Comments on: Fashion Magazines Turn the Page

By: Luanne Bradley

Luanne Bradley — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:42:30 +0000

Nicely written, Amy! I was blown away by the research..the weight of those iconic journals. I have lamented the loss of the tactile gratification of writing and editing for magazines, holding that article in my hands. Reading it on the John. But new media, such as your fashion blogs, support the argument for quality above quantity. I get my yaya’s out at the hair salon, perusing their slew of magazines. Meantime, I’m on board for the new Coco Ecos!

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:44:34 +0000

Hey, Amy – I wasn’t saying you were wrong, just adding to the conversation!

To be fair, I don’t tend to subscribe to fashion magazines. I do subscribe to travel, food and current affairs magazines though.

By: amyd

amyd — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:28:23 +0000

I agree Carla! Thank you for always commenting by the way 🙂

By: Carla | Green and Chic

Carla | Green and Chic — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:43:11 +0000

I have fallen in love with fashion blogs and websites because I don’t have a stack of magazines in my room and I’d rather read and hear from “real people”. If I want advertisement, Ill do a Google search for something I’m looking for.

Though I like the occasional magazine to cut down on boredom at the airport, or when I dont want to look at a bright screen, I think the online independent fashion scene as won me over.

By: amyd

amyd — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:18:46 +0000

Thanks Caitlin. Good points made and taken.

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:48:04 +0000

I love printed magazines and I’m in heaven now that I’ve moved to the US because the subscriptions are such astonishingly good value! Fortunately all the magazines I’ve subscribed to so far don’t come in shrink wrap or any packaging, just with an address label on the cover.

I love websites too – especially this one – but it’s not an either/or proposition for me. I read online and printed magazines in entirely different ways.

Reading something online is not _always_ greener than reading something on paper. It depends on time spent reading and whether you pass your magazines along to another reader as I do. One study I read said that you spend less than half an hour reading a newspaper you should read it online and if you spend more than half an hour you should read it in print because the energy consumed on your computer overtakes the energy used to produce and print the paper at the half-hour point.

One advantage of a magazine website is that you are not buying whole magazine and then reading one article, which can happen if you don’t prune your magazine subscriptions.