Sunday, December 10, 2006

Year in Retrospect: Best Magazines.

I basically felt like listing magazines. Interesting fact: I’m going to apply for the top 6 for Work Shadowing. Don’t expect any of them to take me, though; I’m too much of a lazy arse. And too annoying. But still, if any of you lot work for any of these magazines, please consider me! I'm annoying but I can write.

01. Vogue
You should all be aware of this newspaper’s editor, Anna Wintour, who Meryl Streep’s character in The Devil Wears Prada was based on. For me, it is the definitive fashion magazines. You can just see it in the style of the photos that this is something that takes itself very seriously, knows what it’s doing and isn’t intimidated by the competition. Of course, I’ll never buy any of the clothes that I see in here, but this is the perfect window shopper’s guide. It’s one of my favourite hobbies to just ogle all the bags here. Yes, I am that sad.

02. ElleGirl
Considering its main objective is to teach you to spend all your money on clothes, this magazine is actually pretty classy. I like how all the females they do articles on are actually decent role models (aka, not Scarlett Johansson), although having Peaches Geldof have a monthly slot for the magazine, is, quite frankly, scary. She’s going to be as annoying as her father one day.

03. Marie Claire
I brought my first copy pre-flight to China, and, stupidly, was like one of the five pieces of reading material I had with me for that horrible month, so read that issue pretty concentrated, and I’ve been buying it ever since. Again, it’s a fashion/women’s mag, but rather than focussing entirely on the fashion or entirely on the sex, it stops to add in articles of worth, lists that are interesting, and snazzy reviews.

04. Empire
Their film reviews have deteriorated this year and I still have nightmares about the fact that they awarded United 93 Best of ‘06, but they are still the best film review magazine in England (duh, the other one’s the joke that is Total Film). If we overlook the fact that they’re trying a bit hard, they still remain a delight to read, although of course, they’re aided in that they’re writing about the most interesting topic around: film.

05. FourFourTwo
Great footie mag.

06. Cosmopolitan
07. Glamour
08. Heat
09. CosmoGirl
10. Hello!

1 comment:

Evolna said...

Hmm.My favourite is cleo.Do u have it in your country?I used to like Glamour and Allure(USA) too.But it's really expensive in s'pore...