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from Salem Monthly, Section News
Posted on Sat Apr 01, 2006 at 11:27:57 AM PDT
Need style fast? Check out a fashion magazine.
Inspiration for a great spring look is only as far away as Salem Public Library, which includes several popular fashion magazines in its collection. As with all library magazines, current issues are displayed for in-library use, and previous issues are available for a seven day loan.
Traditional favorites “Vogue” and “Harper’s Bazaar” monitor and report on European and North American design house trends for women and carry huge numbers of artsy advertisements which appear to have as much influence on popular tastes as the runway shows themselves. Stylish photography and graphics dominate. Readers may or may not ever consider buying the high-end clothing and jewelry featured, but these magazines do set a standard for high-concept fashion content.
“InStyle,” which began publication in 1994, takes a more relaxed and practical approach to fashion, and extends its coverage to hair, makeup, and shopping tips. Heavy on celebrity fashion, it includes regular health, decorating, and entertaining sections, but maintains its status as a serious fashion magazine by eschewing the relationship and pop culture features that characterize “Cosmopolitan” and “Glamour.”
Fashion magazines for men generally incorporate liberal quantities of “lifestyle” features. “GQ” made its name as a fashion-savvy monthly guide for men, but has developed its loyal following as much for its regular articles about pop culture, celebrities, cars, women, and electronics, as for its trademark fashion layouts and iconic “look.”
Most print magazines now have a strong Web presence, too, and many online-only or limited distribution titles cater to special interest fashionistas, such as VegetarianTeen.com, which features a “Cruelty-free Fashion” section, FashionTribes.com, (five niche fashion sites in one), and Jenmagazine.com, whose founder promotes “modest” fashion under the slogan “Fashion without Compromise.” The Web even provides a useful counterpoint to the fashion obsession in About-Face.org, a San Francisco-based nonprofit that “combats negative and distorted images of women in the media,” particularly in fashion journalism and advertising.
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