Growing up I always wanted a sister but sadly it never happened but I do have three great brothers who I would not swap for the world. I do often wonder what my life would have been like if I had grow up with a sister; it certainly would have been a lot more fun. [...]
I really love it when magazines step out of the fold and do something new. Company magazine invited their readers to do a takeover and literally produce the magazines on their own and recently Stylist’s 100th issue and to mark the occasion they opened up their doors to aspiring writers, designers and photographers. Readers were [...]
I like Tavi, I really do – she reminds me of my geeky self when I was in seconday school. She is smart, scarily articulate, cute and has an amazing knowledge of fashion. For those of you who do not know, Tavi Gevinson is a blogger who made the headlines a few years ago when [...]
I love to see magazines taking on revolutionary ideas so when I came across a tweet by Nik Thakkar from KARLISMYUNKLE about more! magazine’s special Facebook issue, I had to check it out. Apparently more! have the largest number of Facebook fans than any UK women’s magazine so in order to maximise this they came up with a genius [...]
As a well known magazine junkie I am often amazed by the quality of the free publications available with newspapers. YOU that comes with The Mail on Sunday, Style that comes with The Sunday Times and Stella that comes with The Sunday Telegraph. All of those magazines are stylish, well written and have the right balance of entertainment and factual news. When the News of the [...]
I do love conceptual magazines although they can be a little out there, they are very beautiful and inspirational. Enter Volt magazine which is a biannual publication that is a creative hybrid that shows off the work by from some of the directional fashion talent from all over the world. Volt covers British fashion, beauty and talent the work [...]
Over the last couple of years Company magazine has gone from strength to strength. It is no longer that beige magazine that jostled for position on the shelf racks alongside Cosmopolitan and Glamour. After launching the magnificent High Street Edit last year to much aplomb, Company is now up there with the heavyweights pulling punches. I came across the May issue of Company yesterday while doing my weekly shop [...]