HLR - Back To Teen Vogue - When Magazines Can't Cut the Cord
It's 2011, the blogger rules. This is true but there is nothing like picking up a Vogue or Teen Vogue for that matter and see professionals, people who get paid for fashion, went to school for it and bust their asses at internships for it. Blogger celebrity is taking on forms that are more than scary to me.
Last month, I ordered Teen Vogue, which was one of my favorite child hood memories. The magazine was full of stuff I loved, posted on my wall, and hoped to buy one day. When I received the copy I was so disappointed. Where columns used to lie, bloggers replaced them. There were minimal spreads and even less interesting content.
When a magazine that was once bustling with interesting columns, pages upon pages of fashion spreads and an index of items that was busting through the seams transforms into another place for you to read about bloggers that you don't really care about, it's sad. I'm upset that Teen Vogue has twitter plastered all over their magazine pages. Someone thought this was cool. It's not. It's taking away from the element of the magazine. If I wanted to read just another blog, I'd go online. If I wanted to tweet, I'd go on Twitter. I thought if I wanted a magazine I thought I should read one and lately this has not been the case. It's awesome when bloggers get recognized for having blogs that people love. It's sad when everyone loses sight of the artistic value of things.
Fashion Bloggers Why Sums up my exact feelings on fashion bloggers in the Blogosphere

This ad was pretty much the only thing I enjoyed in the volume =\
Last month, I ordered Teen Vogue, which was one of my favorite child hood memories. The magazine was full of stuff I loved, posted on my wall, and hoped to buy one day. When I received the copy I was so disappointed. Where columns used to lie, bloggers replaced them. There were minimal spreads and even less interesting content.
When a magazine that was once bustling with interesting columns, pages upon pages of fashion spreads and an index of items that was busting through the seams transforms into another place for you to read about bloggers that you don't really care about, it's sad. I'm upset that Teen Vogue has twitter plastered all over their magazine pages. Someone thought this was cool. It's not. It's taking away from the element of the magazine. If I wanted to read just another blog, I'd go online. If I wanted to tweet, I'd go on Twitter. I thought if I wanted a magazine I thought I should read one and lately this has not been the case. It's awesome when bloggers get recognized for having blogs that people love. It's sad when everyone loses sight of the artistic value of things.
Fashion Bloggers Why Sums up my exact feelings on fashion bloggers in the Blogosphere

This ad was pretty much the only thing I enjoyed in the volume =\





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