With the tragic demise of ELLEgirl magazine, I am currently in the process of searching for a new favourite magazine. Though an I'm an avid Teen Vogue reader it lacks the originality and accesibility of ELLEgirl. No, I'm searching for an alternative sort of publication that can fill the gaping void in my materialistic heart. One issue ago, Nylon magazine might have been the answer. After being quite satisfied with the "Music Issue", I went out and bough the August 2006 "Denim Issue" featuring Ashley Olsen on the cover and thought it could suffice. I was wrong. Maybe it's because I've always been a Mary-Kate girl, but Nylon lacked that ELLEgirl spark I so desperately crave. Nylon may be an intelligent publication with well-written articles, but I am not happy with the articles' subject. After all, nothing is more difficult than appreciating an article when the band/actor in question is an enigma you've never heard of. I gve kudos to Nylon for being that insufferable, hipster kind of cool but it lacks the "dare to be different" flair that I always found in ELLEgirl. Instead of encouraging originality, Nylon simply writes about it. R.I.P.
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I know! That's exactly how I feel about Nylon. Why, ElleGirl, WHY?
yeah, ellegirl was my faveeee. i guess i'll just have to stick to teenvogue now, which is kinda lame and wayyy too trend-oriented.
you should try i-D. It's my favorite magazine and is quite fun. I've kind of always thought of it as a little bit grown up version of ellegirl.
What? ELLEgirl is over? what what what? it's definately my favourite magazine and this makes me very sad. :( R.I.P. indeed.
I like to read Elle UK!
ya! you got the instructions to work for you. The new header looks really good and i love your pic :)
ELLEgirl is over? What?
try Jane. the editor was the founding editor of ellegirl. it's not quite the same, but its got that wonderful badass spirit.
jane is kickass, but i love nylon too -- i'd advise you to give it another try. i just finished the denim issue and was disappointed as well. it is a sort of mighty hipster-type mag, but usually has better fashion spreads and articles than the boring denim issue. i think it was a mistake to devote an entire hundred+ pages to one fabric, important as it may be to the history of fashion.
give it anotha try!
ps just found your blog today and am lervvvin' it already : )
cheers
kira
i bought the copy with avril lavinge on the cover, and the issue bored me. There were too many stories about people i didn't care about, not enough fashion spreads and things like that. With ellegirl, i still got some of that teen magazine feel from it, but it was way more unique, deep, and original, then, say seventeen. i miss it desperately. i wonder if there's any place that sells old copies??? i'm willing to give nylon one or two more tries, but for now, i'm just crying over ellegirl. i discovered it 2 issues before it was discontinued, and i kick myself in the head for not discovering it sooner.
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