The Bite Magazine - Spring/Summer 2024 - Issue 35

bitebookreview Inside Vogue House Jada Brookes finds Grant Scott’s insight into daily life at Vogue House thrilling as Condé Nast ends its sixty-year residency. E arlier this year, high-end publishers Condé Nast vacated Vogue House in London’s Hano- ver Square, marking the end of a sixty-year era. Former Tatler art director and seasonal photographer Grant Scott released his privy-enriched book Inside Vogue House, unveiling the building’s history from the swinging sixties to the present day, where the great and the good started (or ended) their careers. “Now that Condé Nast has left the building, it’s time for its stories to be told.” In this iconic book, the author shares never-before-heard first-person accounts from the people who worked at the publisher’s portfolio of magazines. It takes the reader on an excursion through six decades of the finest hours and trickiest moments in the company’s life. It also chron- icles the lifeblood, energy and tales of famous people, including models, royalty, photographers and artists, who walked through the building’s revolving doors. “Step through the revolving doors of 1 Hanover Square, Mayfair and enter the glossy world of high fashion, high society and high drama. Greet ‘the Peters’ at reception and take the lifts up from the lobby to the Vogue pho- tography studios and the fashion closets of the fifth floor, Book cover image courtesy of Orphans Publishing