Julie Summers – British Vogue: The Biography of an Icon

Curator and acclaimed author, Julie Summers, tells the story of British Vogue magazine from its first issue in 1916 to the present day. Julie had exclusive access to the Vogue archives to tell the official history of the magazine that has defined taste and style for successive generations. She explains how the magazine forged its own path from the very start and continued to move with the times through two world wars, the swinging sixties, and the rise of the supermodel. She highlights the characters who have led the magazine and reveals what modern-day insiders, such as stylist Grace Coddington, editor Alexandra Shulman and fashion editor Lucinda Chambers, say about it.

Julie is the author of fourteen works of non-fiction including: Fashion on the Ration and Dressed for War. She has worked at the Royal Academy of Arts and the Henry Moore Foundation as a curator and is a former head of exhibitions at the Ashmolean Museum.