I love fashion. I love seeing clothes transform a person's appearance, molding them into something more than the parts, sometimes almost turning them into someone else. I love the history of fashion, watching the styles change to reflect the times, reflecting the lives of our ancestors for better and for worse. I love the fun of it, and am amused by the cattiness and tantrums we've come to expect by designers and editors. So I read the fashion magazines.
One page of a fashion magazine can lift my imagination to new heights by talking about the artistry of the industry and the amazing talent revealed on the runway, but I know the next page will probably show the ugliest shoe in the world and try to convince me to spend a month's salary on it. To them I am their "aspirational" audience but strangely I possess something called "common sense." So to amuse myself on those in-between pages, I snark on them. Now I'm taking that snarking public.
But I come here not just to bury fashion mags, but also to praise them when they deserve it. If I love it, if it actually speaks to me as a (relatively) normal woman, I'll positively reinforce 'em for it. I'll also pass along advice I have, plus general industry knowledge I've gathered over the years. In the end, I abide by the wisdom of Michael Kors: Lighten up, it's just fashion! Who knows what this will evolve to!
One page of a fashion magazine can lift my imagination to new heights by talking about the artistry of the industry and the amazing talent revealed on the runway, but I know the next page will probably show the ugliest shoe in the world and try to convince me to spend a month's salary on it. To them I am their "aspirational" audience but strangely I possess something called "common sense." So to amuse myself on those in-between pages, I snark on them. Now I'm taking that snarking public.
But I come here not just to bury fashion mags, but also to praise them when they deserve it. If I love it, if it actually speaks to me as a (relatively) normal woman, I'll positively reinforce 'em for it. I'll also pass along advice I have, plus general industry knowledge I've gathered over the years. In the end, I abide by the wisdom of Michael Kors: Lighten up, it's just fashion! Who knows what this will evolve to!
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