1910

Women’s Wear makes its first appearance on May 21 as a page in the Saturday edition of the Daily Trade Record (DNR). Although originally slated as a quarterly for 50 cents a year, on July 13, 1910, Women’s Wear bows as a daily afternoon paper at 1 cent an issue.

1911

Fairchild Publications publishes the first edition of the Women’s Wear Directory, providing a listing of millinery and accessories makers. Founders Edmund W. Fairchild and Louis E. Fairchild establishes a Paris bureau, providing up-to-the-minute news from the fashion capital.

1916

WWD introduces the first of its kind Dictionary of Fashion specifically for the trade. The dictionary, an A to Z guide to the global fashion and textiles trade, changes the language of fashion.

1919

WWD ’s London bureau is established.

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