Most women have some degree of interest in fashion, from just wanting to stay “modern”, if not quite up to date, to those of us with more than a passing fancy, wanting to know what the latest must have items are. If you're one with a passion for fashion, fashion magazines offer a world of window shopping right from a cozy chair at home. If it's a rainy day, so much the better!
The world of fashion is a fast moving one and the most successful fashion magazines chart each trend and have a finger on the pulse. They also need to present beautiful photographs and interesting features. Magazines come and go but there are a few long established ones that set the standard for quality and demand a core of loyal readers.
Top list mags
Elle is one such publication, featuring fashion, beauty, health and entertainment. The first edition was published in 1945 in France and editions are still published there, in addition to Brazil, Argentina, Singapore, the UK and the USA.
The magazine hosts the annual awards ceremony known as the Elle Style Awards. Categories include Best Model, Best International Designer, Best Young Designer and Elle Style Icon. The Icon award was given to Helena Christianson in 2005 and the Woman of the Year was Cate Blanchett.
A teen version of the magazine is called ElleGirl, which came on the market in 2001. The print version stopped five years later but a version still exists on their web site. It seems that teenage girls prefer their fashion magazines to be online. The features include reports on runway shows, beauty articles, astrology and reviews on music, books and movies.
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One of the most well known publications is Vogue, published by Conde Nast. Many beginner female models use this magazine as a posing guide to learn more about body language, lighting and facial expressions from the best of the best. It is enormously influential of all the fashion magazines and designers long for a good review.The first edition appeared in 1892 and it is now published in English, French, Italian, Chinese, German, Russian and Korean. The articles are mainly concerned with high fashion but there are also features on art, lifestyle and politics.Every model wants to get on the cover and the magazine has helped the career of Lauren Hutton, Twiggy, Penelope Tree and countless others. Other versions of Vogue are on the market, namely Men's Vogue, Teen Vogue (in the USA) and Vogue Living, available in some countries.Marie Claire MagazineSince 1937, when Marie Claire first appeared in France, it's features on fashion, beauty and health issues have been eagerly read around the world. Today, it is published in the USA, the UK, Australia, Brazil, Japan, Malaysia and several European countries. In addition to articles on fashion, there are items about relationships and women's issues.A celebrity is chosen for the cover each month. The web site has a video that shows behind the scenes and how an issue is compiled. As classic fashion magazines are handed down through the generations, a new readership is always ready and waiting.Some people – un-fashionistas – complain that there are too many ads in fashion magazines. However, those of us who are into fashion, want to buy or at least see what these ads are selling.Therefore, to the fashion-conscious person, ads become content! Some of these ads have pull-apart pages revealing a whiff of the latest designer fragrances, while others contain tiny tubes of lotion. Now who wouldn't enjoy an ad like that? Ads for designer clothing can provide little mini fantasy vacations, allowing you to imagine wearing that to the beach while vacationing in Greece.Current Fashion Trends and Development of What to WearFashion magazines do show what's on the cutting edge of fashion, and if you can't quite afford to buy these originals, at least you know the style will be coming down the line to a regular department store soon.If you study fashion magazines, you begin to get a sense of how trends work. For example, in the latest issue you see that silk scarves are everywhere, used as fashion accessories tied about the neck, as belts and headbands. All you need to do to get a jump on this trend is stock up on scarves, finding your own imaginative way to make a fashion statemenYou will also find interesting features in fashion magazines, such as interviews with celebrities, articles on the latest hair styling products and hair styles. Make up is another popular topic. Lipstick colors change by the season, as do eye shadows, as manufacturers vie with one another to produce color combinations suited to the newest clothing colors.Learn about Boots, Shoes and AccessoriesShoes, handbags and jewelry are also seasonally directed, with heel heights going up and down, handbags getting bigger, then smaller and costume jewelry changing on a monthly basis.Even the costumes you see in fashion magazines which you know you wouldn't wear on a bet, are still entertaining as you peruse the photo, wondering who besides the model could pull this off as regular street wear.What you can learn from a fashion magazine can vary. You may notice that the waist on jeans are going back up, or perhaps that the leg size is slimming as opposed to what it was last year.those things may not be in stores just yet, but they will be soon. I am not huge on being a fashion plate, but I can decide early enough what I like or what I am never going to wear, as I see the direction that things are going by looking through the pages of a fashion magazine.Not only can you see the line of new clothing, as in cut, length, etc., but you can also see what colors are going to be coming up soon. The new lines generally come in color schemes, and those are pretty standard across the board for some reason.What is great about this, however, is that there are always many colors that go together, and you are going to find at least one or two that are going to look great on you. Think of a fashion magazine as something you can use as a guide when new things start coming into stores. You may not be as afraid to try new things as you used to be.Yes, indeed, you've got at least a half a days worth of reading entertainment ahead of you, and you are likely to learn at least a few current fashion trends you might have missed online.
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