The Concorde-and-Caviar Era of Condé Nast, When Magazines Ruled the Earth
The New York TimesFriday, June 27, 2025 at 7:48:02 PM
The article looks back at the golden age of Condé Nast magazines like Vogue and Vanity Fair, when lavish budgets, exclusive access, and larger-than-life editors like Anna Wintour defined cultural influence. Those days are fading—Wintour is stepping back, budgets are shrinking, and the glossy magazine’s gatekeeping power has dissolved in the digital era. Yet, the piece asks why society still clings to the same status-obsessed hierarchies, even as the old systems crumble.
Editor’s Note: This isn’t just nostalgia for fancy parties and thick September issues. It’s about how power and prestige shift—or don’t—when industries collapse. Even as traditional media loses its grip, we’re still playing by its old rules, just on new platforms. That says something uncomfortable about who (and what) we still value.
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