V (American magazine)

V

Winona Ryder on V (November 2013) cover.
Editor	Stephen Gan
Categories	Fashion magazine
Frequency	Bimonthly
First issue	1999 (1999-month)
Company	Visionaire
Country	United States
Based in	11 Mercer Street, New York, NY 10013
Language	English
Website	www.vmagazine.com
ISSN	1539-185X

V magazine is an American fashion magazine published since 1999. The magazine is printed seasonally and highlights trends in fashion, film, music and art. A men's fashion quarterly entitled VMAN started as an offshoot in 2003.

V magazine was launched in September 1999 as the "younger sibling" publication to the limited-edition quarterly Visionaire. If Visionaire was seen as more of an exclusive haute-couture book, V was going to be the vibrant, less formal, more accessible, ready-to-wear alternative. V releases four issues a year, one for each current seasonal collection; Spring Preview, Fall Preview, Winter Preview and Summer Preview. The magazine has a readership of 315,000 as of 2010.

V is edited by Stephen Gan and features new American fashion displayed through shoots and editorials focusing more specifically on art, film, music and fashion.V has been noted for its inventive and progressive styling, as well as its reportage of cultural figures and global youth culture. Past contributors have included Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Hedi Slimane, Mario Testino, Mario Sorrenti, and Karl Lagerfeld. Interview subjects have included Joan Didion, Salman Rushdie, Robert Altman, Brooke Shields, and Norman Mailer. Icons in fashion, film, music and art to grace the cover include Madonna, Katy Perry, Mariah Carey, Rihanna, Naomi Campbell, Grace Jones, Brad Pitt, Britney Spears, David Bowie and Lady Gaga.