Since its founding in 1909, the publishing house Condé Nast has not only established print publications such as Vogue, Vanity Fair and Glamour, but has also shaped the image of fashion and people over more than 100 years. During this long period of activity, enormous volumes of photographs have collected in the publisher’s archives, which were not discarded even after the onset of digital media, thus representing a unique resource from which this exhibition emerged.

The curator Nathalie Herschdorfer has assembled essential works spanning 100 years of fashion photography from this important historical collection for the Museum Bellerive, ranging from rare photographs from the early days of the medium to spectacular contemporary works. The exhibition comprises some 150 vintage prints as well as original editions of magazines.