Subscribe to some of the world’s leading titles, or simply
browse their websites. Since 1997, Lucire has been bringing
you our selection of favourite sites—and if you need to read
offline, we’ve provided shopping links to trying magazine subscriptions.
First issues arrive in 6–10 weeks.
Above: Châtelaine,
the Canadian women’s magazine, provides a choice of languages.
Behind
the Label
Summer Rayne Oakes’ editorials on eco-friendly fashion, appearing regularly
in Lucire, has its own site
Bitch
Analysing our media-driven and obsessed world from a feminist perspective.
An excellent, well written site that actually presumes women are intelligent,
unlike much of the mainstream press | Content 10
Design 9
Dujour
Another title that’s eco-friendly that prides itself on promoting
emerging designers, this time from the US
Fashionista One of the best fashion blogs out there, based in New York
Femme.no
Norway's women's interest site and one of the most informative we've seen
worldwide. Excellent columns on sex, beauty, fashion, family and career.
In Norwegian | Content 10 Design 9
shop
Bridal Guide Bridal Guide is a bimonthly magazine for brides-to-be, with topics
scuh as wedding fashions, decorating, etiquette, and honeymoon travel.
Bridal Guide also delves into relationships, marriage, sex, health,
travel, and home design. You
can subscribe through Lucire Newsstand by clicking here.
Addictlab
Based in Brussel, a collective of artists and an online gallery.
Independent artists can submit and upload work to Addict’s
Addictlab for publication
Annabelle
Switzerland's leading online fashion magazine and once one of our
‘Editor’s picks’. It had always been cutting-edge
when it came to the design, but repositioned itself as a portal
one year—and now is a subscription site for the print edition
with archives (login required). In German | Content
6 Design 8
Angelic Indulgence
A great webzine from Angela Braden, who filled in as Lucire’s
beauty editor in 2006. At the time of writing, Angela does prize
draws from her email list of luxury beauty and spa items
Anokhi
International fashion, beauty and celebrity magazine geared to the
south Asian woman
Apparel News
One of the west coast's leading sources of fashion industry information,
from the publishers of California Apparel News. This site
has info on subscribing as well as special features, classifieds
and a bookstore | Content 7 Design
8
Aventura
South Florida lifestyle magazine with men’s and women’s
fashion and beauty articles, plus cuisine and property pieces
(11/08)
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Backpackers on High
Heels
What you need to know to backpack through Thailand—with other
countries coming—with style
Beauty Matters
An intelligently written, blog-driven site examining the nature
of beauty
Beautynet
From the publishers of Salon, Beautynet focuses on nails,
skin, hair and tanning
Beauty24.de
Formerly Beauty & More, a highly comprehensive German
site with links, fashion, beauty and lifestyle advice. In German
Beautyworlds
All about beauty in nature and cultures past and present, with many
informative articles on topics ranging from Aztecs through cosmetics
to hairstyles
BeQueen
German women’s interest site, with sections on beauty, sex,
fashion and relationships
The Blow Up
A beautifully designed fashion site, featuring exclusive shoots
presented in Flash with a distinctive style | Content
8 Design 10
Bon
Stylish Swedish fashion magazine with fashion tidbits
Bostonfashion.com
Bostonfashion.com is the fastest-growing online magazine for and
about the Boston fashion and lifestyle scene. Up-to-date pictorials
of local fashion shows, growing lists of fashion designers, designer
shops, nightclubs, upcoming events and quality photographers, as
well as a comprehensive fashion links’ page | Content
9 Design 7
The Business of Fashion
Imran Amed links fashion and business together: for those who want solid items on how fashion companies start up or news from the fashion–business
end, this is the place to go
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C&C Magazine
Spanish magazine on personal image, including beauty and hair trends.
A good information source; the cover tells you what's been added
Canvas Magazine
UK-based magazine with fashion, shopping
and entertainment info
The Celebrity Café
One of the internet’s longest-running celebrity-interest sites
Chatelaine
In print, our favourite Canadian women's mag and the web site is
vastly improved since its first incarnation. Good sense of community-building,
including numerous chatrooms. One of the better transplants and
one of Canada's leading fashion sites. Your choice of English or
French
Cheek
A new-for-2007 Canadian fashion magazine with some very nice shoots
Claudia Brasil
For the modern independent woman. Claudia's Brazilian edition
has items on fashion, news, relationships and home since it turned
into a portal folded into the UOL
domain (like a Ministry of Web Sites!). In Portuguese | Content
9 Design 7
Cosmetic Connection Unbiased reviews of cosmetic information and advice from this long-running
site (suggested by Glamourati on the Lucire forum)
Cosmopolitan
Deutschland
The German counterpart to the well-known magazine. If you can read
the language, you’ll find this site to be more cohesive than
its American sister, with better design and useful content
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Dazed & Confused
The cool counterpart to the equally cool print magazine. Redesigned
completely since our last review (August 1999) to take advantage
of Flash technology. We're sure this must rocket down a broadband
line in England but it takes longer to load elsewhere. Worth looking
at for coolness’s sake | Content 8
Design 10
Dejour
New for 2008, nicely presented men’s fashion magazine
Det Nye
A transplant site with a huge archive of articles on beauty, fashion
and culture. Vastly improved since we first reviewed it. It's taken
on a portal style as so many European entrants have
Dirrty Glam
French urban fashion magazine, issued monthly and Flash-based
Dot Com Women
A very active women’s portal, with information on work, lifestyle,
fashion, homemaking, health, parenting and crafts. A lot of people
have attempted this market but Dot Com Women is one of the
few that succeed without losing that vital ingredient: sincerity.
Pop by and you’ll see what we mean
Dresscode Online
Austrian site with fashion, beauty and entertainment news
Dresslab
Very heavy on the Flash animation and graphics, so be patient. Issues
vary greatly. The first time we went, there was good music and sound
and the Play feature, where you could dress an online mannequin,
was a clever interactive experience. The latest issue (as at December
2002) was less easy to navigate. A “watch this space”
site that can be ahead of its time
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Easy Green Living
Green lifestyle ’zine based in New Zealand and founded by our friend
Rebecca Purdy
Eliza
Los Angeles-based quarterly fashion magazine with a more real-world,
quality emphasis, sold across the US
Elle
Our competitor has some really good points, including the fact they
can be quicker than us with the runway photos. En français
| Content 8 Design 9
Elle Korea
These are such brilliant folks. We’ve had the pleasure of dealing
with Hachette’s Korean outpost at Elle and found that
they are people who keep their word—as well as putting together
a fine title. Online, it’s updated regularly, though the cover
can be a bit commercial for western eyes. In Korean
Elle Sverige Sweden’s edition is one of the better ones, thanks largely
to Hachette’s investment in online media in that country. Very
faithful stylistically to the print edition—right down to the
extra-light custom version of Futura—without subscription demands
getting in the way. Clean, capitalizing on the knowledge from Hachette’s
men’s magazine, Magazine Café
Elle Taiwan
Chinese-language edition of Elle. From what we can tell,
the content is shared with the Hong Kong and communist Chinese online
editions of Elle (one China, three Elles), the latter
with the simplified character set. Useful content, reviews
Esquire Digital Czech
Republic
Feels a little less upmarket compared to the slick US edition: in
fact, a little—dare we say it—laddish. But still professionally
executed and it’s not hard to see why it appeals to men. The
Czech market is more liberal than the American one, and the magazine
appeals to that
Everything Style
Helmed by Shae Acopian Detar, this is a delightful fashion site
with street style and catwalk reviews
Expressen:
Modenloggen
The fashion blog at Swedish newspaper Expressen, overseen
by Cecilia Blankens
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FashionClick
An English and Spanish site with in-depth features and interviews
on the fashion and accessories scene
Fashion Flash
Swedish blog looking at catwalks and street fashion from around
the world
Fashionologie
An excellent American blog which gives a good round-up of what’s
going on in the industry, including some behind-the-scenes
goss
FashionOffice
Formerly Fashion Navigator and a.k.a. Fashion.at, in English and
German, Fashion.at covers the Austrian fashion and style scene.
Marks for comprehensiveness
Fashionpuppe
Anna Frost’s fun, personal blog covering fashion from her base
in Bochum, Germany
FashionTribes
A fun blog with catwalk reports and accessories
Fashion Worlds An attractive blog-driven site focusing on fashion designers,
their histories and their influences | Content
10 Design 8
Flare
Canada’s fashion monthly, with features, beauty tips, directory
and contests. Thankfully facelifted in 1999 from a disappointing
site into one which makes you want to read not only the articles
online but subscribe to the print edition
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