originally had a short run in the 1970s and again in the 1990s.{{Cite book |last=Tonchi |first=Stefano |author-link=Stefano Tonchi |url=https://lofficiel100.com/room/27 |title=L'Officiel 100: One Hundred People and Ideas from a Century in Fashion |publisher=Marsilio |year=2021 |isbn=978-8829712809 |page=292}} In 2009 L'Officiel Hommes launched an Italian edition and in September 2012 L'Officiel Italia was relaunched with Carlo Mazzoni as Editor-in-Chief.{{Cite web |title=My Style: Carlo Mazzoni {{!}} Fashion We Like |url=http://www.fashionwelike.com/my-style/carlo-mazzoni |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=www.fashionwelike.com}}{{Cite web |last=Repaci |first=Fabiana |date=2012-05-01 |title=Italian Edition of L'Officiel to Debut in September |url=https://wwd.com/feature/crossing-borders-5884009-638143/ |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=WWD |language=en-US}}

In 1973 a version of L'Officiel translated into Japanese was released.{{Cite book |last1=Tonchi |first1=Stefano |author-link=Stefano Tonchi |url=https://lofficiel100.com/room/27 |title=L'Officiel 100: One Hundred People and Ideas from a Century in Fashion |last2=Pecorari |first2=Marco |publisher=Marsilio |year=2021 |isbn=978-88-297-1280-9 |page=264}} However it was not until 2005 that the Japanese edition L'Officiel Japon was launched. It later closed in 2008.{{Cite web |last=FASHIONSNAP |date=2015-06-12 |title=仏モード誌「ロフィシャル」日本版が7年ぶり復刊 10月発売 |url=https://www.fashionsnap.com/article/2015-06-12/lofficiel-jp/ |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=FASHIONSNAP [ファッションスナップ] |language=ja}} In October 2015, L'Officiel Japan was launched with Tetsuya Mabuchi as its publisher and Naoko Kikuchi as its editor-in-chief; it was published by Éditions Jalou and Seven & I Publishing.{{Cite web |title=L'Officiel Japan Media Kit - 2015 |url=http://jaloumediagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/JAPAN_2015.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804093926/http://jaloumediagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/JAPAN_2015.pdf |archive-date=4 August 2016}}L'Officiel Japan, November 2015 #1 The magazine ceased publication in December 2016, but its last issue was January/February 2017.{{Cite web |last=絢子 |first=矢野 |date=2016-12-08 |title=「ロフィシャル ジャパン」が休刊 |url=https://www.wwdjapan.com/articles/360287 |access-date=2023-10-29 |website=WWDJAPAN |language=ja}}

In early 2020 it was reported that within two years a Japanese edition was aiming to be launched along with editions for Australia, Nigeria and the United Kingdom. The same was confirmed about a Japanese edition in late 2022.

WWD Japan in May 2024 reported that the magazine would relaunch in September with Takafumi Kawasaki as its editor-in-chief, he previously worked for L'Uomo Vogue and GQ Japan. The magazine relaunched in September with Rie Miyazawa on the cover.

L'Officiel USA was originally launched in 1976 as one of the first international editions of the magazine,{{Cite news |date=9 June 1976 |title=Edition slated |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ggJaAAAAIBAJ&dq=L%27Officiel+Editor-in-Chief&pg=PA22&article_id=2295,4604313 |work=Waycross Journal-Herald |pages=23}} but was later shuttered in 1980.{{Cite news |date=1980-10-16 |title=L'Officiel Editor Takes New Post |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1980/10/16/archives/lofficiel-editor-takes-new-post.html |access-date=2023-05-17 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} This original edition of the magazine was edited by Dorothy Coleman Seeman however she was replaced in 1979 by Himilce Novas who Diana Vreeland called "terrific".{{Cite news |date=27 July 1979 |title=It's official |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YO4yAAAAIBAJ&dq=L%27Officiel+Editor-in-Chief&pg=PA82&article_id=2437,3185967 |work=Ottawa Citizen |pages=25}} The owner and publisher was Evan Katz and by L'Officiel USA's second issue it had a subscriber count of 124,000.{{Cite news |last=Christy |first=Marian |date=31 December 1976 |title=Fashion first and foremost in new magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wgdRAAAAIBAJ&dq=L%27Officiel&pg=PA4 |work=The Telegraph-Herald |pages=7}}{{Cite news |last=Kushia |first=Gigi |date=22 October 1977 |title=New Fashion Magazine competes with Vogue |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VShXAAAAIBAJ&dq=L%27Officiel&pg=PA6&article_id=3890,1781077 |work=The News-Dispatch |pages=7}}

In 2017 L'Officiel USA launched online led by Joseph Akel with funding from Global Emerging Markets, the first print edition was released in February 2018. The magazine is based in New York City.{{Cite web |date=2017-10-10 |title=L'Officiel Launches US Edition |url=https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/media/lofficiel-launches-us-edition/ |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=The Business of Fashion |language=en}} In December 2021, the City of New York brought an action against L'Officiel USA Inc. under the Freelance Isn't Free Act, claiming that the magazine had failed to pay freelance contributors.{{cite news |last1=Testa |first1=Jessica |date=2 December 2021 |title=New York City Sues L'Officiel Magazine for Not Paying Freelancers |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/02/style/lofficiel-magazine-lawsuit.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202120301/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/02/style/lofficiel-magazine-lawsuit.html |archive-date=2021-12-02}} Archived 2 December 2021.{{cite news |last1=Scheiber |first1=Noam |date=28 October 2016 |title=As Freelancers' Ranks Grow, New York Moves to See They Get What They're Due |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/28/nyregion/freelancers-city-council-wage-theft.html |access-date=8 December 2021}}{{cite web |date=1 December 2021 |title=New York City Sues French Fashion Media Company L'Officiel USA for Failing to pay NYC Freelancers |url=https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/799-21/new-york-city-sues-french-fashion-media-company-l-officiel-usa-failing-pay-nyc-freelancers |access-date=8 December 2021 |website=The official website of the City of New York}} A settlement was reached in July 2023 with L'Officiel agreeing to pay 41 freelancers US$275,000.{{Cite web |last=Guthrie |first=Marisa |date=2023-07-14 |title=The City of New York Reaches Settlement With L'Officiel USA Over Failure to Pay Freelancers |url=https://wwd.com/business-news/media/new-york-city-settlement-lofficiel-usa-failure-pay-freelancers-fifa-1235744274/ |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=WWD |language=en-US}}

• List of L'Officiel cover models
• L'Officiel Hommes

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Corine Moriou (September 1, 2006). "Le groupe édite L'Officiel, Jalouse, L'Optimum, etc.; Jalou, les magazines qui font des jaloux" (in French). L'Entreprise, page 54.

"Lifestyle Mag L'Officiel to be Published in Latvia from Sept". Baltic News Service, March 10, 2008. (Via LexisNexis.)

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• [https://lofficiel100.com/ L'Officiel House of Dreams] Virtual museum
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