The Lady and The Revamp

On my way back to the tube station I strolled past the headquarters of The Lady magazine. Being a budding journalist I was rather interested and took time to appreciate this building.



As pretty as the front of the building is, I was intrigued by the history of The Lady. In fact, it kinda made history. Thomas Gibson Bowles launched the magazine in 1885, as the first weekly women's magazine. Bowles himself was an interesting man, he was grandfather to The Mitford Sisters (6 sisters in the 20's who caused controversy and were the IT girls of their time) AND he also founded the British magazine Vanity Fair.



It was only until I saw the Channel 4 documentary The Lady and The Revamp that I really understood the importance of The Lady as a magazine, as a business, as an ideal. And I just thought I'd post a bit about the magazine because it really deserves a mention :-)

Until later -xx