Vanity Fair
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- proper noun
- /ˈvænɪti fɛr/
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Vanity Fair
- Many readers look forward to the annual Oscars issue of Vanity Fair for its stunning celebrity photography.
Dan, Yes, you are about to take Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire.
- Dan, Yes, you are about to take Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire.
- And that risk element of, you know, Vanity Fair asking me to write an article.
- I remember sitting with you, I think at the Oscar party, like a Vanity Fair Oscar party.
- Not Elon Musk, but this quote was said to Elon Musk at a Vanity Fair forum.
- And so the second the cover shot on Vanity Fair came out, they pushed the button and everything opened up.
- So this is a collection from the Vanity Fair archive of pieces, profiles, essays about women, by women.
- But the Vanity Fair piece I thought was everything that makes me hate that kind of lefty.
- There was an article in Vanity Fair where Maxwell had said that there's blackmail involved or a friend of Maxwell's had said that about.
- And so I put on my G string and went to the Vanity Fair party with the low cut dress with AG string showing and it got some attention.
- And this like this story when it happened was perfect for Vanity Fair, New York Magazine.
- I mean, it's wrong, but come on, Vanity Fair, what are you going to do?
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Anyway, so, do you remember Collin's profile in Vanity Fair that first one he did a while ago?
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There was that recent Miley Cyrus photo by Leibovitz on the cover of Vanity Fair.
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Have you boys seen the fashion page in this week's Vanity Fair?
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One source told Vanity Fair that shine brought in all new lights.
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I plan on reaching for the stars and hope to one day work for Vanity Fair or Rolling Stone.
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So this is a collection from the Vanity Fair archive of pieces, profiles, essays about women, by women.
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Daniel Craig is on the cover and inside Vanity Fair for November in anticipation of his third Bond movie.
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Why else would Vanity Fair feature in its December issue yet another account of Truman's downfall?
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She made her first mark in the modeling world, gracing the pages of top magazines like Maxim and Vanity Fair Italia.
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Aristocratic Brit Hitchens writes for Vanity Fair and is a regular guest of right-wing talk show host Hugh Hewitt.
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Synonyms
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A magazine about fashion, beauty, and lifestyle
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An informal name for a magazine about fashion and relationships
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A thin printed book that has shiny pages and many photos
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Surface Forms
Morphology
As a proper name, 'Vanity Fair' denotes a specific magazine (and historically a literary/idiomatic concept) rather than a literal 'fair about vanity.' Knowing 'vanity' and 'fair' (an event) does not allow a B1 learner to predict the institutionalized meaning 'a popular magazine,' so the sense is not compositionally derived from its parts.
Etymology
Vanity Fair comes from an old book, where a fair was a busy market and vanity meant 'showing off'. The magazine took that image of a market full of showy things, so its name now fits a publication about celebrities, fashion and 'showing off'.