Fashion

A Look at Phones in the Vogue Archives

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    Illustrated by R. Wilkinson, Vogue, November 16, 1905
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    “Answer by ‘Phone,’ ” a 1905 Vogue cover

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    Illustrated by Pierre Mourgue, Vogue, April 27, 1929
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    Vogue’s New York Fashion’s cover, 1929

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    Illustrated by Eduardo Garcia Benito, Vogue, May 15, 1931
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    J. Suzanne Talbot’s lamé dinner coat, 1931

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    Photographed by Lusha Nelson, Vogue, March 1, 1933
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    Sally Bates in the play Goodbye Again, 1933

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    Photographed by John Rawlings, Vogue, February 15, 1947
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    Mrs. Tryon, 1947

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    Photographed by Cecil Beaton, Vogue, May 1, 1950
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    Jean Patchett wears Mainbocher in Cecil Beaton’s apartment at The Sherry-Netherland, 1950

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    Photographed by Irving Penn, Vogue, June 1, 1950
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    Jean Patchett, 1950

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    Photographed by Erwin Blumenfeld, Vogue, April 1, 1953
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    Evelyn Tripp, 1953

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    Photographed by Stephen Paley, Vogue, February 15, 1972
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    Diane Sawyer, 1972

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    Photographed by Oliviero Toscani, Vogue, May 1974
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    A fashionable phone-a-thon, 1974

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    Photographed by Denis Piel, Vogue, February 1980
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    Gia Carangi in a Perry Ellis sweater, 1980

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    Photographed by Bill King, Vogue, September 1981
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    Kelly Emberg in Perry Ellis, 1981

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    Photographed by Neil Kirk, Vogue, November 1989
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    Naomi Campbell in Geoffrey Beene, 1989

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    Photographed by Ellen von Unwerth, Vogue, September 1993
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    Shalom Harlow in Versace, 1993

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    Photographed by Arthur Elgort, Vogue, August 1994
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    Shalom Harlow in Dolce & Gabbana, 1994

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    Photographed by Steven Meisel, Vogue, February 2006
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    Gemma Ward and Lily Donaldson, 2006

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    Photographed by Steven Meisel, Vogue, December 2007
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    Gemma Ward in Nina Ricci, 2007

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    Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, March 2009
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    First Lady Michelle Obama, 2009

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    Photographed by Raymond Meier, Vogue, February 2011
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    Britt Maren in Michael Kors, 2011

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    Photographed by Vanessa Jackman, 2011
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    Julia Sarr-Jamois, 2011