When Videofashion was founded in 1976, lifestyle television hadn’t been invented yet. Video was a new medium.
Videofashion’s founder, Nicolas Charney — MIT graduate, former psychologist and creator of Psychology Today Magazine — saw the potential of video and fashion in a digital age that had just begun.
With his success in the publishing world, Charney reflects “Originally, we wanted to create a videomagazine. We looked at subjects from sports to music and decided on fashion because the clothes, the fabrics, the models created the most stunning visuals on screen.” He continued, “every season, there were new collections with international appeal. And unlike in the still images of a magazine, on video, you could finally see the back of the dress. Videofashion became the world’s first videomagazine.”
Charney’s business partner and wife, Anne Adami, a former Wilhelmina model, has led the editorial and production teams over their six decades of creating programming which encompasses every aspect of the fashion industry. “We now have an unrivalled fashion archive and library which includes short and long-form programming, thousands of hours of raw footage and content which can be used as a resource to create new television documentaries, series and educational programming for years to come.”
In reflecting on Videofashion’s 50-year history, Charney says, “Fashion is more than the clothes we wear. It’s a record of culture and reflects the people, attitudes and creativity that define each generation.”
Video changed the industry forever. And Videofashion was there first.
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