Vogue Italia Accessories Magazine

I just got my two issues of Vogue Accessories magazines that I bought from eBay in the mail today. Accessories are my life, so a collections magazine dedicated to just accessories is an ultimate must have for me. I love the regular Vogue Italia magazines, but because I cannot read Italian, their only use to me is their photographs. The great thing about Vogue Accessories is that they follow the Italian text with English text. Cue angels singing Hallelujah. This magazine is stuffed with bags, shoes, jewelry, etc, all in their own sections. It's so organized by colors and fabrics that maybe stuffed is not the right word to use, rather very neatly packed is the right way to phrase what this magazine is made of. With three issues released yearly (seasonally with an additional holiday issue), this magazine is highly recommended. It is not exspensive at ALL, each issue cost me a mere $5.00 USD, so there is no excuse why this magazine should not be in your collection. 

xoxo,

September's Love Child

Photos courtesy of ebay.com

Vogue September Covers 2000-2011

While browsing the internet for international Vogue September covers, I ran across the US Vogue website, where they showed the covers from 2000-2009 (the story was written in 2010 when Halle Berry was the September cover girl). So far, I own the September issues of 2000, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, and the newest release 2011. Those are the only US Vogue back issues that I own at the moment, but it is and will always be growing. So here is the look in the past, enjoy!

xoxo,
September's Love Child
Photos courtesy of Vogue.com

                                         September 2000 featuring Bridget Hall

                                September 2001 featuring Linda Evangelista

                                       September 2002 featuring Kate Hudson

                                    September 2003 featuring Nicole Kidman

                 Sept.2004 feat. Daria Werbowy, Natalia Vodianova, Gisele Bündchen

                           September 2005 featuring Sarah Jessica Parker 

                                      September 2006 featuring Kirsten Dunst

                                        September 2007 featuring Sienna Miller

                                   September 2008 featuring Keira Knightley

                                   September 2009 featuring Charlize Theron

                                          September 2010 featuring Halle Berry

                                           September 2011 featuring Kate Moss

Harper's Bazaar Runway Report Fall/Winter

Fall/Winter 2011

 Fall/Winter 2010

 Fall/Winter 2009

 Fall/Winter 2008

Photo credits: harpersbazaar.com

Today I picked up the newest copy of Harper's Bazaar Runway Report from Barnes and Noble, my very first issue of this magazine. It was recommended to me by a member of The Fashion Spot forum, and I saw an ad in the September issue of Harper's Bazaar for it. It came out on September 6 and sells for $6.95. This is the fourth issue put out; they only put one out once a year covering the fall/winter collections, which sucks because spring/summer is my favorite season. It is really nice though; inside it is super organized by trend and then the last half shows the best looks from the runway in a format split by city and designer. I have already bought the 2008 and 2009 back issues, I definitely recommend this magazine!

xoxo,
September's Love Child

Vogue Russia Collections: Supplement to Vogue Russia September 2010

 

Photo credit: lowefactor.com

Alexander McQueen will always be one of my favorite designers, although he is no longer with us. So of course when I found that Vogue Russia had released a supplement issue to their September 2010 issue combining a McQueen tribute with a collections magazine, I got really excited.I mean, look at the cover! I do not think it too extravagant to say that the last collection designed by McQueen was one of his best ones ever. I remember first falling in love with knee high boots after seeing them in his collection. The boots added to the embroidered, luxurious, rich fabric of the clothes...pure heavenly goodness. But needless to say, that excitement has died down drastically and the reason is definitly not lack of good content. Well, I actually would not be able to tell you if there was good content or not; turns out that international magazines that are sold in the US are transported here without the supplements! That is a big bunch of crap, especially since the supplement are just as good or dare I say sometimes even better than the actual magazine! Well, I guess it's back to global eBay. Grrrr.

And just to rub the salt in my own wound, here is the cover of the collection supplement to the 2011 September issue (photo credit to ebook30.com). I am literally drooling here looking at the color saturated fabric to this look.

xoxo,
Not so happy September's Love Child

Vogue China Collections

Vogue Paris may put out the most popular collections magazine, but it is not perfect in every way. The ultimate collections magazine would cover the fashion shows from around the globe, not just the four major cities of Paris, Milan, New York, and London. I have not gotten a chance to see inside Vogue China, but I am very eager to get my hands on a copy myself. China is one of those places that often gets overlooked when it comes to fashion coverage, so I think it would be very interesting to get a view of the fashion world from a different perspective. As seen in the September issue of US Vogue in an editorial spread featuring the model Karlie Kloss modeling in China, China has it's own interpretation of style and it is a shame that there is not much interest shown. Part of the blame is due to there not being much advertisement and press when it comes to global fashion, but with China ever making their presence known now more than ever before, hopefully things will change.

xoxo,
September's Love Child

Photo credits: vogue.com.cn

Helloooo September! Out With the Old, In With the New!

I have not been able to post lately, it's been almost a month since my last post. The last time I posted, I was eagerly anticipating the September issue of Vogue featuring Kate Moss. I was so surprised that the issue was not put out on the shelves until late August, August 23rd to be exact, which I think is super late when every other magazine usually releases the newest issues in the beginning of the month. I am even MORE surprised because...we are now anticipating the October issues and I still have not received my SEPTEMBER issues of Vogue or W! I was a late subscriber, subscribing in mid-August, but with a promise that I would receive the September issues, so am I at fault for wanting my issues here before October gets here? Okay, I guess I can cut them some slack. I mean, they are not the only ones slacking off; I received my issues of Elle and Harper's Bazaar two weeks after they hit newsstands. Excuse me, but I actually thought that as a subscriber, I had "first dibs" on the issues, but boy am I wrong. Its seems as if the publishing houses are biting the hands that feed them...I know, I know, magazines survive off of their advertisement sales, not subscriber, but to me, if someone subscribed to my publication, I would go out of my way to make them feel like V.I.Ps. Eh, but that's just me.

So I've come to the realization that I cannot possibly store every magazine published in my room, as much as I organize and reorganize the rest of my stuff to try and make everything fit. So goodbye my stacks of Elle, Harper's Bazaar, and ...wait, I think that's it. I try and think of why I don't need five years worth of Seventeen, Lucky, and Teen Vogue, but these are the magazines that I depend heavily on to dress myself. Sure the high-end fashion magazines have nice clothes in them and their editorial spreads are pretty to look at, but when it comes to inspiration for my daily wear, those "not so luxurious" magazines reach out and help the regular gal like me the most. And after doing so much for me, they have definitely earned a spot forever on my bookshelf.

xoxo,
September's Love Child