Vogue Chronicles publishes editorial content about lifestyle, fashion, beauty, home, and activewear. Some of the links on this site earn us a commission when you click them and make a purchase. This page explains exactly how that works and what it means for the content you read here.
What are affiliate links actually?
An affiliate link is a tracked link to a brand or retailer’s website. When you click one and go on to make a purchase, we may receive a small commission from that brand or retailer. The price you pay is identical to what you would pay going directly to the brand’s website — the commission comes from a marketing budget the brand has set aside, not from any additional charge passed on to you.
Those commissions are what keep Vogue Chronicles running. They pay for the time that goes into researching products properly, testing things honestly, writing coverage that is genuinely useful rather than promotional, and keeping the site free to read. If you have ever bought something after clicking a link from this site, that purchase directly supported this work.
The networks we work with
We are an active publisher partner on two affiliate networks.
We are a publisher on Impact.com, through which we work with brands across fashion, lifestyle, home, beauty, and activewear categories. When you click a link on Vogue Chronicles to a brand that runs its affiliate program through Impact and you make a qualifying purchase, Impact’s tracking system may record that purchase and we may receive a commission as a result. Impact.com operates under its own privacy policy, which governs how it handles data on its platform.
We are also a publisher on AWIN, one of the largest global affiliate networks. Through AWIN we work with additional brands primarily across fashion, beauty, and lifestyle categories. When you purchase through an AWIN-tracked link on this site, AWIN’s system may record that transaction and we may receive a commission. AWIN operates under its own privacy and data policies, which are available directly on their website.
Not every link is an affiliate link
We regularly link to brands, products, and resources we have no commercial relationship with at all — because they are genuinely useful, relevant, or the honest answer to the question being addressed. The absence of an affiliate link does not mean we think less of a product. The presence of one does not mean we think more of it.
What our affiliate relationships do not do
They do not determine what we write about. Editorial decisions at Vogue Chronicles are made on the basis of whether a brand, product, or topic is worth covering for readers — not on whether an affiliate program exists. We have covered brands with no affiliate relationship and we have not covered brands that have one. Affiliation is not the editorial filter.
They do not shape our conclusions. We have written critically about brands we are affiliated with through both Impact.com and AWIN. We have recommended products that earn us nothing because they were genuinely the right recommendation. Commission rates and affiliate structures have never changed a verdict on this site.
They do not guarantee positive coverage. An affiliate relationship with a brand is a commercial arrangement that allows us to earn commissions on referrals. It is not a guarantee of favorable editorial coverage, sponsored placement, or positive review. Our editorial standards apply equally regardless of commercial relationships.
Sponsored content
On occasions when a brand pays directly for placement or coverage on Vogue Chronicles — separate from our affiliate relationships — that content is clearly labeled at the top as sponsored or produced in partnership with the named brand. Our editorial voice remains our own in those pieces, but we believe full transparency about the financial context is necessary and non-negotiable.
FTC compliance
This disclosure is made in compliance with the Federal Trade Commission’s guidelines on endorsements and testimonials, 16 CFR Part 255. We take these requirements seriously and would rather communicate more than necessary on transparency than leave any ambiguity about how this site operates commercially.
Questions
If anything here is unclear, or if you have questions about a specific link or piece of content on Vogue Chronicles, our contact page is the right place to reach us. We read every message that comes in.