''Vogue Polska'' (meaning ''Vogue Poland'') is the
Polish
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles
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edition of the American
fashion
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and
lifestyle
Lifestyle often refers to:
* Lifestyle (sociology), the way a person lives
* ''Otium'', ancient Roman concept of a lifestyle
* Style of life (german: Lebensstil, link=no), dealing with the dynamics of personality
Lifestyle may also refer to:
Bu ...
monthly magazine ''
Vogue
Vogue may refer to:
Business
* ''Vogue'' (magazine), a US fashion magazine
** British ''Vogue'', a British fashion magazine
** ''Vogue Arabia'', an Arab fashion magazine
** ''Vogue Australia'', an Australian fashion magazine
** ''Vogue China'', ...
''. The magazine has been published since February 2018 and is the twenty-third local edition of ''Vogue''.
Publication history
In June 2017, it was announced that the Polish edition of ''Vogue'' was in preparation, with
Filip Niedenthal as editor-in-chief. The local publisher, Visteria, signed a 5-year licence deal with the publisher of the original American version,
Condé Nast
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The company's media ...
, which was later extended for another five years. The printed magazine and its website were launched simultaneously on 14 February 2018. The circulation of the first issue was 160,000 copies and its cover featured the Polish
models
A model is an informative representation of an object, person or system. The term originally denoted the plans of a building in late 16th-century English, and derived via French and Italian ultimately from Latin ''modulus'', a measure.
Models c ...
Anja Rubik
Anja Rubik (born Anna Helena Rubik; 12 June 1983)Statement on talk-show ''Kuba Wojewódzki'' (in Polish) of the 23 March 2010. is a Polish supermodel, activist, philanthropist and entrepreneur. She is one of the most prominent models of the 20th ...
and
Małgosia Bela
Małgosia Bela (born Małgorzata Bela; 6 June 1977) is a Polish fashion model and actress. She made her debut as a runway model for Comme des Garçons, Givenchy, and Balenciaga in 1998, and appeared in various photoshoots for ''Vogue''. In 2004, ...
.
Special issues and supplements
''Vogue Polska'' has published a number of one-time and ongoing special issues and supplements, including ''Vogue Beauty'', ''Vogue Travel, Vogue Living, Vogue Man, and Vogue Leaders.''
Controversy
The cover photography of the first issue caused controversy in Poland as the photographer,
Jürgen Teller
Juergen Teller (born 28 January 1964) is a German fine-art and fashion photographer. He was awarded the Citibank Prize for Photography in 2003 and received the Special Presentation International Center of Photography Infinity Award in 2018.
Maj ...
, featured Rubik and Bela standing next to a vintage
Soviet-produced Volga GAZ-24 car and with
Warsaw's Palace of Culture and Science
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in the background. In Poland, this car and this building are perceived as symbols of
Stalinism
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and the
communist oppression, which raised questions about the political and ideological profile of the magazine and the aesthetics it was going to promote.
See also
*
List of ''Vogue Polska'' cover models
References
{{Vogue magazines
2018 establishments in Poland
Lifestyle magazines
Magazines established in 2018
Magazines published in Warsaw
Monthly magazines published in Poland
Polish-language magazines
Poland
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Women's fashion magazines
Women's magazines published in Poland