What Magazines Have You Bought/Received Recently?

[RachelWhittemore]

lol Nylon.. your screename is the last mag I got how cute

 

[LibertyRose]

US Vogue July: major thumb down.

This is the worst issue this year, an unsuccessful redesign of the layout. First, the sectorial titles are changed for the worse: "Vogue Files" is now "Need It Now." Creatively, corporate push is ever prominent. It has only been seven publishing months into 2004 and Louis Vuitton has had two covers (Jennifer Aniston in Jan., Kirsten Dunst in July), and if you count Natalie Portman's dress for Feb. Vogue, that would be three Marc Jacobs design. Narciso Rodriguez also got featured on the cover twice (Uma Thurman for last November, Kate Hudson for June) within a short time span and the dresses are so darn similar.

Corporate push continues to manifest itself in editorials. Prada is very good at getting its stuff into pre-fall issues (the extent to which its tweedy designs were seen on magazine pages last year could only be described as epidemic), and this time it succeeds in placing lots and lots of Jil Sander and Helmut Lang as well. Gucci is also prominently featured, but it is the ugliest outfits that got selected, despite the collection's being stronger than YSL.

No new advertisement in Vogue, but Escada debuted in Bazaar.

The "new look" looks quite messy and I'm surprised Vogue let go of its neat page layout. I was a fan of its old template for society pages and whatnot. The Constume Inst. Gala "collage" is very badly puttogether. The picture they show in the largest size has puffy-armed Linda Evangelista and Mozart-haired Amber Valletta. I like to see more off-duty models, but not like this.

The editorials:

Karolina Kurkova looks awfully manly in her 1-pg picture.

Propriety Values: Karen Elson and Liya Kebede by Craig McDean, showcasing the signature looks from various designers. This Marc Jacobs dress looked perfect on Gemma Ward on the runway and is destined to become a hit now that Vogue and Bazaar have photographed it.

Balenciaga's color-chain one-shoulder jersey dress is also emerging as the It item of the season.

McDean's photography is great, but the clothes are horrible. Gucci's green fur stole and micro-fringe gowns, Prada's shapelessly layered, darb-colored ensembles, Versace's throwback to the worse part of the 80's... You name it. Tacky extravegance.

It Happened One Night: Vogue recycles the editorial title of a memorable Karen Elson-Steven Meisel collaboration from March 2000 for Mario Testino's shoot of Daria Werbowy and Jake Gyllenhaal. Daria has been looking sickly skinny lately and her deep-set eyes do not look 1/10 as good as they did in "Ladies Club" (from the March editorial with Isabeli Fontana, also photographed by Testino). The whole thing pretty much sucks.

A Clean Slate: Natalia Vodianova photographed by Patrick Demarchelier. The editorial celebrating minimalism actually showcases some show-topping pieces (Helmut Lang's blue trench coat, for example),

and Demarchelier is the perfect photographer for the project, but the problem is with Natalia, whose racoon eyes make her look so lifeless and, well, unattractive.

The Kirsten Dunst editorial with Testino shows nice, youthful outfits that are along the lines of Scarlett Johansson's Elle shoot: Chloe, Marni, lots of sunshine.

Verdict: Not recommended.

Allure is even worse. The Kate Hudson cover does look like her Bazaar cover years ago (as noted by Isabella), but it is so air-brushed that when you look at her candid pictures with the crew inside, you see the difference immediately. She is at least digitally downsized by 4 dress sizes.

Beauty editorial: Angela Lindvall by Mario Testino. This is Testino channelling Mert & Marcus's color theory. Don't like it (and I love Angela).

Hair editorial: Marija, 3 pgs

Fashion editorial (denim Caroline Winberg by Michael Thompson, plain awful.

Next month, Julia Stegner will have an editorial.

 

[Misako]

Allure - July 2004 with Kate Hudson on the cover.
Bazaar - July 2004 with Ashley Judd on the cover.
Vogue - July 2004 with Kirsten Dunst on the cover.

On a side note, I hattteeed the spread with Alexandra Richards. I think she's not a good model at all. And the July issue of Bazaar featured some pictures of images of the "Hearst Shaw" girl that's supposed to be a model?? she was doing some images for the H Hilfiger line as one of it's "it" girls. I think she's absolutely GROTESQUELY ugly. I don't understand that or any of the new "heiress" models. The only remotely "society" model I like is Lauren Bush, but I hate the rest of her family, so...

 

[wyatt.]

i liked the picture of karolina. i thought it was really hot.

as for the karen and liya...eh i could've passed on it.


i like the daria and jake editorial because it seemed fun. like not too strict [like the vodianova one...which i still liked] i really want the blue blazar he wears in it. oh man.

 

[wyatt.]

Originally posted by Nylon+Jun 16th, 2004 - 11:02 pm--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Nylon @ Jun 16th, 2004 - 11:02 pm)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-loserunit@Jun 16th, 2004 - 10:22 pm
oh man the new vogue is soooooooooooooo good.

the pictures are just the best for the number i've seen

Which version are you talking about.. [/b][/quote]
us. okay maybe the pictures weren't the best. but it's more that i didn't get bored looking at them. like the last one, with that whole travel thing.

anyways. i didn't really see any awful pictures.

 

[carola]

NONE. I mean the usual ones: Vogue and W. No more. Not even Elle with Scarlett Johansson on the cover which I was dying to get and then sort of lost interest. I used to spend about $100 on magazines monthly (sometimes a bit more) but I stopped some time ago.. everything is just so uninspiring.. sometimes there's a great cover but the editorials and articles are bad, why waste my money? And sometimes there's a magazine I love and then they stop publishing it (The Face, Nova, DUTCH, The Fashion). Although I'd stopped buying The Face about a year ago, but still.. I had hopes of it getting better. I always get American Vogue and W and POP when it comes out. I've forgotten to buy Nylon for a few months now lol I so wanted that Maria Carla cover.. I would totally buy Numero if it was available here. Sometimes I buy V, if the cover is good, same with Vogue Spain. I think I'll get the new Vogue Italia with Karen on the cover, it's been so long since I bought Vogue It..

 

[Tarden]

I bought the July Harper's Bazarre the other day when I saw Polina featured in the 4 page accesories editorial. She is so gorgeous. The photo of her on page 108 is incredible.
It sure beats Field and Stream...

 

[LibertyRose]

Diana Dondoe has a stunning editorial in "10".

W jewelry has Guinevere Van Seenus on the cover, who doesn't look that bad. Raquel Zimmermann and many others are feat. in the editorial.

 

[Christopher31]

Metropolis, Dwell, and a dwr catalogue.

 

[Sephora_Socialite]

W and Los Angeles did get any other new ones in the mail...or maybe my bro has em.

 

[ducky]

Originally posted by LibertyRose@Jun 18th, 2004 - 11:50 am
US Vogue July: major thumb down.

This is the worst issue this year, an unsuccessful redesign of the layout. First, the sectorial titles are changed for the worse: ".......

LibertyRose, You sound SO pessemistic.....Do you like any magazines?? jk...

 

[SCBlondie]

Went to the store to buy Vogue, didn't have it so I bought InStyle. Booooring. And it was thier 10th Aniversery issue. You think they would actually make it interesting. Maybe look back at the past of fashion, I dont know. I've only bought one issue and I thought it was pretty good. But after the lame one I just bought I don't think I'll ever be buying one again.

 

[LibertyRose]

Originally posted by ducky+Jun 21st, 2004 - 10:39 pm--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (ducky @ Jun 21st, 2004 - 10:39 pm)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-LibertyRose@Jun 18th, 2004 - 11:50 am
US Vogue July: major thumb down.

This is the worst issue this year, an unsuccessful redesign of the layout. First, the sectorial titles are changed for the worse: ".......

LibertyRose, You sound SO pessemistic.....Do you like any magazines?? jk... [/b][/quote]
Yeah, I do, ducky. I love magazines and that's why I started this board in the first place. I've praised US Vogue in the past; I just wasn't happy with their July issue.

 

[LibertyRose]

Julia Stegner for Vogue Nippon August.

 

[Cicciolina]

LibertyRose would you say the US Harpers July (I think it was Ashley Judd on the cover) is a recommended buy?

I haven't bought any magazines for ages - when I do I can't seem to finish them because they seem so blergh lately :S

 

[LibertyRose]

I wasn't terribly satisfied with July's Bazaar but it is better than Vogue (Kirsten Dunst), Elle (Christina Aguilera), and W (Catherine Zeta-Jones), in my humble opinion. Bazaar's main attraction in July is its seasonal preview by fashion capital, which introduces one look from each 'important' designer from New York, Milan, and Paris. But other than this pictorial, this issue is very thin and there isn't much excitement in it. I would not recommend it to casual buyers unless you are a fan of Ashley Judd, Raquel Zimmermann, or Adrianna Lima. Raquel and Adrianna each has a substantial spread (12 pg+) by David Sims and Glen Luchford, respectively, and Ashley's newsstand cover is lovely.

If you are a casual buyer of magazines, the big fat September issue is just around the corner--only six more weeks to go! If you want something now to satisfy your hunger, buy August issues instead of July. For August, Bazaar normally does a very good job with suit looks, and US Vogue dishes out its annual "age" issue.

 

[Cicciolina]

I'm a bit of a magazine addict *blush* in September I spend over AUD100+ buying mags (I'm in Australia so have to pay for shipfreighted US/European ones). I've got a subscription to US Vogue and thought the Kirsten Dunst issue was alright - a LOT better than the Kate Hudson one though. At least this issue actually had editorials in it!

I think I'll lean towards a no for Bazaar then, thank you! I buy it fairly sporadically - the last Bazaar I bought I think was last year's September one with Madonna! But the cover is very sweet, but yeah, thanks for pointing out since I don't really like Adrianna Lima at all.

Damn I was hoping to fix my mag fix!

 

[LadyIllusion]

Essence with Janet Jackson, Mary J & Beyonce.

InStyle Mag July issue.

 

[Lea]

Bergdorf Goodman Fall 2004

 

[elegantly_patty]

Australia Vogue
Australia New Woman
Australia Harpers Bazaar
Australia Shopping Mag