VOGUE - VOICE OF A CENTURY Launches 100 Years After First Publication

In 2016, Vogue celebrates 100 years as the undisputed fashion bible in Britain. Now, a landmark publication, VOICE OF A CENTURY, compiles over 400 Vogue photographs and illustrations, correspondence and covers, plus 32,000 words of new interviews with 100 Vogue contributors. VOICE OF A CENTURY is strictly limited to only 1,916 craftsman-bound copies, and each 504-page volume is individually signed by at least 7 major contributors.

VOICE OF A CENTURY includes previously unseen material, including letters from Helmut Newton and Cecil Beaton, as well as candid exchanges between Vogue editor Audrey Withers and Lee Miller. Editors and photographers talk about their special collaborations: Jerry Hall recalls those now iconic shoots with Grace Coddington and Norman Parkinson; Jean Shrimpton recollects her famous partnership with David Bailey; Kate Moss relives a shoot riding on elephants with Christy Turlington in Nepal; Bianca Jagger talks about her Vogue moment for a cover shoot in the Seventies in Paris; and Juergen Teller remembers his first rather surreal meeting with fashion editor Isabella Blow.

These exclusive contributions, combined with over 400 images selected from the magazine's archives, show how Vogue has become the nation's cultural barometer, placing fashion in the context of the wider world we live in - how we dress, entertain, what we eat, listen to, watch; who leads us, excites us and inspires us.

Vogue Editor-in-Chief, Alexandra Shulman on VOICE OF A CENTURY:

"During the lifetime of British Vogue, there have been many Vogue books published. But never a book such as this. Vogue - Voice of A Century is the ultimate anthology of the magazine, a celebration of 100 years of the many talents that have created the thousands of pages of magical images and interesting and inspiring journalism"

From its beginnings to today, three central principles have set Vogue apart: a commitment to visual genius, an investment in storytelling, and a selective, optimistic editorial eye. The magazine has discovered and championed young designers, writers, artists, photographers and models; documented wars and cultural change, and presented fashion from the most extraordinary places. Simultaneously reflecting and shaping British culture and history, its pages have been a vivid record of the times.

VOICE OF A CENTURY is a one-off collector's piece. Each book is hand-made by craftsmen in Milan, and comes in a solander case, with a shutter, underneath which a photographic print is revealed.

VOICE OF A CENTURY launches on 15th September 2016, the same day as the first issue in 1916. The book is to be unveiled at a series of exclusive events beginning in London and travelling globally in 2016 and early 2017. There will be an event in New York City on September 12th during Fashion Week. More information to follow.

The signed limited edition book is available from Genesis Publications at www.voguecentury.com

Voice of a Century in numbers

100 contributors from Vogue past and present

117 photographers and illustrators

428 images and illustrations

504 pages

1916 numbered copies of limited edition

32,000 words

7+ Vogue contributors signing each book

Selection of quotes from the book

Editor's Letter from first ever issue of British Vogue, September 1916:

'The time has come,' designers say, 'to talk of many things - of shoes and furs and lingerie, and if one flares or clings, and where the waist-line ought to be, and whether hats have wings.' Really and truly, such amazing things are going to happen to you that you never would believe them, unless you saw them in Vogue.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN (BOOK INTRODUCTION): As editor-in-chief of British Vogue I have been hugely privileged to be able to work with many of the most interesting and original talents in the field of art, fashion, journalism, photography and publishing. But I have also been to take inspiration and guidance from the fantastic history of the magazine, which is reflected in these pages. Vogue - Voice of A Century is not only a compilation from the past but a live and vivid artwork and document that will be treasured, referred to and gazed at, for many decades ahead

KATE MOSS: When I got my first Vogue cover, I was like, 'That's it. I can give up now. I'm done.' That was all I wanted: a British Vogue cover.

BIANCA JAGGER: I have enjoyed reading British Vogue for many years, and I still do. It has discovered and nurtured some of the great photographers and designers of the 20th century. Yet the magazine has always had a distinctly British feel, giving a platform to eccentric British style.

LORD SNOWDON: I first worked for Vogue in 1956 and I can't imagine life without it. I've always been excited to see my pictures in a Condé Nast magazine. Vogue has been my life.

VICTORIA BECKHAM: As a business it means a huge amount to have Vogue support your brand and shoot your clothes. To have that acknowledgement is priceless.

CHRISTOPHER KANE: Vogue is the pinnacle of style and fashion. It is always an honour

to have my clothes photographed for the magazine. Ever since I was a young boy

I dreamed of having my designs in there.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: It's really important for us to feature British designers...I've been very lucky that British fashion has just got better and better while I've been editor.