US Men's Vogue

[luwitolundi]

yeah, i got the magazine and if i have to sum up in one word, that would be OLD.

as kimair said... it tried so hard to be 'mature' but i think it only ended with being old. i don't think anyone under 40 is their target market judging from the content.

yeah, i think my favorite article is that article featuring those 3 models and what they think looks good on a man.

as for the layout... it's basically the same as vogue. and the logo... i find it ok... it actually reminds me of a japanese men's fashion magazine.. with that font.

so yea.. i'll stick to GQ and wallpaper* and the fashion edition of brit mags.

[mb117]

Yeah, if you are looking for a "Men's" Vogue the best thing to do is subscribe to Vogue Homme. They have an english edition available.

[eugenius]

$100,000 per year (according to Wintour in the prior post)??Wow! Quick--get my private jet pronto! There's a Barnes & Noble right around the corner that's just calling my name!!!!!!

[The Baron]

I was about ready to weep after the first 120 pages. From the snobbish oenophile article on wine you can't even get in the States to the myriad of ads for sober suiting and yachts and expensive watches, the whole thing had an aura of fusty Anglophilia about it. It's all very old-money, old person, Old World.

There was a brief bright spot with the one-page ad for Comme des Garcons Shirt, and the following article on bespoke tailoring that profiled Cloak's Alexander Plokhov. But my hopes were soon dashed again when the first fashion spread featured - oh, good grief - a country manor shooting party. Now it's weeping time, indeed.

The whole thing seems oriented toward the 40+ monied American man who really wishes his life were more akin to Robert Altman's Gosford Park, right down to the clandestine infidelities with the rosy-cheeked maid.

Ugh.

[Urban Stylin]

really boring stuff, but then again i may not be their target audience. Am more into the offensive Maxim kind

[faust]

From gawker.com, hold me, somebody

Vogue editor Anna Wintour and her latest houseboy, Men’s Vogue editor Jay Fielden, descended upon Matt Lauer this morning for a little chit-chat about Men’s Vogue. After clarifying that gay men are really what industry insiders call “fashion customers,” Anna Wintour lobbed the ball over to Fielden, whose mouth moved so very little while speaking that we’d wager he may have had his jaw wired shut (which would explain his trim figure). We can’t really defend this comment, but he really just seemed like an *******. But more importantly, Fielden was so clearly terrified — not of being on tv, but of Wintour — that, from here on out, Men’s Vogue shall now be referred to as Little Bitch’s Vogue.

[Kel]

Originally Posted by HBoogie

Holy crud is that cover ever shoddily designed. The slapped-on "MEN'S" (as people have mentioned upthread)? The boxed text that looks like it was put on with a labelmaker? Yucks all around.

I picked it up today, but haven't had a chance to take a look at it yet. I did notice how they just slapped on Mens, though. It looks completely out of place and that was enough to turn me off.

[Acid]

prediction : dead in 3 months time

[Fade to Black]

Originally Posted by TrophyBrown

$100,000 per year (according to Wintour in the prior post)??Wow! Quick--get my private jet pronto! There's a Barnes & Noble right around the corner that's just calling my name!!!!!!

I just read the magazine at Borders two days ago, and looking at the ads/photo shoots/articles, I think $100,000 isn't even going to cut it! To live the "Men's Vogue" lifestyle I imagine one must be at least in their mid-forties and a millionaire. The image of the magazine does seem very very mature and conservative. Ads are all Kiton, Tod's, Ralph Lauren purple label, etc. I was disappointed with the Clooney shoot, he's normally very stylish in a suit, but they put him in Polo Ralph Lauren which didn't suit him that well IMO. Definitely not really a fashion magazine, more of a lifestyle thing...the only fashion shoot, the one where they're all hunting and dressed up in tweeds seemed too stiff. Then again maybe my 21-year old self can't relate to it.

I prefer GQ and Details by far as far as American magazines go, the writing/editorials in those is a lot more lively and not so drab.

[happycanadian]

UGH. the only good things about the whole magazine are the 2 pics of Karolina. thank God she's gorgeous or i wouldn't have bothered buying.

[peacelover142002]

from businesswire.com:

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 5, 2005--Conde Nast Publications will launch Men's Vogue in April 2006 with a special spring issue, it was announced today by Charles H. Townsend, President and C.E.O. of Conde Nast Publications. The magazine will start publishing bi-monthly in fall 2006 and will increase its frequency to ten times a year in 2007. Jay Fielden has been named Editor-in-Chief, with Anna Wintour as Editorial Director. Thomas A. Florio has been named Publishing Director of Men's Vogue, in addition to his position as Vice President and Publisher of Vogue. Men's Vogue will launch with a cover price of $4.95 and rate base of 300,000.
"The first issue of Men's Vogue was met with an overwhelming response by both readers and advertisers, and we believe there is a marketplace to be captured for a new sophisticated men's magazine," Townsend said. "Like Vogue, Men's Vogue will attract an audience far beyond fashion covering fine arts, literature, and culture."

The fall 2005 issue of Men's Vogue is estimated to sell 150,000 copies on the newsstand and contained 164 advertising pages.

Conde Nast Publications, currently publishes twenty-eight magazines. The company includes, Fairchild Publications, Golf Digest Publications, Conde Nast Business Group, Conde Nast Media Group, CondeNet, and The Shared Services Centers.

[kimair]

more from wwd:

Any questions about Men's Vogue's future have evaporated. Condé Nast Publications, parent of WWD, on Wednesday promoted the new men's fashion title from test to full-fledged launch. Men's Vogue will publish three times next year — in April, September and November — on its way to appearing 10 times in 2007. The rate base will be 300,000.

The current issue of Men's Vogue is projected to sell at least 150,000 copies on the newsstand, according to Tom Florio, vice president and publisher of Vogue. "That was really the final test because we knew it did extremely well with the advertisers," he said. (For comparison, GQ sells about 215,000 copies per issue on the newsstand, Esquire about 108,000.) Florio will be the new title's publishing director, overseeing a publisher, who is expected to be named within the next week. Florio said the new publisher will come from within Condé Nast (but it won't be current Gourmet publisher Giulio Capua, despite recent speculation to that effect).

Jay Fielden, who has been officially installed as editor in chief, said he will continue to work closely with Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour, Men's Vogue's editorial director. "It's important for me personally that she's there to consult with," he said. "Maybe now she won't be around the corner, but she'll be just a floor or an elevator ride away."

But Wintour may have less time for Fielden if, as expected, work begins in earnest on a shelter-based spinoff, likely to be called Vogue Living. Florio confirmed it's "something we'd like to do this year," but added, "We're going to finish what we started with Men's Vogue before we start to talk about Vogue Living."

[Sammie323]

Originally Posted by happycanadian

UGH. the only good things about the whole magazine are the 2 pics of Karolina. thank God she's gorgeous or i wouldn't have bothered buying.

[raphy]

why is he so good looking?

[testinofan]

Originally Posted by Sammie323

Who is the photographer??