To mark the centenary year of British Vogue in 2016, National Portrait Gallery hosts a major exhibition, “Vogue 100: A Century of Style”, sponsored by Leon Max, which will open on February 11th and run until May 22nd. Showcasing the remarkable range of photography that has been commissioned by British Vogue since it was founded in 1916, with over 280 prints from the Condé Nast archive and international collections being shown together for the first time to tell the story of one of the most influential fashion magazines in the world, the exhibition will feature the work of photographers of the likes of Cecil Beaton, Lee Miller, Irving Penn, Snowdon, David Bailey, Corinne Day, Patrick Demarchelier, Nick Knight, Herb Ritts, Mario Testino, Tim Walker and Albert Watson, featured with the fashion designers that defined the looks of the century.

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Photo: “The Varnished Truth: Jean Patchett by Clifford Coffin”, 1951. Condé Nast Archive New York © Condé Nast Inc. All rights reserved.