''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. In 2008, ''
Adweek'' named ''Men's Vogue'' "Startup of the Year." On October 30, 2008,
Condé Nast
Condé Nast () is a global mass media company founded in 1909 by Condé Nast (businessman), Condé Montrose Nast (1873–1942) and owned by Advance Publications. Its headquarters are located at One World Trade Center in the FiDi, Financial Dis ...
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
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in its inaugural issue. Subsequently,
Roger Federer
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,
Tiger Woods
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,
Michael Phelps
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,
Denzel Washington
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,
Kiefer Sutherland,
Viggo Mortensen
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Mortensen made his film debut with a small role in ...
,
Tony Blair
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and
Barack Obama
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, among other notable male subjects, were featured on the cover. The magazine received praise for its December 2007 issue, with
Will Smith
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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. Recipients of the 2007 recognition included
Ralph Lauren, actor
Owen Wilson and director
Wes Anderson
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. It also featured profiles in each issue of everyday stylish and successful men in its Life Studies section.
Personnel
The magazine was founded by
Jay Fielden with support from ''Vogue''
's
Anna Wintour
Dame Anna Wintour ( ; born 3 November 1949) is a British-American media executive, who has been serving as editor-in-chief of '' Vogue'' since 1988. Wintour has also served as global chief content officer of Condé Nast since 2020, where she o ...
. After ''Men's Vogue'' folded, Fielden became the editor of Hearst's ''
Town & Country'' in 2011, and then the editor of ''
Esquire
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'', replacing
David Granger in 2016. Photographers such as
Annie Leibovitz
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,
Mario Testino
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His work has featured internationally in ...
,
Norman Jean Roy, Jonas Fredwall Karlsson,
Max Vadukul, Raymond Meier, and
Francesco Carrozzini
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shot regularly for the publication.
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
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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.
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
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)
Currently seven editions of Men's Vogue are in operation (excluding ''Vogue Man Ukraine'')
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