An A-Z Guide to Indie Fashion Magazines
If the number of independent fashion publications crowding the shelves of New York’s newsstands is anything to go by, reports of the death of print would seem to be greatly exaggerated. Which thankfully means we’ll always have somewhere to gaze upon Michael Pitt, Chloë Sevigny, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and James Franco. From the better-known and amply funded — Dazed, i-D, Purple — to niche publications like Bullett, Oyster, and Ruush, we’ve got the lowdown on the odd, the innovative, and the magazines you’ve never heard of.
10 Magazine The flip-through: Like talking fashion with a quippy, insidery British friend.
From: London
Format: Medium-size glossy
Cover sta...
10 Magazine The flip-through: Like talking fashion with a quippy, insidery British friend.
From: London
Format: Medium-size glossy
Cover stars: Karlie Kloss, David Beckham (on 10 Men)
Who it’s for: Model trackers
Defining fashion moment: Stylist George Cortina, photographed shirtless, shiny, and terrifyingly ripped.
Non-fashion content: Do interviews with James Franco or Yoko Ono count?
Price/Frequency: $16.99, Biannual
A Magazine The flip-through: For cultists who want to see the personal inspirations behind each designer’s looks.
From: Antwerp
Format: Varie...
A Magazine The flip-through: For cultists who want to see the personal inspirations behind each designer’s looks.
From: Antwerp
Format: Varies with each issue
Cover stars: Lily Cole, a grizzly bear, the letter A
Who it’s for: People who have Kardashian-levels of obsession with fashion designers
Defining fashion moment: Every issue, since they’re curated by the likes of Yohji Yamamoto, Haider Ackermann, and Martine Sitbon
Non-fashion content: An interview with artist John Baldessari by Rodarte
Price/Frequency: $17.99, Biannual
Acne Paper The flip-through: Maybe a branded publication really can be independent and offbeat.
From: Stockholm
Format: Large format, printed...
Acne Paper The flip-through: Maybe a branded publication really can be independent and offbeat.
From: Stockholm
Format: Large format, printed on raw matte paper stock
Recent cover star: A Greco-Roman bust
Who it’s for: Anyone who can turn a cardigan, a white T-shirt, and skinny jeans into a statement of minimalist chic.
Defining fashion moment: Paolo Roversi styling actress Tilda Swinton to look like eccentric, snake-wearing Italian heiress Marchesa Luisa Casati
Non-fashion content: Interview with M.I.T. linguist Noam Chomsky
Price/Frequency: $17.99, Biannual
AnOther The flip-through: Your definition of cool may change as you age, but you still want to be cool.
From: London
Format: Heavyweight glos...
AnOther The flip-through: Your definition of cool may change as you age, but you still want to be cool.
From: London
Format: Heavyweight glossy
Recent cover stars: Katie Holmes, Natalie Portman, Marion Cotillard, Jessica Chastain
Who it’s for: The publishers of Dazed and Confused — they started AnOther when they grew out of their original title
Defining fashion moment: Pairing big-time photographers such as Inez and Vinoodh with big time designers such as M/M Paris
Non-fashion content: None
Price/Frequency: $15, Biannual
Bad Day The flip-through: Earnest nonchalance is the new black, duo-tone printing is the new four-color.
From: Toronto
Format: Small and slim, ...
Bad Day The flip-through: Earnest nonchalance is the new black, duo-tone printing is the new four-color.
From: Toronto
Format: Small and slim, duo-tone printing on raw matte paper stock
Cover stars: Charlotte Gainsbourg, James Franco, Sofia Coppola
Who it’s for: Lo-fi fashion and culture hounds who enjoy raising a sardonic eyebrow over their mug of kombucha
Defining fashion moment: Designer Calla Haynes talks about wearing jeans and a hoodie while fitting €50,000 ball gowns
Non-fashion content: An interview with art-metal guitar superhero Mick Barr
Price/Frequency: $14, Biannual
Bullett The flip-through: Bullet is a "transmedia" company, which apparently means it doesn't need ads to survive.
From: New York Ci...
Bullett The flip-through: Bullet is a "transmedia" company, which apparently means it doesn't need ads to survive.
From: New York City
Format: Heavyweight pop glossy
Cover stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Blake Lively, Alexander Skarsgard
Who it’s for: People who hung out in the meatpacking district “before it was cool”; every young star actor and musician, who all seem to contribute.
Defining fashion moment: Elizabeth Olsen photographed by Jeff Bark for the Fall 2012 issue.
Non-fashion content: A profile of Ed Sanders — owner of the world’s largest collection of Charles Manson memorabilia
Price/Frequency: $12.99, Quarterly
Code The flip-through: Understated, casual mens’ style magazine that connects clothes to culture
From: Amsterdam
Format: Midsize, semi-matte wi...
Code The flip-through: Understated, casual mens’ style magazine that connects clothes to culture
From: Amsterdam
Format: Midsize, semi-matte with clean European design
Cover stars: Nick Wooster, a guy in a plastic stormtrooper mask
Who it’s for: Men who aren’t afraid to rock a pocket square
Defining fashion moment: Shifted from co-ed to strictly men’s in 2011
Non-fashion content: Photo essays: urban fishermen in New York, Japanese denim craftsmen in Okayama, gay porn actors in Berlin
Price/Frequency: $12.95, Biannual
Contributor The flip-through: More playful design than most fashion publications, with an attempt to be both glam and artful
From: Stockholm and...
Contributor The flip-through: More playful design than most fashion publications, with an attempt to be both glam and artful
From: Stockholm and New York
Format: Heavyweight, glossy, but still semi-artsy
Cover stars: Lou Doillon, Michael Pitt, Noomi Rapace, a terrifying clown
Who it’s for: People who planned on buying Purple or Another but decided they prefer Scandinavians to the French or British
Defining fashion moment: Tough girl model Eliza Cummings on the cover
Non-fashion content: Fiction stories by the likes of screenwriter Hallie Elizabeth Newton
Price/Frequency: $11.99, Biannual
Dansk The flip-through: Scandanavians prove once again that when you're really beautiful, you really don't need the rest of the world.
From: C...
Dansk The flip-through: Scandanavians prove once again that when you're really beautiful, you really don't need the rest of the world.
From: Copenhagen
Format: Heavyweight full color, printed on matte paper
Recent cover star: Freja Beha Erichsen
Who it’s for: The name says it all: “Dansk” is Danish for Danish.
Defining fashion moment: Twelve Danish designers creating looks for Dansk's ten-year anniversary
Non-fashion content: None
Price/Frequency: $10, Biannual
Dapper Dan The flip-through: Shifts comfortably from gushing about a Martin Margiela belt to reporting that Maalox effectively protects skin from...
Dapper Dan The flip-through: Shifts comfortably from gushing about a Martin Margiela belt to reporting that Maalox effectively protects skin from tear gas burns.
From: Athens
Format: Ruggedly semigloss with black and white printing
Cover stars: Mustaches
Who it’s for: Male style obsessives who’ve got Walt Whitman on their book shelves and Rick Owens in their closets
Defining fashion moment: Helmut Lang interview that took two years to set up
Non-fashion content: Profile of “international street collage gangster” Michael Anderson
Price/Frequency: $10.99, Biannual
Dazed and Confused The flip-through: Twenty-odd years old and still keeping it youthful
Title: Dazed and Confused
Format: Medium-size glossy ...
Dazed and Confused The flip-through: Twenty-odd years old and still keeping it youthful
Title: Dazed and Confused
Format: Medium-size glossy
Cover stars: Kristen Stewart, Kirsten Stewart, Beyoncé, Bjork
From: London
Who it’s for: Williamsburg residents who wish they lived in London and London residents pining for Williamsburg
Defining fashion moment: Publisher Jefferson Hack impregnating Kate Moss
Non-fashion content: A cover photo of Azalea Banks blowing up a condom, which got the magazine banned in seven countries (and counting)
Price/Frequency: $9.99, Monthly
Dossier The flip-through: It’s not who you know, it’s who knows you.
Format: Full-color glossy
Cover stars: Lily Donaldson, Andrej Pejic, Freja...
Dossier The flip-through: It’s not who you know, it’s who knows you.
Format: Full-color glossy
Cover stars: Lily Donaldson, Andrej Pejic, Freja Beha Erichsen
From: Brooklyn
Who it’s for: Arty New York fashion insiders who lean left, eat local, idolize Cindy Sherman, and like to read about themselves
Defining fashion moment: Childhood photos of stylists, publicists, and fashion journos
Non-fashion content: Long interview with Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards
Price/Frequency: $15, Biannual
DuJour The flip-through: People who can afford $37,000 bicycles like indie mags too.
Format: Full-color glossy
Cover stars: Christy Turlington ...
DuJour The flip-through: People who can afford $37,000 bicycles like indie mags too.
Format: Full-color glossy
Cover stars: Christy Turlington
From: New York
Who it’s for: People who make upward of $1 million or have a net worth of $5 million. No, we're not joking, that's part of the requirement for receiving it.
Defining fashion moment: Getting Christy Turlington photographed by Bruce Webber for their first issue.
Non-fashion content: A profile with artist Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman. Yes, of those Vanderbilts and those Lehmans.
Price/Frequency: $7, Quarterly
Fantastic Man The flip-through: If more men were this erudite and nicely dressed, the world would be a fantastic place.
From: Amsterdam
Format:...
Fantastic Man The flip-through: If more men were this erudite and nicely dressed, the world would be a fantastic place.
From: Amsterdam
Format: Medium-size with a textured coated-paper cover
Cover stars: David Beckham, Tom Ford, Ewan McGregor, Stefano Pilati
Who it’s for: Fans of proper grammar and classic men’s style
Defining fashion moment: Profile of forgotten late-eighties American menswear designer Bill Richardson
Non-fashion content: An article about Perry Chen, founder of Kickstarter
Price/Frequency: $14.99, Biannual
French The flip-through: The Riviera and the Sunset Strip, together at last.
From: Paris
Format: Heavyweight glossy
Cover stars: Cindy Crawfor...
French The flip-through: The Riviera and the Sunset Strip, together at last.
From: Paris
Format: Heavyweight glossy
Cover stars: Cindy Crawford, Coco Rocha, Karolina Kurkova, Erin Wasson
Who it’s for: Women with tiny dogs and large sunglasses
Defining fashion moment: Adriana Lima on the cover of issue one
Non-fashion content: A portfolio from Francophile photographer William Klein
Price/Frequency: $14.99, Biannual
Garage The flip-through: Humongous money can make a magazine feel like a very, very high-end zine.
From: London
Format: Heavyweight, with ...
Garage The flip-through: Humongous money can make a magazine feel like a very, very high-end zine.
From: London
Format: Heavyweight, with multiple paper stocks and inserts
Cover stars: Artwork by Richard Prince, Nick Knight, Dinos Chapman
Who it’s for: People who know that money can’t buy taste, but good taste backed by tons of money can definitely buy art and fashion world access
Defining fashion moment: A Hedi Slimane–shot cover showed the lower half of a nude model, with a strategically placed Damien Hirst sticker
Non-fashion content: Interviews with sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer and Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss; free artist-designed condoms
Price/Frequency: $22.99, Biannual
The Gentlewoman The flip-through: Buy it for the fantastic, trendsetting still-life photography, if nothing else.
From: London
Format: Medium-s...
The Gentlewoman The flip-through: Buy it for the fantastic, trendsetting still-life photography, if nothing else.
From: London
Format: Medium-size with a textured, coated-paper cover
Cover stars: Christy Turlington, Adele, Olivia Williams
Who it’s for: Successful, secure women who aspire to elegance over trendiness
Defining fashion moment: Using Céline's Phoebe Philo as a model
Non-fashion content: Cozy at-home chat with Sinead O’Connor
Price/Frequency: $14.99, Biannual
Grey The flip-through: So dreamy, so hazy, so much soft focus — wait, is that Leelee Sobieski?
From: New York
Format: Heavyweight hard cover
C...
Grey The flip-through: So dreamy, so hazy, so much soft focus — wait, is that Leelee Sobieski?
From: New York
Format: Heavyweight hard cover
Cover stars: Hannelore Knuts, Missy Rayder
Who it’s for: Hardcover fetishists who need a quick fix to tide them over until the next issue of Self Service
Defining fashion moment: Shoots by Ellen von Unwerth and Yelena Yemchuk
Non-fashion content: A photo shoot of satellite dishes in the desert
Price/Frequency: $40, Biannual
The Hunger The flip-through: Never underestimate how far ego can take you in the fashion world.
From: London
Format: Heavyweight glossy
Cover ...
The Hunger The flip-through: Never underestimate how far ego can take you in the fashion world.
From: London
Format: Heavyweight glossy
Cover stars: Monica Bellucci, Rhys Ifans
Who it’s for: Fans of British fashion photographer Rankin — he’s the publisher
Defining fashion moment: A twelve-page shoot of Scottish designer Pam Hogg’s club-kids-meets-Victorian-S&M-fantasy designs
Non-fashion content: An interview with seventies teen-angst photographer Joseph Szabo
Price/Frequency: $24.99, Biannual
I <3 Fake The flip-through: Everything feels new when you're young.
From: Amsterdam
Format: Heavyweight, with multiple paper stocks
Cover s...
I <3 Fake The flip-through: Everything feels new when you're young.
From: Amsterdam
Format: Heavyweight, with multiple paper stocks
Cover stars: A diamond grill to make Ryan Lochte weep with jealousy
Who it’s for: FIT students, Central Saint Martins students, and artsy college drop-outs.
Defining fashion moment: A photo essay of beat-up male models
Non-fashion content: An interview with Ed Templeton, ex-pro skateboarder turned photographer and artist
Price/Frequency: $16, Biannual
I Like My Style The flip-through: What happens when people in street-style snaps art-direct their own shoots.
From: Berlin
Format: Book-size gl...
I Like My Style The flip-through: What happens when people in street-style snaps art-direct their own shoots.
From: Berlin
Format: Book-size glossy
Cover stars: ilikemystyle.net community members
Who it’s for: Everyone! (Provided you can handle crazy layouts and jumbled fonts)
Defining fashion moment: “The first user generated fashion magazine.”
Non-fashion content: None — life is a fashion show!
Price/Frequency: $17.50, Quarterly
I Love You The flip-through: A lot of sincere talk about “revolution” (from a magazine created by a Berlin creative agency).
From: Berlin
Forma...
I Love You The flip-through: A lot of sincere talk about “revolution” (from a magazine created by a Berlin creative agency).
From: Berlin
Format: Medium-size glossy
Cover stars: Tyra Banks, Paz de la Huerta, Leelee Sobieski
Who it’s for: Fashion fans who care about layouts and type treatment as much as photos
Defining fashion moment: Tyra Banks doing her best Janelle Monáe impersonation
Non-fashion content: A mildly traumatizing photo essay on dentistry
Price/Frequency: $17.50, Biannual
i-D The flip-through: After 30 years and every cover model in the business, the "wink" gimmick on the cover is somehow still fresh.
Fr...
i-D The flip-through: After 30 years and every cover model in the business, the "wink" gimmick on the cover is somehow still fresh.
From: London
Format: Medium-size glossy
Cover stars: Agyness Deyn, Devon Aoki, Kate Moss, Shalom Harlow, Naomi Campbell, Mariah Carey
Who it’s for: Loyal readers who don’t mind their fashion slightly aged and a bit dry, like a crisp white wine
Defining fashion moment: Every single cover from the eighties by former Vogue art director Terry Jones
Non-fashion content: An issue dedicated to the growing influence of China in the fashion world
Price/Frequency: $17.95, Bimonthly
Indie The flip-through: Twenty years later, many fresh-faced European kids are rediscovering grunge.
From: Vienna
Format: Medium-size glos...
Indie The flip-through: Twenty years later, many fresh-faced European kids are rediscovering grunge.
From: Vienna
Format: Medium-size glossy
Cover stars: Irina Lazareanu, a guy biting a skull, the tagline “Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam”
Who it’s for: Eurocentrists comfortable writing in English as a second language and putting Caucasian models in kabuki makeup in a “Japan” issue
Defining fashion moment: Local photographer Sam Hessamian’s shoot of good-looking boys in bands
Non-fashion content: Interview with Lucien “Lulu” Gainsbourg, son of Serge
Price/Frequency: $12.99, Quarterly
Industrie The flip-through: Like a too-intense ex — half playful whimsy, half terrifying obsession.
From: London
Format: Slightly oversize glos...
Industrie The flip-through: Like a too-intense ex — half playful whimsy, half terrifying obsession.
From: London
Format: Slightly oversize glossy.
Who it's for: Everyone from the CEOs of luxury conglomerates to obsessed teenagers working at their first store merchandising internship
Defining fashion moment: Marc Jacobs wearing his own womenswear line, from the private wardrobe of stylist Katie Grand
Non-fashion content: None
Price/Frequency: $18, Biannual
Love The flip-through: Big names — both in front and behind the lens — unite to create aggressively risqué editorials.
From: London
Form...
Love The flip-through: Big names — both in front and behind the lens — unite to create aggressively risqué editorials.
From: London
Format: Heavyweight glossy
Cover stars: Lara Stone, Gisele Bündchen, Adriana Lima, Agyness Deyn, Linda Evangelista
Who it’s for: People who want to see Lara Stone naked, people who want to see Daria Werbowy naked, people who want to see Marc Jacobs in makeup …
Defining fashion moment: The Gossip singer Beth Ditto posing nude on the inaugural cover, Kate Moss kissing transsexual model Lea T on a later cover
Non-fashion content: Lots of art features, but always fashionably presented
Price/Frequency: $17.99, Biannual
Lula The flip-through: Leaves you baffled this magazine is from the U.K., not California.
From: London
Format: Medium-size glossy
Cover stars:...
Lula The flip-through: Leaves you baffled this magazine is from the U.K., not California.
From: London
Format: Medium-size glossy
Cover stars: Kirsten Dunst
Who it’s for: Modish girls who see themselves as a spunky combination of Patti Boyd and Holly Golightly (the sanitized Hollywood version)
Defining fashion moment: An interview with Iris Apfel by Tavi Gevinson
Non-fashion content: Singer Scout Niblett interviews singer Daniel Johnston
Price/Frequency: $19.99, Biannual
Oyster The flip-through: Most fashion mags sound vaguely pedophilic when they talk about "youth" — Oyster actually feels youthful.
F...
Oyster The flip-through: Most fashion mags sound vaguely pedophilic when they talk about "youth" — Oyster actually feels youthful.
From: Sydney
Format: Oversize glossy
Cover stars: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Charlotte Kemp-Muhl, Lindsey Wixson, Rinko Kikuchi
Who it’s for: Vice.com readers who wish the print version would chic itself up a bit
Defining fashion moment: Shalom Harlow flashing a passerby during a cover shoot with Cass Bird.
Non-fashion content: Tyler, the Creator photographed in L.A. by director Nabil
Price/Frequency: $11.95, Bi-monthly
Ponystep The flip-through: Makes you wonder if the Ab Fab ladies have plans now that the Olympic opening ceremony is done.
From: London
Forma...
Ponystep The flip-through: Makes you wonder if the Ab Fab ladies have plans now that the Olympic opening ceremony is done.
From: London
Format: Oversize glossy
Cover stars: Jerry Hall, Dame Edna, Elvira, Kylie Minogue, Joan Collins, Daphne Guinness
Who it’s for: Madonna fans
Defining fashion moment: Donatella Versace, cover model
Non-fashion content: A portfolio of photographs from the late seventies showing a commune of Parisian transsexuals
Price/Frequency: $20, Biannual
Pop The flip-through: Pop will eat itself (and then be turned into an artistic smear across the pages of Pop).
From: London
Format: Heavyweig...
Pop The flip-through: Pop will eat itself (and then be turned into an artistic smear across the pages of Pop).
From: London
Format: Heavyweight glossy with matte paper inserts
Cover stars: Drew Barrymore, Sienna Miller, Christina Ricci, Elton John
Who it’s for: Stylists who prefer to think of themselves as artists
Defining fashion moment: Japanese artist Takashi Murakami creating a J-Pop cover starring a young Britney Spears
Non-fashion content: An interview with video and performance artist Laurel Nakadate
Price/Frequency: $14.99-$19.99, Biannual
Prestage The flip-through: Like a socially responsible northern European nation in magazine format, this book is cool, low-key and non-extra...
Prestage The flip-through: Like a socially responsible northern European nation in magazine format, this book is cool, low-key and non-extravagant
From: Amsterdam
Format: Medium-size glossy
Cover stars: Top Dutch models
Who it’s for: Dutch models looking for something to read on long-haul flights—from fashion shoots named for mannequins to a four-page interview with a booker at an Amsterdam modeling agency, this book’s for you, girls
Defining fashion moment: “Julia,” a 12-page shoot of a Dutch teenage Kate Moss lookalike Non-fashion content: Interview with artist Bart Hess, who covers stuff—including Lady Gaga—with slime
Price/Frequency: €9.95, Biannual
Purple Fashion The flip-through: Purple publisher Olivier Zahm has become France’s version of Terry Richardson.
From: France
Format: Med...
Purple Fashion The flip-through: Purple publisher Olivier Zahm has become France’s version of Terry Richardson.
From: France
Format: Medium-size, glossy and thick as a brick
Cover stars: Carinne Roitfeld, Lindsay Lohan, Vivienne Westwood, Lindsey Wixson, Laetitia Casta
Who it’s for: Fans of free love, sunglasses at night, tight jeans, and leather jackets
Defining fashion moment: The fall/winter 2009 issue featured Karl Lagerfeld photographing his muse Baptiste Giabiconi
Non-fashion content: Interview with sex blogger Karley Sciortino
Price/Frequency: $35, Biannual
Richardson The flip-through: Porn and fashion make happy bedfellows.
From: New York
Format: Large glossy
Cover stars: Belladonna, Sasha Grey, ...
Richardson The flip-through: Porn and fashion make happy bedfellows.
From: New York
Format: Large glossy
Cover stars: Belladonna, Sasha Grey, Jenna Jameson
Who it’s for: Porn enthusiasts who want to get to know the performers better
Defining fashion moment: Steven Klein’s thoroughly intimidating cover shoot of alt porn star Stoya
Non-fashion content: Portfolio by legendary Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama
Price/ Frequency: $35, Semiannual
Rika The flip-through: Will familiarize you with the aesthetic of Swedish stylist turned designer turned Rika editor Ulrika Lundgren.
From: Amst...
Rika The flip-through: Will familiarize you with the aesthetic of Swedish stylist turned designer turned Rika editor Ulrika Lundgren.
From: Amsterdam
Format: Full color printing on stapled lightweight paper
Cover stars: Jamie Bochert, Irina Lazarenu
Who it’s for: Collage fetishists, quirky-hat collectors, pink-lampshade enthusiasts
Defining fashion moment: A shoot inspired by French artist/Picasso muse Dora Maar
Non-fashion content: Q&A with Paris-based actress Pauline Jacquard, whose answer to the question “What is surrealism to you?” is “Eggs.”
Price/Frequency: $15.95, Biannual
Russh The flip-through: When you’re relaxing on Bondi Beach, you’re going to want to flip through something that’s not too demanding.
From: Wool...
Russh The flip-through: When you’re relaxing on Bondi Beach, you’re going to want to flip through something that’s not too demanding.
From: Woollahra
Format: Slim glossy
Cover stars: Alessandra Ambrosio, Jessica Stam, Eniko Mihalik
Who it’s for: People who snob on Nylon magazine … but who secretly like Nylon magazine
Defining fashion moment: Putting Woollahra, Australia (a suburb of Sidney), on the fashion map
Non-fashion content: Music profiles (such as Brooklyn duo Chairlift) and articles about how amazing California is (or was in the sixties and seventies)
Price/Frequency: $9.95, Bimonthly
S The flip-through: Somebody read a lot of Henry Miller and George Bataille in college, then realized "art" was a good way to get model...
S The flip-through: Somebody read a lot of Henry Miller and George Bataille in college, then realized "art" was a good way to get models fully nude.
From: Copenhagen and New York
Format: Medium-size glossy
Cover stars: Paz de la Huerta, Jena Malone, Juliette Lewis
Who it’s for: Really tough guys who read art and fashion magazines
Defining fashion moment: Getting banned in Germany for publishing 45-year-old nude photos taken by the publisher’s father
Non-fashion content: Almost every shoot blurs the line between fashion, art, and porn
Price/Frequency: $??, Biannual
Self Service The flip-through: Simplicity and elegance really is the way to go.
From: Paris
Format: Hardcover
Cover stars: Carmen Kass, Lara S...
Self Service The flip-through: Simplicity and elegance really is the way to go.
From: Paris
Format: Hardcover
Cover stars: Carmen Kass, Lara Stone, Stella Tennant, Chloë Sevigny, Daphne Groeneveld, Hannelore Knuts
Who it’s for: Fashion world cognoscenti with steel-reinforced bookcases
Defining fashion moment: The Polaroid portfolios that act as a ‘who’s who’ of the fashion world — oh, and the covers by Juergen Teller and Alasdair McLellan
Non-fashion content: None
Price/Frequency: $25, Biannual
Soma The flip-through: If you haven’t read an interview with Michael Pitt or James Franco yet, chances are you will find one here.
From: San Fra...
Soma The flip-through: If you haven’t read an interview with Michael Pitt or James Franco yet, chances are you will find one here.
From: San Francisco
Format: Slim glossy
Cover stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Jamie King, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Michelle Monaghan
Who it’s for: Ad agency art directors with a well-curated selection of bathroom products
Defining fashion moment: “Love to Pose,” in which the Tokyo-based winners of an online competition pose as their favorite icons
Non-fashion content: Cover model holding a handwritten sign saying “Be Gone Taliban”
Price/Frequency: $14.99, Bimonthly
SSAW The flip-through: Who needs models if everyone in Finland is this attractive?
From: Helsinki
Format: Medium-size full color with stark Eur...
SSAW The flip-through: Who needs models if everyone in Finland is this attractive?
From: Helsinki
Format: Medium-size full color with stark European design
Cover stars: Suvi Koponen, a girl in a knit skull mask
Who it’s for: Anyone who dreams of blasting Jean Sibelius symphonies in their Alvar Aalto country house
Defining fashion moment: A sixteen-page interview with Finnish stylist Tiina Laakonen
Non-fashion content: An essay linking Nabokov and fashion
Price/Frequency: $24.95, Biannual
Stiletto The flip-through: You may have to pick up an issue of The Economist for a corrective dose of reality.
From: Paris
Format: Oversiz...
Stiletto The flip-through: You may have to pick up an issue of The Economist for a corrective dose of reality.
From: Paris
Format: Oversize lightweight full color with themed inserts
Cover stars: Ce N’est Pas Grave
Who it’s for: Ladies who lunch and who wish the Hamptons Jitney stopped at Boulevard Saint-Germain
Defining fashion moment: “Fighting Point,” a Julia Noni–shot story about two airbrushed beauties who catfight their way around a well-appointed hôtel de ville.
Non-fashion content: An interview with the Swiss artist Urs Fischer
Price/Frequency: €10, ??
Tank The flip-through: After so much fashion pretending to be art, it’s intriguing to see some art masquerading as fashion.
From: London
Format...
Tank The flip-through: After so much fashion pretending to be art, it’s intriguing to see some art masquerading as fashion.
From: London
Format: Medium-size glossy
Cover stars: Claudia Schiffer, Juliette Lewis
Who it’s for: People who would prefer to read fashion theory instead of ogling next season’s looks
Defining fashion moment: Publishing Natalia Vodianova's first cover fourteen years ago
Non-fashion content: An article on Google Street View artist Jon Rafman
Price/Frequency: $9, Quarterly
The Last Magazine The flip-through: Why put a magazine on your coffee table when you can put it on the conference table?
From: New York
Format:...
The Last Magazine The flip-through: Why put a magazine on your coffee table when you can put it on the conference table?
From: New York
Format: Massively oversize full color newsprint
Cover stars: Freja Beha Erichsen, Lily Donaldson, Joan Smalls
Who it’s for: Anyone with spare time in between fashion shows and some extra room in their free tote
Defining fashion moment: Daria Werbowy on the first issue’s cover
Non-fashion content: Portraits of Occupy Wall Street protesters
Price/Frequency: $10, Biannual
Under the Influence The flip-through: Liberal views and expensive shoes are not incompatible.
From: London
Format: Heavyweight full-color matte...
Under the Influence The flip-through: Liberal views and expensive shoes are not incompatible.
From: London
Format: Heavyweight full-color matte paper
Cover star: A surprisingly variable logo font
Who it’s for: Fashionable ideologues with a subscription to The Guardian
Defining fashion moment: A feature by model/photographer/designer Ana Kras
Non-fashion content: Essays on Athens and the Arab Spring
Price/Frequency: $15.95, Biannual
V The flip-through: "The Establishment" among indie fashion titles.
From: New York
Format: Oversize glossy
Who it’s f...
V The flip-through: "The Establishment" among indie fashion titles.
From: New York
Format: Oversize glossy
Who it’s for: "Major" fashion stylists and the interns who adore them.
Recent covers: Lady Gaga (repeatedly), Nicole Kidman, Penélope Cruz, Gwyneth Paltrow, Beyoncé
Defining fashion moment: Giselle Bundchen in (ahem) backless shorts, shot by Mario Testino.
Non-fashion content: A photo essay by Drew Barrymore — it’s pretty good!
Price/Frequency: $6.50, Semi-seasonal
Velour The flip-through: Still feels like it has on training wheels while working out its direction.
From: London
Format: Medium-size glossy
C...
Velour The flip-through: Still feels like it has on training wheels while working out its direction.
From: London
Format: Medium-size glossy
Cover stars: Michael Pitt, David Gandy
Who it’s for: Readers interested in buying an indie fashion magazine and who need a Cliff's Notes version to help them get started
Defining fashion moment: A fashion shoot starring model/artist Christina Kruse
Non-fashion content: A portfolio of fashion photographer Marc Baptiste’s reportage images of his native Haiti
Price/Frequency: $15.99, Semi-seasonal
Vinyl Riot The flip-through: Started as a pet project by the 14-year-old editor-in-chief and has grown in that same DIY way.
From: Athens, Greec...
Vinyl Riot The flip-through: Started as a pet project by the 14-year-old editor-in-chief and has grown in that same DIY way.
From: Athens, Greece, but moving to London this September
Format: Smallish glossy
Cover stars: No way, celeb worship is for lames
Who it’s for: Indie fashion kids who’ve always dreamed of making their own Urban Outfitters catalogue
Defining fashion moment: Travel diaries from Dallas Clayton, Curtis Kulig, Jack Greer, and Ana Kras
Price/Frequency: $9, Biannual
WAD The flip-through: Nearly twenty years after La Haine, French kids still love “urban” street culture.
From: Paris
Format: Medium-size, full-...
WAD The flip-through: Nearly twenty years after La Haine, French kids still love “urban” street culture.
From: Paris
Format: Medium-size, full-color matte with gloss cover
Cover stars: Art photos that seem equally inspired by MC Escher and Hipgnosis
Who it’s for: WAD is an acronym for We Are Different, a reference to the multiethnic international streetwear fraternity
Defining fashion moment: A profile of the cult Australian designers P.A.M., in which co-founder Misha Hollenbach describes himself as an “astral alien”
Non-fashion content: Piece on graffiti artist/entrepreneur Craig Costello, a.k.a. the Dripfather
Price/Frequency: $18, Biannual
Wonderland The flip-through: Caters to a youthful London combination of fashion snobs, street-style fetishists, and trendy art nerds.
From: Lond...
Wonderland The flip-through: Caters to a youthful London combination of fashion snobs, street-style fetishists, and trendy art nerds.
From: London
Format: Medium-size glossy
Cover stars: Dakota Fanning, Chloë Moretz, Nicki Minaj
Who it’s for: Twentysomethings who’ve outgrown Dazed but aren’t ready for Another
Defining fashion moment: Collection previews for Prada, Chloé, and McQ
Non-fashion content: An interview with Beth Ditto in which it’s revealed that she dry-humped the photographer
Price/Frequency: £5, Bimonthly
Worn The flip-through: If Etsy were a fashion magazine, it would look like Worn (which might explain Worn’s popularity on Etsy).
From: Toronto
...
Worn The flip-through: If Etsy were a fashion magazine, it would look like Worn (which might explain Worn’s popularity on Etsy).
From: Toronto
Format: Slim glossy
Cover stars: Illustrations
Who it’s for: Readers who keep wondering when McSweeney’s is going to publish a fashion supplement
Defining fashion moment: Detailed history of the tutu by former National Ballet of Canada resident designer Caroline O’Brien
Non-fashion content: Do crafts count as fashion?
Price/Frequency: $17, Biannual
Zoo The flip-through: You could have this in your bag at faculty cocktail party and not feel embarrassed.
From: Amsterdam
Format: Medium-size g...
Zoo The flip-through: You could have this in your bag at faculty cocktail party and not feel embarrassed.
From: Amsterdam
Format: Medium-size glossy
Cover stars: Lana del Rey, Eva Herzagova, Angela Lindvall, Dree Hemingway
Who it’s for: Euro-centric art lovers with a fetish for subtly menacing fashion shoots
Defining fashion moment: Multiple covers allowed for dueling shoots by Bryan Adams and Laetitia Negre
Non-fashion content: Video of tough guy actor Danny Trejo cooking pasta sauce on the website
Price/Frequency: $15, Quarterly
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