Men's Vogue
{{Short description|American men's fashion magazine}}
{{Infobox magazine
| title = Men's Vogue
| image_file = Mens Vogue.jpg
| company = Condé Nast Publications
| firstdate = 6 September 2005
| finaldate = 2008
| country = United States
| language = English
| frequency = Monthly
| category = Men's Lifestyle
| editor = Jay Fielden
| website = http://www.vogue.com/mensvogue
| issn = 1556-4096
}}
Men's Vogue was a monthly men's magazine that covered culture, fashion, design, art, sports, and technology. The premier issue was August 2005; the magazine was published on a quarterly schedule. It subsequently went bimonthly before stepping up to a full ten issues a year in 2007.https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/06/business/media/conde-nast-adds-mens-vogue-to-list-of-regular-publications.html In 2008, Adweek named Men's Vogue "Startup of the Year."https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/startup-year-2008-mens-vogue-111709/ On October 30, 2008, Condé Nast announced that they would fold the magazine into Vogue proper as a biannual subscriber's supplement. The magazine has ceased to be published since its original folding date.
Cover stories
The magazine featured a cover profile of George Clooney[http://www.mensvogue.com/arts/articles/2007/10/george_clooney_2005 – "George Clooney: Here Comes Trouble"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513115234/http://www.mensvogue.com/arts/articles/2007/10/george_clooney_2005 |date=13 May 2008 }} in its inaugural issue. Subsequently, Roger Federer,[http://www.mensvogue.com/health/feature/articles/2007/04/roger_federer – "Roger Federer is Courting History"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509170119/http://www.mensvogue.com/health/feature/articles/2007/04/roger_federer |date=9 May 2008 }} Tiger Woods,[http://www.mensvogue.com/health/articles/2006/08/21/woods – "Inside Tiger Woods's Private World"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080209170002/http://www.mensvogue.com/health/articles/2006/08/21/woods |date=9 February 2008 }} Michael Phelps, Denzel Washington,[http://www.mensvogue.com/arts/movies/articles/2007/11/denzel – "Denzel Washington's Killer Instincts"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080304054620/http://www.mensvogue.com/arts/movies/articles/2007/11/denzel |date=4 March 2008 }} Kiefer Sutherland, Viggo Mortensen,[http://www.mensvogue.com/arts/feature/articles/2008/03/viggo – "Viggo Mortensen, The Great Dane"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226103132/http://www.mensvogue.com/arts/feature/articles/2008/03/viggo |date=26 February 2008 }} Tony Blair[http://www.mensvogue.com/business/politics/feature/articles/2007/09/tony_blair – "Tony Blair's Exit Interview"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214023555/http://www.mensvogue.com/business/politics/feature/articles/2007/09/tony_blair |date=14 February 2008 }} and Barack Obama,[http://www.mensvogue.com/business/politics/feature/articles/2006/09/11/barack_obama – "Barack Obama's Path to Power"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216005923/http://www.mensvogue.com/business/politics/feature/articles/2006/09/11/barack_obama |date=16 February 2008 }} among other notable male subjects, were featured on the cover. The magazine received praise{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/11/16/mens-vogue-defi_n_72955.html |title=Diversity and "Men's Vogue" |work=Huffington Post |date=16 November 2007 |access-date=29 November 2011}} for its December 2007 issue, with Will Smith[http://www.mensvogue.com/arts/movies/articles/2007/12/will_smith – "Will Smith Saves Humanity One Movie at a Time"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515150226/http://www.mensvogue.com/arts/movies/articles/2007/12/will_smith |date=15 May 2008 }} on the cover, for celebrating African-American men.
Content
The magazine featured celebrities, athletes, powerbrokers, and lesser known men of style. Areas covered included art and architecture, travel and food, politics and finance, books and sports, custom tailoring and fine watches, and other topics. The magazine added a tag line below its logo in November 2008 (its final issue), "Style is how you live."
=Regular features=
The magazine presented a yearly list of its chosen American visionaries.[http://www.mensvogue.com/magazine/slideshows/2007/09/visionaries – "13 American Visionaries"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512065216/http://www.mensvogue.com/magazine/slideshows/2007/09/visionaries |date=12 May 2008 }} Recipients of the 2007 recognition included Ralph Lauren,[http://www.mensvogue.com/business/articles/2007/09/ralph_lauren – "How Ralph Lauren came to have the world's greatest car collection"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080212074411/http://www.mensvogue.com/business/articles/2007/09/ralph_lauren |date=12 February 2008 }} actor Owen Wilson and director Wes Anderson.[http://www.mensvogue.com/magazine/articles/2007/09/owen_and_wes – "Owen and Wes: The Wonder Boys"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513114458/http://www.mensvogue.com/magazine/articles/2007/09/owen_and_wes |date=13 May 2008 }} It also featured profiles in each issue of everyday stylish and successful men in its Life Studies section.[http://www.mensvogue.com/magazine/articles/lifestudies_hub – "Life Studies in Men's Vogue"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080215194903/http://www.mensvogue.com/magazine/articles/lifestudies_hub |date=15 February 2008 }}
Personnel
The magazine was founded by Jay Fielden with support from Vogue
International editions
In addition to the American edition, several international editions of Men's Vogue exist. The first "Men's Vogue" edition published by Condé Nast was L'Uomo Vogue in Italy, which was launched in September 1967 and shuttered after the November/December 2017 issue, it was then relaunched in 2018 before closing in 2021.{{Cite web |last=Turra |first=Alessandra |date=2017-07-29 |title=Condé Nast To Discontinue Vogue Italia’s Sister Publications |url=https://wwd.com/business-news/media/conde-nast-to-discontinue-vogue-italias-sister-publications-10954050/ |access-date=2023-08-28 |website=WWD |language=en-US}} A French edition named Vogue Hommes International (later Vogue Hommes) was launched in 1985, and it was published bi-annually in Fall/Winter and Spring/Summer issues until 2022.
Several different editions of Vogue for men have existed, however most were rebranded or shut down within a few years. These include
- Australian Men Vogue (for Australia, from 1976 to 1977 and later sporadically from 1990 to 1998)
- Homem Vogue (for Brazil, from 2006 to 2011)
- L'Uomo Vogue (for Italy, from 1967 to 2017 and later from 2018 to 2021)
- Männer Vogue (for Germany, from 1984 to 1997)
- Men In Vogue (for Britain, from 1965 to 1970)
- Men's Vogue China (for China, from 2008 to 2012)
- Vogue Man India (for India, from 2008)
- Vogue Hommes (for France, from 1985 to 2022)
- Vogue Hommes Japan (for Japan, from 2008 to 2012)
- Vogue Hombre (for Mexico, since 2009)
- Vogue Man Arabia (for Arabia, since October 2017)
- Vogue Man Hong Kong (for Hong Kong, since April 2021)
- Vogue Man Nederland (for the Netherlands, from 2015 to 2019 and since 2024)
- Vogue Man Philippines (for the Philippines, since February 2024)
- Vogue Man Polska (for Poland, special edition of Vogue Polska, in October 2019)
- Vogue Man Singapore (for Singapore, since 2023)
- Vogue Man Türkiye (for Turkey, since 2012 originally as Vogue Men)
- Vogue Man Ukraine (for Ukraine, since 2020 and currently publication suspended since 2022 due to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine)
Currently seven editions of Men's Vogue are in operation (excluding Vogue Man Ukraine)
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