Mirabella (UK Edition), First Issue

Mirabella (UK Edition), First Issue

Fashion journalism; Women's magazine; Grace Mirabella; Fashion editors; Women in media; 1990s fashion

First issue of the United Kingdom edition of Mirabella magazine, founded by Grace Mirabella, following her dismissal as editor-in-chief of Vogue in 1988. Cover reads "Glamour Wises Up" with cover lines including "No Tricks Nineties Dressing," "Female Gangs: Business Battles and Lipstick tips," and profiles of Jean-Luc Godard, Elisabeth Frink, and others. Priced at £2.20 with an introductory offer of £1. The magazine was aimed at sophisticated women in their 30s and 40s and represented Mirabella's vision of fashion journalism, grounded in real women's lives rather than fantasy or unrealistic aspiration.

Mirabella, Grace

Grace Mirabella Cahan Papers, 1948–2000, Box 4Ad74, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin

Murdoch Magazines (News Corporation)

1990-10

Rossellini, Isabella (cover model); Noa Miller

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Mirabella (U.S. Edition, 1989-2000)

Magazine; print; approx. 11x14 inches

en-GB

Text; Periodical; Magazine Issue

United Kingdom; October 1990

Fashion magazine cover featuring articles on nineties dressing, female entrepreneurship, and profiles of cultural figures. Cover model is Isabella Rossellini. Published as the first UK edition of Mirabella, founded by Grace Mirabella.

Magazine; print on paper; approximately 11 x 14 inches