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	In 2017 former editor Tina Brown published<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Senior\|first=Jennifer\|title=Tina Brown's 'Vanity Fair Diaries' Recall a Glossier Time\|language=en-US\|work=The New York Times\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/13/books/review-vanity-fair-diaries-tina-brown.html\|access-date=2021-09-02\|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> "The Vanity Fair Diaries". It was announced in November 2017 that [[Radhika Jones]], editorial director of ''[[The New York Times]]'' books section, would succeed Carter as Editor-in-Chief on December 11, 2017.<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Ember\|first1=Sydney\|title=Radhika Jones, Vanity Fair's Surprise Choice, Is Ready to Go\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/13/business/radhika-jones-vanity-fair.html\|work=The New York Times\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114023405/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/13/business/radhika-jones-vanity-fair.html\|archive-date=November 14, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/11/13/media/vanity-fair-editor-radhika-jones-graydon-carter/index.html\|title=New York Times books editor to head Vanity Fair\|last=Wattles\|first=Tom Kludt and Jackie\|work=CNNMoney\|access-date=November 22, 2017\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114215115/http://money.cnn.com/2017/11/13/media/vanity-fair-editor-radhika-jones-graydon-carter/index.html\|archive-date=November 14, 2017}}</ref>		In 2017 former editor Tina Brown published<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Senior\|first=Jennifer\|title=Tina Brown's 'Vanity Fair Diaries' Recall a Glossier Time\|language=en-US\|work=The New York Times\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/13/books/review-vanity-fair-diaries-tina-brown.html\|access-date=2021-09-02\|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> "The Vanity Fair Diaries". It was announced in November 2017 that [[Radhika Jones]], editorial director of ''[[The New York Times]]'' books section, would succeed Carter as Editor-in-Chief on December 11, 2017.<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Ember\|first1=Sydney\|title=Radhika Jones, Vanity Fair's Surprise Choice, Is Ready to Go\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/13/business/radhika-jones-vanity-fair.html\|work=The New York Times\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114023405/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/13/business/radhika-jones-vanity-fair.html\|archive-date=November 14, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/11/13/media/vanity-fair-editor-radhika-jones-graydon-carter/index.html\|title=New York Times books editor to head Vanity Fair\|last=Wattles\|first=Tom Kludt and Jackie\|work=CNNMoney\|access-date=November 22, 2017\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114215115/http://money.cnn.com/2017/11/13/media/vanity-fair-editor-radhika-jones-graydon-carter/index.html\|archive-date=November 14, 2017}}</ref>

	In 2018, ''Vanity Fair'' received accolades for removing actor [[James Franco]] from a cover shoot following sexual harassment allegations.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://people.com/movies/james-franco-was-digitally-erased-from-vanity-fair-cover-after-sexual-harassment-allegations/\|title=James Franco Was Digitally Erased from Vanity Fair Cover After Sexual Harassment Allegations\|website=people.com\|access-date=May 3, 2018\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420024503/http://people.com/movies/james-franco-was-digitally-erased-from-vanity-fair-cover-after-sexual-harassment-allegations/\|archive-date=April 20, 2018}}</ref>{{Citation needed\|reason=Accolades from who?}}		In 2018, ''Vanity Fair'' received accolades for removing actor [[James Franco]] from a cover shoot following sexual harassment allegations.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://people.com/movies/james-franco-was-digitally-erased-from-vanity-fair-cover-after-sexual-harassment-allegations/\|title=James Franco Was Digitally Erased from Vanity Fair Cover After Sexual Harassment Allegations\|website=people.com\|access-date=May 3, 2018\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420024503/http://people.com/movies/james-franco-was-digitally-erased-from-vanity-fair-cover-after-sexual-harassment-allegations/\|archive-date=April 20, 2018}}</ref>{{Citation needed\|date= June 2023\|reason=Accolades from who?}}

	In 2020, [[Dario Calmese]] became the first Black photographer to shoot the cover of a ''Vanity Fair'' issue; his subject was [[Viola Davis]].<ref>Jessica Testa (14 July 2020), [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/style/the-black-photographer-making-history-at-vanity-fair.html The Black Photographer Making History at Vanity Fair] ''[[New York Times]]''.</ref> ''Vanity Fair'' employees [[Condé Nast union\|unionized]] in 2022.<ref>{{Cite news \|last1=Izadi \|first1=Elahe \|title=Condé Nast workers win recognition of company-wide union \|newspaper=[[Washington Post]] \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/09/09/conde-nast-union/ \|language=en-US \|issn=0190-8286 \|df=mdy-all }}</ref>		In 2020, [[Dario Calmese]] became the first Black photographer to shoot the cover of a ''Vanity Fair'' issue; his subject was [[Viola Davis]].<ref>Jessica Testa (14 July 2020), [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/style/the-black-photographer-making-history-at-vanity-fair.html The Black Photographer Making History at Vanity Fair] ''[[New York Times]]''.</ref> ''Vanity Fair'' employees [[Condé Nast union\|unionized]] in 2022.<ref>{{Cite news \|last1=Izadi \|first1=Elahe \|title=Condé Nast workers win recognition of company-wide union \|newspaper=[[Washington Post]] \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/09/09/conde-nast-union/ \|language=en-US \|issn=0190-8286 \|df=mdy-all }}</ref>

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{{Short description|American monthly periodical about popular culture, fashion, and current affairs}}
{{About|the contemporary American magazine|earlier magazines of the same name|Vanity Fair (magazines)}}
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|company = [[Condé Nast]]
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|total_circulation = 1,225,706<ref>{{cite web |url=https://abcas3.auditedmedia.com/ecirc/magtitlesearch.asp |title= Circulation averages for the six months ended: 12/31/2019 |date= December 31, 2019 |publisher= [[Alliance for Audited Media]]|access-date=July 30, 2020}}</ref>
|circulation_year = Dec. 2019
|language = English
|category = Culture
|frequency = Monthly
|editor = [[Radhika Jones]]
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'''''Vanity Fair''''' is a monthly magazine of [[popular culture]], [[fashion]], and [[Current affairs (news format)|current affairs]] published by [[Condé Nast]] in the United States.

The [[Vanity Fair (American magazine 1913–1936)|first version of ''Vanity Fair'']] was published from 1913 to 1936. The imprint was revived in 1983 after Conde Nast took over and currently includes five international editions of the magazine.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top 13 Fashion Magazines In The World You Could Subscribe To |url=https://www.stylecraze.com/articles/top-fashion-magazines/ |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=STYLECRAZE |language=en-US}}</ref> As of 2018, the Editor-in-Chief is [[Radhika Jones]]. Vanity Fair is most recognized for its celebrity pictures and the occasional controversy that surrounds its more risqué images. Furthermore, the publication is known for its energetic writing,{{Promotional inline}} in-depth reporting, and social commentary.

==History==
===''Dress and Vanity Fair''===
[[File:VanityFairNovember1924.jpg|thumb|Cover of November 1924 issue]]
{{main|Vanity Fair (American magazine 1913–1936)}}
[[Condé Montrose Nast]] began his empire by purchasing the men's fashion magazine ''Dress'' in 1913. He renamed the magazine ''Dress and Vanity Fair'' and published four issues in 1913. It continued to thrive into the 1920s. However, it became a casualty of the [[Great Depression]] and declining advertising revenues, although its circulation, at 90,000 copies, was at its peak. Condé Nast announced in December 1935 that ''Vanity Fair'' would be folded into ''Vogue'' (circulation 156,000) as of the March 1936 issue. Vanity Fair celebrates its 95th anniversary in 2008, as well as its 25th anniversary as a relaunched publication. The National Portrait Gallery in London has mounted an exhibition called "Vanity Fair Portraits, 1913–2008," which will travel to the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra, Australia, to celebrate the magazine's photographic heritage. Vanity Fair: The Portraits, a special jubilee issue and hardback book, will be published in the fall of 2008.

Vanity Fair is notably a fictitious place ruled by [[Beelzebub]] in the book ''[[Pilgrim's Progress]]'' by [[John Bunyan]].<ref>"It beareth the name of Vanity Fair, because the town where it is kept is 'lighter than vanity.'"[http://utc.iath.virginia.edu/christn/chfijba4f.html ''The Pilgrim's Progress'']; accessed 2014.10.30</ref> Later use of the name was influenced by the well-known 1847–48 [[Vanity Fair (novel)|novel of the same name]] by [[William Makepeace Thackeray]].

===Modern revival===
Condé Nast Publications, under the ownership of [[Samuel Irving Newhouse, Jr.|S.I. Newhouse]], announced in June 1981 that it was reviving the magazine.<ref>{{Citation |title=Conde Nast to Revive Vanity Fair Magazine |newspaper=Wall Street Journal |page=16 }}.</ref> The first issue was released in February 1983 (cover date March), edited by [[Richard Locke (critic)|Richard Locke]], formerly of ''[[The New York Times Book Review]]''.<ref>{{Citation |first=Sandra |last=Salmans |title=Courting the Elite at Condé Nast |newspaper=New York Times |page=F1 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/06/business/courting-the-elite-at-conde-nast.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804221605/http://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/06/business/courting-the-elite-at-conde-nast.html |archive-date=August 4, 2017 }}.</ref> After three issues, Locke was replaced by [[Leo Lerman]], veteran features editor of ''Vogue''.<ref>{{Citation |first=Curt |last=Suplee |title=Vanity Fair Editor Fired |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |page=B4 }}.</ref> He was followed by editors [[Tina Brown]] (1984–1992), [[Graydon Carter]] (1992-2017) and [[Radhika Jones]] (2017 to present). Regular writers and [[columnists]] have included [[Dominick Dunne]], [[Sebastian Junger]], [[Michael Wolff (journalist)|Michael Wolff]], [[Maureen Orth]] and [[Christopher Hitchens]]. Famous contributing photographers for the magazine include [[Bruce Weber (photographer)|Bruce Weber]], [[Annie Leibovitz]], [[Mario Testino]] and [[Herb Ritts]], who have all provided the magazine with a string of lavish covers and full-page portraits of current [[celebrities]]. Amongst the most famous of these was the August 1991 Leibovitz cover featuring a naked, pregnant [[Demi Moore]], an image entitled ''[[More Demi Moore]]'' that to this day holds a spot in pop culture.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2016/11/18/1991-vanity-fair-cover-featuring-pregnant-demi-moore-named-1-of-most-influential-images-of-all-time/|title=1991 Vanity Fair cover featuring pregnant Demi Moore named 1 of most influential images of all time|work=Women in the World in Association with The New York Times - WITW|access-date=November 22, 2017|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201043746/http://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2016/11/18/1991-vanity-fair-cover-featuring-pregnant-demi-moore-named-1-of-most-influential-images-of-all-time/|archive-date=December 1, 2017}}</ref>

In addition to its controversial photography, the magazine also prints articles on a variety of topics. In 1996, journalist [[Marie Brenner]] wrote an [[exposé (journalism)|exposé]] on the [[tobacco industry]] titled "The Man Who Knew Too Much". The article was later adapted into a movie ''[[The Insider (film)|The Insider]]'' (1999), which starred [[Al Pacino]] and [[Russell Crowe]]. Most famously, after more than thirty years of mystery, an article in the May 2005 edition revealed the identity of [[Deep Throat (Watergate)|Deep Throat]] ([[W. Mark Felt]]), one of the sources for ''[[The Washington Post]]'' articles on [[Watergate scandal|Watergate]], which led to the 1974 resignation of [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Richard Nixon]]. The magazine also features candid interviews with celebrities, including a monthly [[Proust Questionnaire]]. Other notable interviews have included: [[Teri Hatcher]], who revealed in the magazine that she was sexually abused as a child; [[Jennifer Aniston]]'s first interview after her divorce from [[Brad Pitt]]; [[Anderson Cooper]], who talked about his brother's death; and [[Martha Stewart]]'s first interview after her release from prison.

Some of the pictorials in ''Vanity Fair'' have attracted criticism. The April 1999 issue featured an image of actor [[Mike Myers]] dressed as a [[Hindu]] deity for a photo spread by [[David LaChapelle]]: after criticism, both the photographer and the magazine apologized.<ref>[http://www.saja.org/vf.html SAJA Vanity Fair article], June 9, 2000 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060116102721/http://www.saja.org/vf.html }}</ref>

The magazine was the subject of [[Toby Young]]'s book, ''[[How to Lose Friends and Alienate People (memoir)|How to Lose Friends and Alienate People]]'', about his search for success in [[New York City]] while working for Graydon Carter's ''Vanity Fair''. The book was made into a [[How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (film)|movie]] in 2008, with [[Jeff Bridges]] playing Carter.<ref>{{Citation|last=Weide|first=Robert B.|title=How to Lose Friends & Alienate People|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455538/|others=Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, Megan Fox|access-date=January 18, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103160055/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455538/|archive-date=January 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bridges/bridges-agrees-to-alienate-people-idUSN1736725620070518|title=Bridges agrees to "Alienate People"|work=Reuters|access-date=January 18, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119120229/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bridges/bridges-agrees-to-alienate-people-idUSN1736725620070518|archive-date=January 19, 2018}}</ref>

In 2013, [[Condé Nast Entertainment]] struck a deal with [[Discovery Communications]]-owned cable channel [[Investigation Discovery]] for ''Vanity Fair Confidential'', a crime and mystery documentary TV series based on stories from ''Vanity Fair'' magazine.<ref>William Launder (July 29, 2013), [https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324691204578632661289755592 Condé Nast Pushes Into TV Business] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203172249/http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324691204578632661289755592 }} ''[[Wall Street Journal]]''.</ref> Condé Nast Entertainment launched a ''Vanity Fair'' [[YouTube]] channel in July 2013. In anticipation of its 100th anniversary that year, ''Vanity Fair'' co-produced 10 short films, one to celebrate each decade, from well-known documentary filmmakers like [[Barbara Kopple]] and including the film producer [[Judd Apatow]], and actors [[Don Cheadle]] and [[Bryce Dallas Howard]].<ref>Christine Haughney (September 8, 2013), [https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/09/business/media/harder-edge-from-vanity-fair-chafes-some-big-hollywood-stars.html Harder Edge From Vanity Fair Chafes Some Big Hollywood Stars] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307105615/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/09/business/media/harder-edge-from-vanity-fair-chafes-some-big-hollywood-stars.html }} ''[[New York Times]]''.</ref>

{{anchor|The Hive}}
''Vanity Fair'' launched ''The Hive'' in June 2016, its online business, politics and technology news vertical. In January 2017, ''Vanity Fair'''s ''Hive'' and Condé Nast Entertainment partnered with [[Cheddar (TV channel)|Cheddar]] online TV channel to create a live weekly series called ''VF Hive on Cheddar''. Editor Graydon Carter called the series a "representation of how people are consuming more voraciously than ever".<ref name="Media Post">{{cite news|last1=Guaglione|first1=Sara|title='Vanity Fair,' Cheddar Partner For Weekly Live Series|url=http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/292484/vanity-fair-cheddar-partner-for-weekly-live-ser.html|access-date=January 20, 2017|publisher=Media Post|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110143851/http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/292484/vanity-fair-cheddar-partner-for-weekly-live-ser.html|archive-date=January 10, 2017}}</ref>

In 2017 former editor Tina Brown published<ref>{{Cite news|last=Senior|first=Jennifer|title=Tina Brown's 'Vanity Fair Diaries' Recall a Glossier Time|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/13/books/review-vanity-fair-diaries-tina-brown.html|access-date=2021-09-02|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> "The Vanity Fair Diaries". It was announced in November 2017 that [[Radhika Jones]], editorial director of ''[[The New York Times]]'' books section, would succeed Carter as Editor-in-Chief on December 11, 2017.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ember|first1=Sydney|title=Radhika Jones, Vanity Fair's Surprise Choice, Is Ready to Go|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/13/business/radhika-jones-vanity-fair.html|work=The New York Times|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114023405/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/13/business/radhika-jones-vanity-fair.html|archive-date=November 14, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/11/13/media/vanity-fair-editor-radhika-jones-graydon-carter/index.html|title=New York Times books editor to head Vanity Fair|last=Wattles|first=Tom Kludt and Jackie|work=CNNMoney|access-date=November 22, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114215115/http://money.cnn.com/2017/11/13/media/vanity-fair-editor-radhika-jones-graydon-carter/index.html|archive-date=November 14, 2017}}</ref>

In 2018, ''Vanity Fair'' received accolades for removing actor [[James Franco]] from a cover shoot following sexual harassment allegations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://people.com/movies/james-franco-was-digitally-erased-from-vanity-fair-cover-after-sexual-harassment-allegations/|title=James Franco Was Digitally Erased from Vanity Fair Cover After Sexual Harassment Allegations|website=people.com|access-date=May 3, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420024503/http://people.com/movies/james-franco-was-digitally-erased-from-vanity-fair-cover-after-sexual-harassment-allegations/|archive-date=April 20, 2018}}</ref>{{Citation needed|reason=Accolades from who?}}

In 2020, [[Dario Calmese]] became the first Black photographer to shoot the cover of a ''Vanity Fair'' issue; his subject was [[Viola Davis]].<ref>Jessica Testa (14 July 2020), [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/style/the-black-photographer-making-history-at-vanity-fair.html The Black Photographer Making History at Vanity Fair] ''[[New York Times]]''.</ref> ''Vanity Fair'' employees [[Condé Nast union|unionized]] in 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Izadi |first1=Elahe |title=Condé Nast workers win recognition of company-wide union |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/09/09/conde-nast-union/ |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

==International editions==
In 1991 Vanity Fair began publishing an international edition. The current five international editions of ''Vanity Fair'' being published; namely in the [[United Kingdom]] (since 1991),<ref name="epfan">{{cite news |author1=Eric Pfaner |title=A Vanity Fair for France Puts Timing in Question |work=The New York Times |location=Paris |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/24/business/media/looking-behind-the-french-vanity-fair-announcement.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 |url-status=live |access-date=November 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102174732/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/24/business/media/looking-behind-the-french-vanity-fair-announcement.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 |archive-date=November 2, 2014}}</ref> [[Italy]] (since 2003, ISSN 1723-6673),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/1723-6673|title = ISSN 1723-6673 (Print) | Vanity fair | the ISSN Portal}}</ref> [[Spain]] (since 2008),<ref name=epfan/> France (since 2013),<ref>Christina Passariello and Quentin Marion (June 25, 2013), [https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887323998604578567453017806518 Vanity Fair French Edition Launches Wednesday] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203172245/http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887323998604578567453017806518 }} ''[[Wall Street Journal]]''.</ref> and [[Mexico]] (since 2015), with the Italian version published weekly. The Italian ''Vanity Fair'' was established in October 2003<ref name=epfan/><ref>{{cite news|author=Stefania Medetti|title=Italy receives the first weekly edition of Vanity Fair|url=http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/news/198172/|access-date=April 15, 2015|work=Campaign}}</ref> and celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2013.<ref>Alessandra Turra (October 25, 2013), [http://www.wwd.com/media-news/fashion-memopad/italian-vanity-fair-fetes-10th-anniversary-7249534 Italian Vanity Fair Fetes 10th Anniversary] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114032133/http://www.wwd.com/media-news/fashion-memopad/italian-vanity-fair-fetes-10th-anniversary-7249534 }} ''[[Women's Wear Daily]]''.</ref>

''Vanity Fair Germany'' launched in February 2007 at a cost of [[€]]50 million (euros) , then the most expensive new magazine in Germany in years and Condé Nast's biggest investment outside the United States. After circulation had plummeted from half a million to less than 200,000 per week, the German edition was shut down in 2009.<ref>Caitlin Fitzsimmons (February 20, 2009), [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/feb/20/conde-nast-german-vanity-fair-closes Condé Nast closes German Vanity Fair] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921201014/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/feb/20/conde-nast-german-vanity-fair-closes }} ''[[The Guardian]]''.</ref>

==Events==
As a successor to a similar invitation-only event annually held by the late agent [[Irving Paul Lazar]], the first ''Vanity Fair'' Oscar Party took place in 1994.<ref name="hollywoodreporter.com">Gary Baum (November 13, 2013), [https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/vanity-fair-oscar-party-exits-655904 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Exits Sunset Tower; Will It Land in Parking Lot?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219133703/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/vanity-fair-oscar-party-exits-655904 }} ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]''.</ref> During its first years, the magazine's [[Oscar party]] was co-hosted by producer [[Steve Tisch]] at Morton's in [[West Hollywood]].<ref>Annette Haddad (May 12, 2007), [https://articles.latimes.com/2007/may/12/business/fi-mortons12 Mortons to be a memory] {{webarchive|url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20140120074334/http://articles.latimes.com/2007/may/12/business/fi-mortons12 }} ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> At first, editor Graydon Carter kept the invitation list small, at around 120 for dinner.<ref name="Graydon Carter, the Last Impresario">Alex Williams (February 28, 2014), [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/02/fashion/Graydon-Carter-vanity-fair-oscars-party.html Graydon Carter, the Last Impresario] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909045815/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/02/fashion/Graydon-Carter-vanity-fair-oscars-party.html }} ''[[New York Times]]''.</ref> In 2008, in sympathy with a [[2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike|Writers Guild of America strike]], ''Vanity Fair'' canceled its annual party.<ref>Richard Pérez-Peña (7 February 2008), [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/07/arts/07iht-06vanity.9829588.html Vanity Fair cancels its Oscars party] ''[[New York Times]]''.</ref> Between 2009 and 2013, the party was held at [[Sunset Tower]].<ref name="hollywoodreporter.com"/> The 2014 edition took place in a temporary, 12,000-square-foot glass-walled structure at 8680 Sunset Boulevard.<ref name="Graydon Carter, the Last Impresario"/> ''Vanity Fair'' makes a limited number of invitations available each year for charity.<ref>Christopher Palmeri (February 9, 2012), [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-09/vanity-fair-oscar-party-invites-draw-100-000-prices-at-charity-auctions.html Vanity Fair Oscar Party Invites Draw Prices at Charity Auctions] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209191051/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-09/vanity-fair-oscar-party-invites-draw-100-000-prices-at-charity-auctions.html }} ''[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]]''.</ref><ref>[https://www.gq.com.mx/actualidad/articulos/la-revista-vanity-fair-llega-a-mexico-en-abril-2015/4159 Vanity Fair llega a México] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924023313/http://www.gq.com.mx/actualidad/articulos/la-revista-vanity-fair-llega-a-mexico-en-abril-2015/4159 }} ''GQ''. October 29, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2015.</ref>

In recent years ''Vanity Fair'' and ''[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]] (owned by 2020 presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg)'' have hosted an after-party at the French ambassador's house following the [[White House Correspondents' Association]] dinner.<ref name="Graydon Carter, the Last Impresario"/>

==Controversy==
===Roman Polanski lawsuit===
In 2005, ''Vanity Fair'' was found liable in a [[lawsuit]] brought in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] by film director [[Roman Polanski]], who claimed the magazine had [[libel]]led him in an article by [[A. E. Hotchner]] published in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/jul/22/pressandpublishing.generalelection2005|title=Polanski wins libel case against Vanity Fair|last=Cozens|first=Claire|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=February 28, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20171010223714/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/jul/22/pressandpublishing.generalelection2005|archive-date=October 10, 2017}}</ref> The article recounted a claim by [[Lewis H. Lapham]], editor of ''[[Harper's]]'', that Polanski had made sexual advances towards a young model as he was traveling to the funeral of his wife, [[Sharon Tate]], in August 1969, claiming that he could make her "the next Sharon Tate". The court permitted Polanski to testify via a video link, after he expressed fears that he might be extradited were he to enter the United Kingdom.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4019031.stm Polanski takes appeal to Lords] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060305132925/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4019031.stm }} [[BBC News]] (online), November 17, 2004</ref>

The trial began on July 18, 2005, and Polanski made English legal history as the first claimant to give evidence by video link. During the trial, which included the testimonies of [[Mia Farrow]] and others, it was proved that the alleged scene at the famous New York restaurant [[Elaine's]] could not possibly have taken place on the date given, because Polanski only dined at this restaurant three weeks later. Also, the Norwegian then-model disputed the accounts that he had claimed to be able to make her "the next Sharon Tate".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/23/movies/MoviesFeatures/polanski-wins-vanity-fair-libel-suit.html|title=Polanski Wins Vanity Fair Libel Suit|last=Lyall|first=Sarah|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 28, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228223324/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/23/movies/MoviesFeatures/polanski-wins-vanity-fair-libel-suit.html|archive-date=February 28, 2018}}</ref>

Polanski was awarded damages by the [[High Court of Justice of England and Wales|High Court]] in London.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/polanski-wins-libel-payout-of-16350000-from-vanity-fair-499893.html|title=Polanski wins libel payout of from 'Vanity Fair'|work=The Independent|access-date=February 28, 2018|language=en-GB|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228190726/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/polanski-wins-libel-payout-of-16350000-from-vanity-fair-499893.html|archive-date=February 28, 2018}}</ref> The case was notable because Polanski was living in France as a fugitive from U.S. justice,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/polanski-wins-50000-damages-7205215.html|title=Polanski wins Â damages|work=Evening Standard|access-date=February 28, 2018|language=en-GB|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228164520/https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/polanski-wins-50000-damages-7205215.html|archive-date=February 28, 2018}}</ref> and never appeared in the London court for fear he would be extradited to the U.S. Graydon Carter, editor of ''Vanity Fair'', responded, "I find it amazing that a man who lives in France can sue a magazine that is published in America in a British courtroom."<ref>[https://www.vanityfair.com/commentary/content/printables/050919roco02?print=true How I spent my summer vacation in London being sued by Roman Polanski – and what I learned about "solicitors," pub food, and the British chattering class] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060527025322/http://www.vanityfair.com/commentary/content/printables/050919roco02?print=true }}, by Graydon Carter, ''Vanity Fair'', September 19, 2005</ref>

===Miley Cyrus photos===
On April 25, 2008, the televised entertainment program ''[[Entertainment Tonight]]'' reported that 15-year-old [[Miley Cyrus]] had posed [[Toplessness|topless]] for a photo shoot with ''Vanity Fair''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23608789-5001026,00.html|title=Miley Cyrus topless controversy|access-date=April 27, 2008|publisher=news.com.au/dailytelegraph/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501145339/http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0%2C22049%2C23608789-5001026%2C00.html|archive-date=May 1, 2008}}</ref> The photo, and subsequently released behind-the-scenes photos, show Cyrus without a top, her bare back exposed but her front covered with a bedsheet. The photo shoot was taken by photographer [[Annie Leibovitz]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20195785,00.html|title=Miley Cyrus: I'm Sorry for Photos|author=Stephen M. Silverman|author-link=Stephen M. Silverman|access-date=April 27, 2008|publisher=people.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513153649/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20195785%2C00.html|archive-date=May 13, 2008}}</ref> The full photograph was published with an accompanying story on ''[[The New York Times]]'' website on April 27, 2008. On April 29, 2008, ''The New York Times'' clarified that though the pictures left an impression that she was bare-breasted, Cyrus was wrapped in a bedsheet and was actually not topless.<ref name="NYT VF">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/28/business/media/28hannah.html|title=A Topless Photo Threatens a Major Disney Franchise|author=Brook Barnes|access-date=April 29, 2008|work=[[The New York Times]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110512221952/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/28/business/media/28hannah.html|archive-date=May 12, 2011}}</ref> Some parents expressed outrage at the nature of the photograph, which a [[Disney]] spokesperson described as "a situation [that] was created to deliberately manipulate a 15-year-old to sell magazines".<ref name="NYT VF"/>

In response to the internet circulation of the photo and ensuing media attention, [[Miley Cyrus]] released a statement of apology on April 27: "I took part in a photo shoot that was supposed to be 'artistic' and now, seeing the photographs and reading the story, I feel so embarrassed. I never intended for any of this to happen and I apologize to my fans who I care so deeply about."<ref name="NYT VF"/> Nearly ten years later to the day, Cyrus repudiated the Disney apology statement in an [[Instagram]] story showing a ''[[New York Post]]'' front page regarding the story, simply stating "IM NOT SORRY Fuck YOU #10YearsAgo".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/miley-cyrus-takes-back-2008-apology-over-controversial-vanity-fair-photos|title=Miley Cyrus Takes Back 2008 Apology Over Controversial "Vanity Fair" Photos|last=Dodson|first=P. Claire|work=[[Teen Vogue]]|access-date=7 November 2022}}</ref>

===Modified photos===
In January 2014, ''Vanity Fair'' was under fire for allegedly altering the appearance of a celebrity featured in its pages for its February issue, [[Lupita Nyong'o]], an actress known for her role in ''[[12 Years A Slave (film)|12 Years A Slave]]''. In Nyong'o's case, the magazine tweeted the photo and it began with fans accusing the company of altering her complexion. However, some believe that the ''Vanity Fair'' images are simply a product of bright set lighting, rather than deliberate skin lightening. Nyong'o was pleased with the work and saw no harm done to herself; she did not hold ''Vanity Fair'' or the photographer liable. [https://www.bellanaija.com/2014/01/fans-attack-vanity-fair-magazine-for-lightening-lupita-nyongos-skin-on-its-cover/ Pictured here]

Shortly before the Nyong'o case, ''Vogue'' magazine, a partner and buyer of ''Vanity Fair'' in 1936, was accused of altering actress [[Lena Dunham]]'s photos. Dunham considered the modified photos to be offensive.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ca.eonline.com/news/500812/did-vanity-fair-lightening-lupita-nyong-o-s-skin-color-check-out-the-controversial-photo|title=Did Vanity Fair Lighten Lupita Nyong'o's Skin Color? Check Out the Controversial Photo|publisher=E!Online|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/lenadunham|title=Lena Dunham Twitter|publisher=Twitter|access-date=February 20, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213035118/https://twitter.com/LenaDunham|archive-date=February 13, 2015}}</ref>

===Richard Engel story===
In 2015, ''Vanity Fair'' had to update the account it had published by the ''[[NBC News]]'' correspondent [[Richard Engel]] about the disputed circumstances of his [[NBC News team kidnapping in Syria|2012 kidnapping in Syria]], stating that he had misidentified his captors.<ref>Emily Steel (16 April 2015), [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/17/business/media/vanity-fair-updates-article-by-nbc-reporter-engel.html Vanity Fair Updates Article by NBC Reporter Engel] ''[[New York Times]]''.</ref>

===Jeffrey Epstein story===
In 2019, former contributing editor [[Vicky Ward]] said her 2003 profile of Jeffrey Epstein in ''Vanity Fair'' had included on-the-record accounts of Annie and [[Maria Farmer]] (who filed the earliest known criminal complaints about Epstein), but that they were later stricken from Ward's article after Epstein pressured the magazine's editor [[Graydon Carter]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Tracy|first=Marc|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/09/business/media/vicky-ward-jeffrey-epstein-vanity-fair.html|title=Ex-Vanity Fair Writer Says Editor Stopped Her From Exposing Epstein in '03|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 14, 2020|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/08/22/753337520/why-the-media-didnt-pay-much-attention-to-jeffrey-epstein|title=Why 'Vanity Fair' Story Left Out Abuse Allegations Against Epstein|last=Folkenflik|first=David|website=NPR.org|language=en|access-date=February 14, 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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* [http://www.vanityfair.it/ ''Vanity Fair'' homepage (Italy)]
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