Is it just me or have you noticed that many fashion news websites aren’t discussing all that much fashion news at all? I get that publications want to be more than just fashion, but do we need a critical review of the Tom Ford Spring ’15 collection and a story about how your birth control might fail all on the same home page? Maybe (his latest collection did involve decorative pasties, after all) but also maybe not…
(by the way, this post is totally safe for work, like extra safe)
Like I mentioned when CCF got a makeover this summer, I too wanted to expand the topics discussed here, but always with a fashion twist. This is called ChiCityFASHION, after all. You’ll never find “what your favorite position says about you” or “best practices for getting laid on Tinder.” You can look to Cosmo for that. And speaking of, remember how ex-Marie Claire editor Joanna Coles has been EIC over at Cosmo for about two years now? Honestly I don’t think I’ve ever actually read an entire issue but apparently she’s been making things happen in a big way (which is tough when it’s already one of the most highly circulated women’s magazines). She wanted to include more hard-hitting journalism like political pieces, but of course with sex being the core of their brand, you won’t be seeing Cosmo competing with CNN any time soon.
Remember these Louboutins?
Another interesting editor announcement made just last week is that Kate Lanphear (the edgy style director at T Magazine who has a blog dedicated to her, appropriately titled Fear Lanphear) will be the new EIC at Maxim. When I heard the news, the first thought that popped in my head was that Kate Lanphear at Maxim is like Rick Owens designing for Herve Leger (and of course, I had to take that to Twitter). Is Maxim trying to get all fashiony now? With all this said, overall it just seems like both online and print publications are trying to merge the whole sex and fashion thing. And I get it, these publications are geared towards women and we have interests other than fashion. For me personally, I’d rather keep them separate. Fashionista and WhoWhatWear have done a pretty good job sticking to the fashion-theme. And of course the true fashion news sites like Style.com and WWD will always be 100% fashion (which is why they’re my go-tos). So I’m curious to see where this combination goes — will more publications get on board with this? Will people get sick of it? Am I the only person who likes to keep a little separation here? Don’t get me wrong, I’m down for an almost-crossing-the-line Tom Ford ad but if I want to catch up on the new collections, see who’s the new creative director at where and the analyze September issue editorials, I don’t need anything about sex toys, orgasms, and “why hasn’t he called me?” getting in my way.
What about you though? Do you like your fashion news and sex tips all in one place or are you like The Offspring and prefer to “keep ’em separated“?
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Seperate, seperate and did I say seperate!!!! Hahaha In fact, I love CCF for not following this trend. I feel if any two things should be mixed it’s food and clothes…which you cover quite well. I’m more of a foodie than a fashionista. Give me a delectable meal and I’ll throw on some comfy basic essentials and accessorize the heck out of it in the name of comfort. But, what I will not do, is shop my favorite designers with sex toys and Tinder hook ups in mind. Again, not knocking anyone if that’s their thing, it’s just not my cup of tea.