‘Empire of the Elite’ tracks Condé Nast magazines’ dominance and decline

‘Empire of the Elite’ tracks Condé Nast magazines’ dominance and decline

‘Empire of the Elite’ Chronicles Condé Nast’s Rise and Fall as America’s Cultural Tastemaker By Emma Larson, Media and Tradition Correspondent | Printed: July 18, 2025 For many years, Condé Nast’s iconic magazines—Vogue, Vainness Truthful, The New Yorker, and GQ—formed American notions of luxurious, fashion, and status, performing as gatekeepers of excessive tradition. In Empire … Read more