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: Somagirls.tv has an appealing
approach for the 21st century, with celeb stories and beauty and
fashion tips in both TV and web formats.
Rona
Maynard: Let’s Talk
Website of Rona Maynard, the former editor of Chatelaine, aiming
to build a women’s community
Senze
A fetish–fashion magazine from Sweden, presented in a format apeing
print. Lusciously designed with startling photography
Sleek One of the more innovative magazines on the web, available in print,
too. This Hamburg art and culture title has an online look that apes a
print magazine but unlike most, pulls it off particularly well | Content
10 Design 9
Splendora
Beauty, leisure, shopping, travel and bridal features in San Francisco,
Los Angeles and New York: this is an incredibly elegant site with
profiles and style tips
StyleBible
The online counterpart to the Philippines’ Preview magazine,
with fashion, beauty, parties and member sections
Style Section
LA
A new-for-2009 site co-founded by veteran LA
fashion writers Emili Vesilind, Erin Weinger and Andrew Harmon,
who hail from WWD, the Los Angeles Times and DNR
respectively
The Wedding Channel
Not just a site about putting together a wedding, but all the advice that
leads up to and after the big event, from proposal suggestions (a must-read
for bachelors about to make the journey down to one knee) to the reception
and honeymoon. If you’re about to tie the knot, this site is indispensable
and gets our third-ever 10/10 rating | Content 10
Design 10
shop
Shape Shape is an essential read for active contemporary women who
are interested in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Experts from diverse
fields of exercise, nutrition, psychology, and beauty join forces with
journalists. Subscribe
through Lucire Newsstand by clicking here.
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SFluxe
Lifestyle site from the Bay Area, on living well in the City
SF Station
San Francisco’s leading information resource. If you're after
information on live events from the worlds of film, art, theatre,
dance, museums, then SF Station
is one of the neatest sites we've seen—and certainly the
best when it comes to northern California
S4 Trends
Summer Rayne Oakes’ sustainability and style newsletter
She Knows
Information and resources for women on the web
Solo Moda Pincha aqui: this Spanish
fashion magazine has a lot of vibrancy and about the styles on
offer, and is a highly ranked site, too. Includes men's fashions.
Shows that you don't need Flash and other high-tech add-ons if
you know what you're doing when it comes to design
Somagirls.tv
Webisodes on stories that help empower and inspire young women, with information
on modelling, positive thinking, beauty and parties
Sphere
A fashion magazine that takes the game forward. This Toronto-based
title apes the page turning of print, so for the first time in
this index, we can say it’s a nice online mag to flick through
Strut
The latest in art, fashion and gossip. Web site has excerpts from
some of Strut’s print articles | Content
7 Design 10
StyleCritics
Not unlike those gossip blogs that discuss celebrities, but StyleCritics
focuses more on their fashion
Stylewiz
Beautifully designed site covering fashion and beauty, health,
home décor and lifestyle. One great column is ‘Ask
Christy’, where the editor will respond to style emergencies.
Its mission is to find the best shopping destinations on the web,
providing hand-picked links | Content 9
Design 9
t
Teen Teen—in print—has everything the independent girl aged 12–19
needs to know, from fashion and beauty to quizzes and dating. Online,
it’s similarly successful and Media Metrix ranks it as the leading
site for teens (October 2000). Style, advice, fitness and other
columns familiar to Teen readers are there with the opportunity
for surfers to ask questions and interact
Think Fashion
Website covering Hollywood and its fashion, with celebrity articles
and news. Also features an online shop with 60-plus labels
Thirty Dollar
Date Night
Founded by our friends Emma Veale and Denis Merkas, a site providing
users with great date ideas that can be achieved for $30 or less,
keeping your relationship alive
Thread
Getting better each time we see it: New Zealand fashion–culture
mag and shopping site, specializing in jewellery items
TimeToDine
An Auckland, New Zealand dining-out guide
u
Ulooktrendy.com
A Latvian blog on fashion and style, by Lasma Sarkane
Us Trendy
Fashion community and blog: fans vote on work produced by designers,
who in turn make the most popular items, and promote them on the
site
v
Vecko-Revyn
In essence, Sweden’s home-grown entry in the Cosmopolitan
market: sections on fashion, sex, astrology, food and shopping targeted
at the woman who knows what she wants (which may include a calendar
with hunky men at the end of the year) | Content
9 Design 7
Vogue Hellas
The Greek edition of Vogue online shows promise. There are
the full collection summaries for the current season, a tasteful,
restrained use of Flash, and art direction that is faithful to the
magazine's print heritage. Enjoyable
Vogue Korea
One of the most highly ranked Vogue editions online, these
folks are thoroughly professional and accurate when it comes to
fashion coverage. Divided into easily browsed sections of Fashion,
Accessories, E-Style and Beauty, including highlights from the print
edition. In Korean
Vogue Nippon
Of all the Vogues online, the Japanese edition is arguably
the most visually striking. Good international coverage; a bit less
than we expected on the domestic scene, even though Japan is home
to leading designers | Content 7 Design
9
w
Wedding
Heaven
New Zealand's leading wedding-planning site with useful resources,
including articles, shopping, wedding directory and a huge variety
of message boards at the Heaven Café
Wedding Solutions
Informative New Zealand site with detailed resources on everything
for the big day, including articles on selecting music and choosing
a photographer
Weddings UK
Everything you need to plan a wedding in the UK,
with a complete information source and directory
Working Mother Working Woman closed in August 2001, everyone was sacked,
according to Advertising Age, and the site was folded in
to that of Working Mother. Similar mixture but slightly differently
targeted
y
Ykone
A French social network for fashion, with a magazine section with
features and shoots
z
Zoozoom
The Webby Award winner for online fashion magazines in 2002, Zoozoom
is a Flash-based monthly showcasing new trends
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