- It is a crime against nature to read September's Vogue. Whatever woodland creature is the patron saint of trees is going to bite your ass in retaliation if it has even the slightest opportunity. So stay out of the forest for a while.
- Was Coco Rocha the only model free when they were putting this thing together? I mean, I think she's gorgeous and I love how she's not quite as emaciated as your regular "girl", but really. It got boring.
- If I have to read about one more landscape architect cum regular fashion contributor talking about redefining gardens for offensively rich people (even if they are splendid gardens) while carting around her 10 week old in an eco-sustainable papoose affixed to her already back to practically skeletal frame - I am going to flat out lose it. Are you aware, gentle reader, that it's in rather poor taste now to bling yourself out in this emerging recession era? Really. If you wear more than one new "statement" piece (at approximately 3K) at a time, you're simply low. So stock up on those cheapies at Banana Republic and Club Monaco and Top Shop. (You heard it here last.)
- I'm thrilled to tell you - as are the trees - that there's not one thing, not one trend, that I saw in this issue which I hadn't already come across in the blogs. Is that because you are setting them, my lovelies? I vote for yes. And thank you.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
My 2 Cents about 798 Pages...
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Uh-oh, I guess I'm low, what with all the jewelry.
ReplyDeleteHey, I was just wondering what you do with your magazines after? Do you recycle them or pass them on to friends?
ReplyDeleteLOL "stay out of the forest for a while", funny writting.
ReplyDeleteI must agree with you.
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The Louise Goldin mention drive me mad, because some of us posted about that very catsuit several months ago.
ReplyDeleteI truly think we're living the demise of the magazine and participating in the emergence of pushing a much more exciting frontier.
I haven't cracked my copy yet. I'm sure everything will look "old" by now. I'm pretty sure I don't care about any landscape architect's opinion on anything, but one never knows. We're nearly at the point of water rationing here, so maybe I do care.
ReplyDeleteI don't buy mags anymore. Between all of you I get the trends straight from the blogs. I mean; ImeldaMatt was 2 weeks ahead of FeMail on Sunday in announcing the new Louboutin store in Mayfair- and that is a weekly fashion mag.
ReplyDeleteI do browse mags in waiting rooms and only like the ones who have models who can vote. Celebri-Models I guess like Cindy, Linda and Kristy. Why would I buy anything modeled by a 14 year old? Even if she is 6'2" and weighs 90 pounds-ringing wet. It is insulting. Spending power increases with age, so the inverse universe of the glossies is out of touch.
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Uh oh. Perhaps a therapeutic magazine-hurling is in order?
ReplyDeleteWendy: You could never be low!
ReplyDeleteY: I do try to give them to friends (is that a hint?) but, I read more of them than I care to admit and sometimes I can't find enough friends who are willing to take them. After a while, I do recycle. (Or I try to take them to the hair salon...)
Seeker: I have to stay very far from the forest!
Miss C: I know! Even in the last 6 months I believe we are witnessing the decline of "regular" fashion marketing channels. The problem is that mags speak too much about a model that's trying to sell you something at all costs, rather than one promoting artistic expression about style and clothing. And they're so expensive to produce - and old before they come out, lately - and mean to the trees. I note with interest that mags like FASHION are starting to include a blogging component...
Enc: I'm intrigued to know what you will think. But isn't it interesting that you've had it sitting there and it hasn't compelled you to read all 798 pages, like, stat? That's what I used to do...
Hammie: So true. If you want to know about shoes, you're going to hear it from Matt lightyears ahead of the mags. And, it is a challenge (as I get older) to find relevancy in 16 year olds wearing clothing I still can't afford. Loved your fashion post, fyi.
haha, yes, that is a hint :P
ReplyDeleteI never seem to have enough money to pick up copies of everything I want, so if you have any leftovers after passing them on to friends feel free to pass a magazine or two onto this friend ;) aside from Fashion and Flare which I have subscriptions to already.
I'm afraid all of my fat September issues are sitting at my old address 2 hours away. Despite the warning of its irrelevant contents I'm sure I'll read it cover to cover. But I agree that by the time the stuff appears in a fashion monthly it's already been all over the blogs for a month. I love to see what Vogue does with photography, editorials and styling, but I rely on the Internet for my instant fix.
ReplyDeleteY: I will totally bring you some mags next weekend but I'm worried about your poor back while we trundle around! If you're ok with it, I am too...
ReplyDeleteIHeart: How's it going since the move? (I don't think I"ve asked you that...) Of course, I read it cover to cover. But I complain all the way.
Sal: Somehow I missed your comment! You can't hurl them unless you have insurance for physical therapy.
ReplyDeleteYou know, they should make that some kind of Olympic sport. And Enc, with her arms of toned sinewy steel, could totally qualify!
That's why I borrow my Vogues from the public library. How many eco points do I win for that (is there an emoticon for "smug"?)
ReplyDeleteOoow, are Eco points like Air miles? Because I think you could fly to Yackadanda with that many.
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In that case; what do I get for only buying fash mags in charity shops?
The news is old anyway, why not get the articles for a dollar and not worry so much when you spill miso all over it.
Skye: There should be an emoticon! I want one. And you are totally justified in using it for your smart solution. But... Does it take forever before the mag is available to read?
ReplyDeleteHammie: Your suggestion is sound too. I have been deemed, however, by certain friends: "That girl who recycles September's mags in August." Not saying I'm proud of that, but I have these weird OCD things when I read magazines. I can't read them if I feel they are even vaguely out of date - i.e. when the next issue is on the stands, it's over for me. And I can't stand to flip - I need to go through each issue, page by page. It drives my daughter nuts because she wants to look at all the pics and ask me what I think of them and I don't want to go there till I hit the page. I know, kind of crazy...
ahh, maybe some other time or perhaps an exchange during work lunch when it's not so crazy for you!
ReplyDeleteI celebrate gluttonous behaviour fuck i roll naked in it but 800 pages! Thats simply too much for even me to stomach!
ReplyDeleteY: Sure - maybe I can bring a couple of lighter ones on Saturday. BTW, will email you about time and place. K
ReplyDeleteIM: I'm in total agreement. I love me some good gluttony but there's a point of overkill. Esp when it's all so derivative.
we are on the same page re. vogue (i illustrated mine on the up and down town blog).
ReplyDeleteThat's why I'm getting such a good deal on designer merch these days. And I'm lovin' it too. Call me tacky buuuuuut. . . by the way, I gave up on American Vogue months ago. One day I woke up and realized I find it quite boring, it has always bored me (a little) and it might always bore me. It needs a new lay out if it wants to keep up. . .but that's just my less than humble opinion.
ReplyDeleteEditor: I love your illustrations. The one in the laundremat is particularly great.
ReplyDeleteE: I used to so look forward to Vogue - it was my fave magazine, the one I'd wait for. Now, it just irritates me. And, in this new economy, I don't know how this kind of outmoded fantasy is going to play.