This January 1942 issue of Vogue features Sandy Rice on the cover, photographed by the legendary John Rawlings, marking the magazine’s transition into the wartime era. The issue combines vivid wartime reportage, culture, and fashion with literary depth—part of Vogue’s famed “3 Hours Reading Time” editions that offered sophisticated journalism alongside couture elegance.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
3 HOURS READING TIME
Vogue’s-eye view of a reader — 19
Southern exposure — Ralph McGill — 44
Vogue’s gallery of writers — 47
Fifteen questions about Europe — H. R. Knickerbocker — 48–49
My mystery file — Robert A. Simon — 50
Forty—when the baby was born — Maddy Vegtel — 51
What price the Philippines? — Clare Boothe — 52–53
Humour—the bomb-proof kind — Virginia Cowles — 54–55
Gin Rummy — Oswald Jacoby — 56–57
Landscape—with figures — Frederic Prokosch — 58–59
Interview with Lord Vansittart — Erika Mann — 60–61
Texas—boom, boom — Edwin Lanham — 62
Texas plantation party — 63–65
The ideal wife — Louis Verneuil — 66
NEW FASHIONS
Bows for the evening — 24–25
Casting their shadows — 26–27
First big printing — 28–29
Frosty white — 30–31
To take South — 32
Turquoise, pink-pink, dandelion — 33–36
Jackets on the loose again — 40–41
Double-checked for the South — 67
Pack for Pan-America — 68–69
New year jersey—all year jersey — 70–71
Under twenty — 72–73
Designs for dressmaking — 74
PEOPLE AND IDEAS
This war—that war — 20–23
Total-energy foods — Mona Gardner — 37
Four daughters of famous fathers — 38–39
Claude Alphand — 42
Paula Laurence — 43
Tamara Toumanova — 45
Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow — 46
SPECIAL DEPARTMENTS
The dog mode — 16b–16d
Vogue’s address book — 16e–16g
Vogue’s travelog — 16h–16i
School directory — 16j–16m
Shop-hound — 16n
Old acquaintances — 76
A rare early-1940s Vogue issue that captures the intersection of wartime intellect and fashion resilience, blending photo essays, social profiles, and refined couture coverage at the height of the WWII era.