Fronting the inaugural December 1892 issue?

A staid monochrome sketch of an ingenue courtesy of A.

B. Wenzel, best known for illustrating Edith WhartonsHouse of Mirth.

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Photographed by Frances McLaughlin-Gill/Condé Nast Archive on Google Arts & Culture

Seeing 15,000 of them available publicly for the first time?

Its just an incredibly exhilarating experience.

Browse some of the highlights fromthe Vogue Archive, below.

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Plaid on parade,Voguecaptioned the image.

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