Since the publication has been so successful, we wanted to find out what's in the secret sauce. Check out the slideshow for 11 facts you might not know about Vogue.
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There's something to be said that during current EIC Anna Wintour's first five years, 13%
of covers featured celebrities. Now within the last five years, 93% of covers featured celebrities.
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12.5% of print readers are male, yet online, male readership has jumped up to 42%!
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In 1974, Beverly Johnson became the first African-American woman to appear on the cover!
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Vera Wang started as a fashion assistant for Vogue, and eventually became a fashion editor between 1972 and 1987. Wang once shared that her entire first year at the mag, all she did was Xerox.
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Other huge names that have worked for Vogue include: Alexander Wang, Ali MacGraw, Isabella Blow, Sean Avery, and Joan Didion!
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Lauren Hutton has been on the cover of Vogue 28 times, making her the reigning queen of their covers.
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It is rumored that Anna Wintour's spending allowance on her wardrobe is $200,000!
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Animals that have posed alongside famous celebrities and models for the magazine include: a cheetah (Kim Basinger, April ’88), an elephant (Keira Knightley, June ’07), a skunk (Reese Witherspoon, June ’03), a gibbon (Marisa Berenson, March ’65), and a python (Nastassja Kinski,Oct.‘81).
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Anna Wintour has attended approximately 3,000+ fashion shows on behalf of Vogue.
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This issue of Vogue went live on May 1, 1946. Edna Woolman Chase was the longest reigning editor-in-chief with 37 years under her belt between 1914-1951.
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Anna Wintour has had her renown bob since she was 15-years-old.
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