Vanity Fair is a magazine of popular culture, fashion, and current affairs. It has been known for its celebrity portraits and controversial topics and images. It has earned a reputation for lively writing, in-depth reporting, and intriguing social commentary. Vanity Fair had three lifetimes in the 1800’s. Firstly, from 1859 to 1863, it was a Manhattan-based humorous weekly newspaper. Then, from 1868 to 1914, it was reincarnated as a “society magazine” in the UK, best remembered for its satire and depictions of people of privilege. Lastly, in 1890, it became an American theater magazine, which is just as it sounds, a magazine devoted solely to the theater. In 1913, a publisher named Condé Nast, who had already made a success of Vogue, bought the rights to the name of the paper and called it Dress & Vanity Fair. Dress & Vanity Fair had a very short run. The paper was relaunched in 1914 under the management of editor Frank Crowninshield. Vanity Fair became a promoter of modern artists, such as Picasso and Brancusi, publicized essays by newfound writers, and helped popularize celebrity portraiture through the profound work of photographers such as Man Ray, Cecil Beaton, and Edward Steichen. Outside of the paper itself, Crowninshield and Nast would throw vibrant parties for their new acquaintances in the worlds of literature, the arts, sports, politics, theater, and high society. This made Vanity Fair uniquely ahead of the times and differentiated them from other common newspapers. Crowninshield described the magazine as a “celebration of America’s increased devotion to pleasure, to happiness, to dancing, to the sport, to the delights of the country, to laughter, and to all forms of cheerfulness”. Vanity Fair disappeared for a short time during the Great Depression and in 1936 when it was merged with Vogue Magazine but it reappeared in 1983 when it was republished by Condé Nast with Tina Brown as the new editor. The new Vanity Fair discussed wealth, scandals, and popular culture. Due to its long and illustrious history, over time, Vanity Fair has become known as magazine journalism’s acknowledged dictator of modern society, power, and personality.