I’m tired of looking at magazines like Vogue and In Style where the majority of the clothing featured is waaaay beyond a normal person’s budget. They’re great for ideas and inspiration, but I’d really like to see a magazine with more affordable options regularly featured instead of one page of “Deals and Steals.”
I already have a subscription to Marie Claire, which I really like. Anything else I should check out?
The sister magazine to the gossip rag “In Touch” is pretty good on this – of course, I can’t think of the name of it now. “Life & Style,” perhaps? It’s at the checkout counter.
“Bust” magazine has interesting fashions
I second that. They also have a lot of DIY clothes. They are not entirely a *fashion *magazine, but they have witty, acerbic tone you should enjoy.
I’d go with “Lucky.” They intermix high fashion, mid-grade (J.Crew, etc) and Mass With Class ™ (Target, mainly).
They use very few models and have no editorial content. Arguably, its more of a shopping magazine than a fashion magazine per se.
Ditto on Lucky.
The only reason I don’t buy the mag more often is that half the stuff can’t be had north of the border (I’d give my left tit for a single location of Anthropologie). There’s a Canadian imitator called Lou Lou, but it’s not nearly as good.
Hey Mahna Mahna - Anthropologie also sells online and through catalogs, so no problem there
From their website :
Not exactly no problem… Especially when you know that dealing with UPS shipping from the US to Canada does (not “may”) mean being charged taxes, duties, and handling fees. Sorry, it’s a pet peeve of mine.
Another vote for Lucky, at least for pointing you in the direction of affordable biz casual. They’re generally pretty good about telling you what’s good at Target. I bought a skirt featured in Lucky from Isaac Mizrahi that I never fail to get compliments on.
Lucky was what I came in here to say. It’s a great magazine.
Not to mention the nightmare that is buying clothing without trying it on, and then having to exchange it for an alternate size. ESPECIALLY when dealing with Anthropologie, which carries an assortment of different labels, each with its own concept of what exactly size 10 should look like.
Sigh.