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With this special edition, TIME delves into the business of creating the iconography of fashion. The subject of imagemaking isn't new to TIME. Henry Luce was well aware of his part in shaping some of the most powerful images of his era. And certainly the influence of fashion has played an important part in TIME's history: from Elsa Schiaparelli to Christian Dior to Giorgio Armani, this magazine has celebrated many great designers on its cover...
Born to American parents in Naples, Italy, and educated in Europe and at Harvard Business School, Heiskell found himself at LIFE in 1937, six months after it had been established by Henry Luce. Heiskell reported on some of the great stories of his day, including the fall of France. When he moved to the publishing side of that magazine and then sprinted to the top at Time Inc., he knew what frontline journalism was. Under him, Luce's company flourished. Heiskell gave the green light for MONEY and pushed for the founding of PEOPLE, one of publishing's great success...
Steve Koepp, who launched this series, supervised a team that included senior editor Christopher John Farley, art director Tom Miller, photo editor Robert Stevens and correspondent Andrea Dorfman. As part-time historians, our journalists are following a Time Inc. tradition. It was 50 years ago that our founder Henry Luce made a donation that launched The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, the Yale-based project that is about to produce its 37th volume. Ten more volumes are expected. We hope you'll find our portrait of the man as fascinating as he was prolific...
...After World War II, Henry Luce, owner of Time, Life, and Fortune, spoke of “the American Century,” in which this country would organize the world “as we see fit.” Indeed, the expansion of American power continued, too often supporting military dictatorships in Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, because they were friendly to American corporations and the American government...
When Briton Hadden and Henry Luce invented the newsmagazine in 1923, they had the brash idea that TIME would "serve the modern necessity of keeping people informed." Hadden and Luce were clearly on to something: today TIME is by far the world's largest newsmagazine, with more than 5 million subscribers. Our mission has also evolved with the times, so every week we try to offer readers an unparalleled mix of reporting, analysis, photography and graphics, all designed to help you better understand an increasingly complex world...