Lucire Fashion Magazine Reviews and Magazine Subscriptions (A–F)

A–F G–P Q–Z

Subscribe to some of the world’s leading titles, or simply browse their websites. Since 1997, Lucire has been bringing you our selection of favourite sites—and if you need to read offline, we’ve provided shopping links to trying magazine subscriptions. First issues arrive in 6–10 weeks.

Above: Châtelaine, the Canadian women’s magazine, provides a choice of languages.

A	Addictlab Based in Brussel, a collective of artists and an online gallery. Independent artists can submit and upload work to Addict’s Addictlab for publication All That Women Want As the name implies, a comprehensive resource for women everywhere, including parents and working women, with a magazine, web guide and solid advice \| Content 7 Design 5 *Annabelle* Switzerland's leading online fashion magazine and once one of our ‘Editor’s picks’. It had always been cutting-edge when it came to the design, but repositioned itself as a portal one year—and now is a subscription site for the print edition with archives (login required). In German \| Content 6 Design 8 *Angelic Indulgence* A great webzine from Angela Braden, who filled in as Lucire’s beauty editor in 2006. At the time of writing, Angela does prize draws from her email list of luxury beauty and spa items *Apparel News* One of the west coast's leading sources of fashion industry information, from the publishers of California Apparel News. This site has info on subscribing as well as special features, classifieds and a bookstore \| Content 7 Design 8
B	*Backpackers on High Heels* What you need to know to backpack through Thailand—with other countries coming—with style *Beauty Matters* An intelligently written, blog-driven site examining the nature of beauty Beautynet From the publishers of Salon, Beautynet focuses on nails, skin, hair and tanning Beauty24.de Formerly Beauty & More, a highly comprehensive German site with links, fashion, beauty and lifestyle advice. In German *Beautyworlds* All about beauty in nature and cultures past and present, with many informative articles on topics ranging from Aztecs through cosmetics to hairstyles *The Blow Up* A beautifully designed fashion site, featuring exclusive shoots presented in Flash with a distinctive style \| Content 8 Design 10 *Bon* Stylish Swedish fashion magazine with fashion tidbits Bostonfashion.com Bostonfashion.com is the fastest-growing online magazine for and about the Boston fashion and lifestyle scene. Up-to-date pictorials of local fashion shows, growing lists of fashion designers, designer shops, nightclubs, upcoming events and quality photographers, as well as a comprehensive fashion links' page \| Content 9 Design 7 The Business of Fashion Imran Amed links fashion and business together: for those who want solid items on how fashion companies start up or news from the fashion–business end, this is the place to go
C	C&C Magazine Spanish magazine on personal image, including beauty and hair trends. A good information source; the cover tells you what's been added *Chatelaine* In print, our favourite Canadian women's mag and the web site is vastly improved since its first incarnation. Good sense of community-building, including numerous chatrooms. One of the better transplants and one of Canada's leading fashion sites. Your choice of English or French *Cheek* A new-for-2007 Canadian fashion magazine with some very nice shoots Claudia Brasil For the modern independent woman. Claudia's Brazilian edition has items on fashion, news, relationships and home since it turned into a portal folded into the UOL domain (like a Ministry of Web Sites!). In Portuguese \| Content 9 Design 7 *Condé Nast Portfolio* Condé Nast’s new entrant into the business publishing market, with information on who’s who, finance, business travel and lifestyle. A favourite of Lucire publisher Jack Yan. Click here to subscribe to Condé Nast Portfolio. *Cosmetic Connection* Unbiased reviews of cosmetic information and advice from this long-running site (suggested by Glamourati on the Lucire forum) Cosmopolitan Deutschland The German counterpart to the well-known magazine. If you can read the language, you’ll find this site to be more cohesive than its American sister, with better design and useful content
D	*Dazed & Confused* The cool counterpart to the equally cool print magazine. Redesigned completely since our last review (August 1999) to take advantage of Flash technology. We're sure this must rocket down a broadband line in England but it takes longer to load elsewhere. Worth looking at for coolness’s sake \| Content 8 Design 10 *Dejour* New for 2008, nicely presented men’s fashion magazine *Det Nye* A transplant site with a huge archive of articles on beauty, fashion and culture. Vastly improved since we first reviewed it. It's taken on a portal style as so many European entrants have *Dot Com Women* A very active women’s portal, with information on work, lifestyle, fashion, homemaking, health, parenting and crafts. A lot of people have attempted this market but Dot Com Women is one of the few that succeed without losing that vital ingredient: sincerity. Pop by and you’ll see what we mean *Dresslab* Very heavy on the Flash animation and graphics, so be patient. Issues vary greatly. The first time we went, there was good music and sound and the Play feature, where you could dress an online mannequin, was a clever interactive experience. The latest issue (as at December 2002) was less easy to navigate. A “watch this space” site that can be ahead of its time
E	Easy Green Living Green lifestyle ’zine based in New Zealand and founded by our friend Rebecca Purdy *Elle* Our competitor has some really good points, including the fact they can be quicker than us with the runway photos. En français \| Content 8 Design 9 *Elle Korea* These are such brilliant folks. We’ve had the pleasure of dealing with Hachette’s Korean outpost at Elle and found that they are people who keep their word—as well as putting together a fine title. Online, it’s updated regularly, though the cover can be a bit commercial for western eyes. In Korean Elle Sverige Sweden's edition is one of the better ones, thanks largely to Hachette’s investment in online media in that country. Very faithful stylistically to the print edition—right down to the extra-light custom version of Futura—without subscription demands getting in the way. Clean, capitalizing on the knowledge from Hachette’s men’s magazine, Magazine Café *Elle Taiwan* Chinese-language edition of Elle. From what we can tell, the content is shared with the Hong Kong and communist Chinese online editions of Elle (one China, three Elles), the latter with the simplified character set. Useful content, reviews Esquire Digital Czech Republic Feels a little less upmarket compared to the slick US edition: in fact, a little—dare we say it—laddish. But still professionally executed and it’s not hard to see why it appeals to men. The Czech market is more liberal than the American one, and the magazine appeals to that
F	Faces Café One of the best Kate Moss fan sites and a modelling site dedicated to the simplicity of fashion, the long-lived (in ’net terms) Faces Café has returned *FashionClick* An English and Spanish site with in-depth features and interviews on the fashion and accessories scene *Fashionista* One of the better fashion blogs out there, from a San Franciscan POV FashionNo1.com A comprehensive fashion site based in Hong Kong, published in Chinese. Part of an Asian network run by Net Media International with similarly comprehensive sister sites, with topics such as health, beauty, food, feng shui, herbs, baby, kids and motherhood *FashionOffice* Formerly Fashion Navigator and a.k.a. Fashion.at, in English and German, Fashion.at covers the Austrian fashion and style scene. Marks for comprehensiveness *FashionTribes* A fun blog with catwalk reports and accessories *Fashion Worlds* An attractive blog-driven site focusing on fashion designers, their histories and their influences \| Content 10 Design 8 *Fashist!* Originally in the modelling info section, we've moved Steve's Fashist! site here considering how much it's grown into something that rivals many 'zines. Scans, articles and hyperlinks on modelling news online *Flare* Canada's fashion monthly, with features, beauty tips, directory and contests. Thankfully facelifted in 1999 from a disappointing site into one which makes you want to read not only the articles online but subscribe to the print edition

A–F G–P Q–Z

Lucire Newsstand

Behind the Label
Summer Rayne Oakes’ editorials on eco-friendly fashion, appearing regularly in Lucire, has its own site

Bitch
Analysing our media-driven and obsessed world from a feminist perspective. An excellent, well written site that actually presumes women are intelligent, unlike much of the mainstream press | Content 10 Design 9

Fashion UK
The UK’s premier ezine on British street style—very browseable and individual, like the clothes and accessories. Some regard this as the ’zine with the most attitude, and we agree | Content 10 Design 9

Femme.no
Norway's women's interest site and one of the most informative we've seen worldwide. Excellent columns on sex, beauty, fashion, family and career. In Norwegian | Content 10 Design 9

Shop

Bridal Guide
Bridal Guide is a bimonthly magazine for brides-to-be, with topics scuh as wedding fashions, decorating, etiquette, and honeymoon travel. Bridal Guide also delves into relationships, marriage, sex, health, travel, and home design. You can subscribe through Lucire Newsstand by clicking here.

Caribbean Travel & Life
Find out more about exotic, romantic getaways in the Caribbean: resorts, secluded beaches and the best the islands have to offer. Subscribe through Lucire Newsstand by clicking here.

Elle USA
Arguably the more commodified edition of the many we've seen around the world. However, it is one of the bulkiest, thanks to the ad market Stateside plus some useful reporting. You can subscribe through Lucire Newsstand by clicking here.

Esquire
Positioned as a gentlemen's magazine with more of an emphasis on lifestyle and current events. You can subscribe through Lucire Newsstand by clicking here.

Web sites: US | Czech Rep.

FHM
Not the pioneer of the lads’ mag but one of the most popular. Looks a bit sterile these days but then again most readers aren’t interested in the graphics. Or the articles. You can subscribe through Lucire Newsstand by clicking here.