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

Bullett
An art and fashion quarterly, with up-to-the-minute content. Our first addition to our favourites in 2013 (1/13)

Fashionista
One of the best fashion blogs out there, based in New York

44 Fashion Street
A well presented fashion, beauty and celebrity site (1/13)

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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

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

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

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.

The Budget Fashionista
A hugely popular blog with shopping specials and coupons, started by Kathryn Finney in 2003

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Canvas Magazine
UK-based magazine with fashion, shopping and entertainment info

Caribbean Travel & Life
Find out more about exotic, romantic getaways in the Caribbean: resorts, secluded beaches and the best the islands have to offer. Subscribe through Lucire Newsstand by clicking here.

Caviar & Cashmere
Blog detailing the latest in luxury products (3/11)

Châtelaine
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

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

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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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

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

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

Dual Show
A nicely presented fashion, beauty and lifestyle community (1/13)

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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

Elle USA
Arguably the more commodified edition of the many we've seen around the world. However, it is one of the bulkiest, thanks to the ad market Stateside plus some useful reporting. You can subscribe through Lucire Newsstand by clicking here.

Esquire
Positioned as a gentlemen's magazine with more of an emphasis on lifestyle and current events. You can subscribe through Lucire Newsstand by clicking here.
Web sites: US | Czech Rep.

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FashionClick
An English and Spanish site with in-depth features and interviews on the fashion and accessories scene

Fashion Crimes
The worst of fashion in a humorous New Zealand-based site

FashionNo1.com
A comprehensive fashion site based in Hong Kong, published in Chinese. Part of an Asian network run by Net Media International with similarly comprehensive sister sites, with topics such as health, beauty, food, feng shui, herbs, baby, kids and motherhood

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

FashionTribes
A fun blog with catwalk reports and accessories

Fashion Wire Daily
A wire service for fashion sites with a large, international network of reporters

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. Facelifted in 1999

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