Glamour (magazine)
Glamour is an online women's magazine published by Condé Nast Publications. Founded in 1939 and first published in April 1939 in the United States, it was originally called Glamour of Hollywood.[2]
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Editor | Samantha Barry |
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Categories | Fashion magazine |
Frequency | Monthly |
Publisher | Condé Nast |
Total circulation | 2,300,854 (US) (June 2013)[1] |
Year founded | April 1939 |
First issue | April 1939 |
Final issue | January 2019 (print) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Website | www |
ISSN | 0017-0747 |
History
In August 1943, the magazine changed its name to Glamour, with the subtitle for the girl with the job.[2] The magazine was published in a larger format than many of its contemporaries.
It targets women 18–49 (with the median age of 33.5) and reaches a subscription audience of 1,411,061 readers in the United States. Its circulation on newsstands was 986,447, making the total average paid circulation 2,397,508.
Glamour was the first women's magazine to feature an African-American cover girl when it included Katiti Kironde on the cover of its college issue in August 1968.[3]
Since 1990, the magazine has held an annual "Women of the Year" awards ceremony.[4]
On January 8, 2018, it was announced that Samantha Barry, previously the Head of Social Media and Emerging Media at CNN, would be the new Editor-in-Chief of Glamour.[5]
In November 2018, Glamour announced that its print edition would cease with its January 2019 issue in order to focus on its digital presence.[6]
Glamour Top College Women Awards
Each year for the last 56 years, the magazine has been selecting a top ten list of outstanding college women across the country. Originally, the list was composed of the best dressed college juniors in America, but was changed for more substance with categories such as academic achievement, community service, and career goals as leading criteria. Hundreds of college juniors apply each year. Past winners, finalists include; Martha Stewart, Diane Sawyer, Swati Mia Saini,[7] Nancy Amanda Redd, 2003 Miss Virginia (MAO) and author of Body Drama, and Tamira A. Cole, Miss Black Kentucky USA 2009 and author of HUSH, actress Sheryl Lee Ralph and novelists Curtis Sittenfeld, Kate White, Janice Kaplan, Olympian Allison Schmitt, Grace Kelly (musician), and Jean Hanff Korelitz.
Glamour Woman of the Year Awards
Each autumn, the magazine organizes the “Glamour Woman of the Year Awards” which recognize women in the public eye.
In 2007, Lorena Ochoa won a Woman of the Year award. In 2008 the award was granted to two Yemenis: 10-year-old divorcee Nujood Ali, and the lawyer who took on her case.[8][9] Nujood's courage was praised by prominent attendees, including Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice.[10] The 2010 Glamour Woman of the Year was Cher and the 2016 Glamour Woman of the Year was Zendaya
International editions
Glamour launched in the UK in April 2001, where it pioneered the “handbag size” format, with the tagline "fits in your life as well as your handbag". Each September, the magazine held “National Glamour Week”, when it featured extra coupons and competitions. In 2016, Glamour UK launched the Glamour Beauty Festival, on a new off-page beauty event featuring demonstrations, treatments and speakers. [11]
From its launch to the final traditional issue in November 2017, the magazine was edited by Jo Elvin, with Michelle Pamment serving as acting editor briefly in 2005.[12] In June 2009, to celebrate Glamour's eighth birthday in the UK, Glamour.com made a gallery of every cover since its launch.[13] In October 2017, following declining sales, it was announced that publication of the monthly UK edition would end at the end of 2017, and that the UK version would be a semi-annual publication.[14][15] In November 2017, Deborah Joseph was appointed Chief Content Officer of Glamour UK.[16]
The Italian edition of Glamour was launched in December 1976, under the title Lei (She), then officially renamed Glamour, like its U.S. counterpart, in 1992.
The Russian edition was established in 2004, and is published monthly.[17]
The South African edition launched in April 2004, is published monthly and, since its inception, is edited by Pnina Fenster.
Glamour is also published in Germany (2001-), Spain (2002-), Mexico, Poland (2003-), Hungary (2004-), France (2005-), Russia (2005-), Sweden (2006-), Brazil (2012-), Turkey (2016-), Greece, Israel, the Netherlands, Romania and Bulgaria. There is also a third Spanish edition, published in the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America.
Editors of international editions
Country | Circulation dates | Editor-in-chief | Start year | End year |
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United States | 1939- | Alice Thompson[18] | 1939 | 1941 |
Elizabeth Penrose | 1941 | 1953 | ||
Nina Kyle | 1953 | 1954 | ||
Kathleen Aston Casey | 1954 | 1967 | ||
Ruth Whitney | 1967 | 1998 | ||
Bonnie Fuller | 1998 | 2001 | ||
Cynthia Leive | 2001 | 2017 | ||
Samantha Barry | 2018 | present | ||
South Africa | 2004–present | Pnina Fenster | 2004 | 2018 |
Asanda Sizani | 2018 | 2019 | ||
Nontando Mposo | 2020 | present | ||
Italy | 1992–present | Grazia d'Annunzio | 1992 | 1994 |
Valeria Corbetta | 1994 | 2003 | ||
Danda Santini | 2003 | 2004 | ||
Paola Centomo | 2004 | 2013 | ||
Cristina Lucchini | 2013 | present[19] | ||
Mexico/Latin America | 1998–present | Mar Abascal | 2007 | 2012[20] |
Lucy Lara | 2012 | 2017[21] | ||
Valeria Pérez | 2017 | present[21] | ||
United Kingdom | 2001–present | Jo Elvin | 2001 | 2017[22] |
Deborah Joseph (CCO) | 2018 | present | ||
Germany | 2001–present | Nikolaus Albrecht | 2004 | 2008[23] |
Andrea Ketterer | 2008 | present[24] | ||
Spain | 2002–present | Alicia Parro | 2002 | present |
Poland | 2003–present | Anna Jurgaś | 2003 | present |
Hungary | 2004–present | Krisztina Maróy | 2004 | present[25] |
France | 2004–present | Céline Purruche | 2017 | present[26] |
Russia | 2004–present | Masha Fedorova | 2010 | 2018[27] |
Ilyana Erdneeva | 2018 | present[27] | ||
Netherlands | 2005–present[28] | Karin Swerink | 2005[28] | 2012[29] |
Anke de Jong | present | |||
Romania | 2006–present | Diana Tofan | present | |
Bulgaria | 2009–present | Ani Miladenova | present | |
Brazil | 2012–present | Monica Salgado | 2012 | 2017[30] |
Paula Merlo | 2017 | present[31] | ||
Iceland | 2015–present | Álfrún Pálsdóttir | present | |
Turkey | 2016–present | Özge Sarıkadılar[32] |
Lucky magazine
In Germany and Greece Lucky, a fashion and shopping magazine is published seasonally, in tandem with Glamour. Lucky magazine is being shut down.
Reference in pop culture
A copy of it was the magazine to which George Costanza (Jason Alexander) masturbated on the series Seinfeld, when he was caught by his mother in the season 4 episode "The Contest".
See also
References
- "eCirc for Consumer Magazines". Alliance for Audited Media. June 30, 2013. Archived from the original on January 23, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
- Katie Heimer (April 14, 2009). "The Early Years of Glamour Magazine: Changing Constructions of Glamour, Fame and Femininity" (PDF). Katie Heimer Academic Works. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
- Pous, Terri. "11 Groundbreaking Fashion Magazine Covers". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
- "Women of the Year Turns 20: A Look Back at the Honorees". Glamour. November 2, 2010. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
- "Samantha Barry named new editor in chief of Glamour". Los Angeles Times. January 8, 2018. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
- Peiser, Jaclyn (November 20, 2018). "Glamour Magazine to Cease Regular Print Publication". The New York Times. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
- Brehm, Denise (September 10, 2004), "Two MIT students make Glamour magazine's Top 10 College Women list", MIT News, retrieved April 9, 2010
- Walt, Vivienne (February 3, 2009), "A 10-Year-Old Divorcée Takes Paris", Time/CNN, retrieved February 16, 2010
- Power, Carla (August 12, 2009), "Nujood Ali & Shada Nasser win "Women of the Year Fund 2008 Glamour Award"", Yemen Times, archived from the original on April 5, 2011, retrieved February 16, 2010
- Evans, Sean (November 11, 2008), "10-year-old girl's inspiring story opens eyes at Glamour awards", New York Daily News, retrieved April 9, 2010
- "Glamour launches The Glamour Beauty Festival". InPublishing.
- Mayhew, Freddy (October 12, 2017). "Glamour editor Jo Elvin departs after 17 years as magazine scraps monthly print run to focus on digital". Press Gazette. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
- "Gallery". Archived from the original on June 10, 2009. Retrieved June 7, 2009.
- Ponsford, Dominic (October 9, 2017). "Closure of UK's tenth biggest selling mag Glamour is a huge blow to the power of print". Press Gazette. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
- "As big magazines lose readers, home-made "zines" are springing up". The Economist. October 12, 2017.
- "Deborah Joseph appointed Chief Content Officer of Glamour". InPublishing. November 20, 2017. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
- Jukka Pietiläinen (2008). "Media Use in Putin's Russia". Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics. 24 (3): 365–385. doi:10.1080/13523270802267906.
- "Glamour launches in 1939". Archived from the original on December 13, 2014. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
- "25 anni di "Glamour". Cristina Lucchini racconta il suo "Glamour" - Vogue.it". Vogue.it (in Italian). March 13, 2017. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- "Lucy Lara, la nueva cara de Glamour | Latin Fashion News". latinfashionews.com (in Spanish). Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- "Condé Nast México y Latinoamérica anuncia reorganización". www.efe.com (in Spanish). Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- "Glamour editor Jo Elvin steps down". BBC News. October 12, 2017. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- "Nikolaus Albrecht wird dauerhaft Chefredakteur von "Vanity Fair"". kress (in German). Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- "Andrea Ketterer wird Chefredakteurin von "Glamour"". kress (in German). Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- agency, fps web. "Maróy Krisztina - Ki Kicsoda - Mediapiac.com". beta.mediapiac.com (in Hungarian). Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- "Céline Perruche nommée Rédactrice en Chef de Glamour". airofmelty (in French). January 6, 2017. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- Conti, Samantha (February 9, 2018). "Condé Nast Russia Names New Editors of Vogue, Glamour". WWD. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- "G+J and Cond;eacute; Nast Launch Internationally Successful GLAMOUR Magazine in the Netherlands / Advance Promotion in TV Collaboration with RTL". G+J [PRODUCTION]. April 25, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- "Interview met Vogue-hoofdredacteur Karin Swerink". NRC (in Dutch). Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- "Mônica Salgado deixa a Glamour | João Alberto Blog". João Alberto Blog (in Portuguese). February 14, 2017. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- "Paula Merlo e Alline Cury assumem o comando da Glamour - Portal dos Jornalistas". www.portaldosjornalistas.com.br (in Portuguese). May 8, 2017. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- "Glamour Turkey Now Available On Newsstands". www.condenast.ru. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
External links
- Official website of Glamour TV
- Official website (US)
- Official website (UK)
- Official website (Italy)
- Official website (Germany)
- Official website (France)
- Official website (Russia)
- Official Website (Mexico)
- Official Website (Spain)
- Official Website (Greece)
- Official Website (South Africa)
- Official Website (Poland)
- Official Website (Hungary)
- Official Website (Netherlands)
- Official Website (Sweden)
- Website GlamYou