Lowest Common Denominator: Lucky, October
1: Estimated number of photos shot of Kristen Bell for the cover. Why would they use this awkward-looking one if they had any others?
10: Days’ worth of foundation Estee Lauder will supply for free, according to their ad, which also notes that the makeup must be “right for the way you live”
Under 20: Approximate number of remaining celebrities without their own fragrance collections now that Kat Von D has one (advertised on page 56)
$2,495: Price of a Chanel bag featured in “Lucky Editors Answer: What’s your no-apologies splurge?” Also, note how Lucky makes it sound like buying a Chanel purse is an act of self-empowerment. Because you need a designer bag to fulfill your potential as a human being!
80: Page on which editor Jenny Kang describes the “corpse bride” as her fashion inspiration in “What I Want Now”
All of them: Individual hairs on my head I will remove in frustration if a fashion magazine glamorizes death one more time
$79, $50, and $30: The actually affordable price tags of the jeans Lucky calls “affordable” on page 92
100: Page which recommends a $23 skort from Land’s End
6,731: Since reading that, instances I've wondered whether we're really doing skorts again, and if so, WHY?
4,529,023: Including the one on page 132, estimated number of mentions on Cover Girl’s Outlast lipstain pen in women’s magazines in the last few months
2: Number of Cover Girl lipstains I’ve purchased in those same months
“Lots”: According to photographer Mario Testino, the amount of “very good sex” model Carmen Kass has enjoyed. Jean Godfrey-June reports that Testino reportedly described Kass to Michael Kors by saying, “Zees leg…you only get a leg like zees by having lots of very good sex.”
3: Products required to create the “disheveled ponytail” in “Hair Styles We Love Now”
$575: Price of a purse Lucky describes as “so rich” on page 160
Not a single bit: Discretion about advertorial displayed by placing an ad for the YSL fragrance Parisienne in the middle of a spread about Parisian style. Subtle!
Funny. I have "lots of really good sex" and I'd be willing to bet my legs don't look quite like that model's......
Posted by: Rose | September 21, 2009 at 03:44 AM
LOL I've had that issue out on my table and every one who has seen it has said "Why did they put that picture on the cover?!"
Posted by: SPIRIT DEMERSON | September 21, 2009 at 02:43 PM
There are no pics of Kristen Bell that don't look awkward!
Posted by: deadringer | September 21, 2009 at 08:09 PM
there are lots of pictures of kristen bell that don't look awkward.
Posted by: holly | September 24, 2009 at 01:01 PM
Did you see Kristen Bell's cover of Cosmo from last month? Also awkward.
Posted by: Lauren | September 26, 2009 at 11:43 PM
haha! :) Love your blog - just found it today after having googled "ji baek's diet"!
One of the reason's why the magazines are so out-of-touch with reality relative to the Depression 2 we are experiencing as a nation, is that many girlfriends and wives of i-bankers, hedge fund guys and Wall Streeters work at the fashion magazines.
Visit: http://www.dabagirls.com
The NYT did an article about them last year and a number of the daba girls interviewed work for fashion mags. Explains the sociopathic bent of it all....
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Posted by: Fashion Magazines | October 06, 2009 at 08:35 AM
Hmmm... She does look awkward, doesn't she?
I like the red on her, though!
Milana - editor at www.FashionStyleAdvice.com
Posted by: Milana | October 11, 2009 at 12:12 PM
Who IS Kristin Bell, anyway??
And how about we all just get together and decide that no, we are not doing skorts again. Period.
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Posted by: kristene | November 13, 2009 at 08:39 AM
first of all the word "skort" is disgusting and should be forever removed from the English language.
second, loved your post. i dont think ive ever visited your site, but ill have to add you to my blogroll. how else will my lazy ass remember the url?
and third, im sure what Carmen Kass really said was something more along the lines of "I has los of very good ses...*muffled whisper* suan shrimp..."
Posted by: Mrs. M | November 17, 2009 at 01:52 PM