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Gretchen is a new kitten mom!
07/06/09

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I have a little ritual for reading Vogue every month:

1. Wait until the weekend.

2. In summer, install yourself in the garden or near a pleasant sunny window. Winter calls for a comfy fire and fluffy throw.

3. Alcohol. Summer = G&T, Winter = a lovely bottle of Merlot.

4. Treat the whole thing as comedy and laugh your ass off.

By following the steps listed above you can turn the average issue of Vogue into endless hours of semi-drunken laughter which is much better for your health than wearing most of the shoes they feature.
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JerseyGrrrl
07/06/09

@Gretchen (Newly sprung from the medical slammer!): Your sense of humor must be dark and twisted.
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Gretchen is a new kitten mom!
07/06/09

@JerseyGrrrl: Totally.
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Samanthrax
07/06/09

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Well, I have come to the conclusion that Vogue is meant for inspiration, anyway. See something you like? Make a replica or find a cheaper version and still look great. Right?
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greengrey
07/06/09

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I don't really get why people get mad when shit in Vogue is expensive. If I wanted to look at things within my budget, I'd be shopping online, or looking at catalogs. Does Vogue even claim to be for the "average woman"? I like looking at the ridiculous/expensive shit.

I'm the one concerned with my wallet, I don't expect Vogue to be. I expect Vogue to be pretty pictures of pretty people wearing pretty things. My only problem with them is their boring spreads.

And Plum Sykes...
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sciencerules
07/06/09

@greengrey (raidersofthelostSTAR): Seriously. I buy Vogue for the reason I think people are supposed to buy Vogue: 75% aspirationalism, which is totally a word, 25% "why the fuck would anyone need a platinum-plated bocce set?"

It's escapism, and it's fun, and sometimes the clothes are beautiful
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greengrey
07/06/09

@sciencerules: When I was a teenager it was 75% "I'M GOING TO WEAR/DO THAT WHEN I GROW UP" and 25% "I'M PUTTING THESE PICTURES ON MY WALL!"
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Gretchen is a new kitten mom!
07/06/09

@greengrey (raidersofthelostSTAR): I too have a serious problem with Plum. Her 'article' in this issue was particularly amusing. I spent about half an hour breaking down the content and found that approximately half was about the history of her back problems and how much she had suffered rather than the plunging backs for fall that she was supposed to be writing about.
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sciencerules
07/06/09

@greengrey (raidersofthelostSTAR): Heh. In college we totally had a "pretty boys" wall, roughly 50% of which was ads from Vogue. The ads are gorgeous!
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lilbobbytables
07/06/09

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Vogue Pretends To Care About Your Budget

That is fair. I only pretend to care about what Anna W. thinks, anyway.
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Kate- Kate
07/06/09

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I don't care if Vogue "cares about our wallets" as long as they don't pretend that it is normal for people to spend hundreds on a pair of pants. Don't pretend I am odd or unusual for not having the money to purchase these items.
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wordinedgewise
07/06/09

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When I buy Vogue it's precisely for the sheer ridiculousness. If I want to read a magazine full of suggestions for afforable fashion I get In Style or Lucky.
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schweppes
07/06/09

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It's Vogue, it's not a catalog, or a even Lucky. It doesn't try to be a shopping magazine, so why are we even wasting our time trying to blast it when it fails, miserably, at providing examples of "affordable" pieces.
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
07/06/09

@schweppes: Because you can use it for inspiration and then figure out how to put together a similarly chic look for about 5% of the purchase price and be smug.

Plus they had a Rafa feature in the June issue. So sometimes they are interesting.

Plus snarking on Vogue is fun. Fun. You've heard of that, right?
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schweppes
07/06/09

@Rooo sez BISH PLZ: Nope.
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
07/06/09

@schweppes: Yeah. Didn't think so; you usually make that pretty clear. But I thought I'd ask. Just fact-checking, to stay up to date.
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swashbuckling
07/06/09

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That's enough, Sienna Miller.
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
07/06/09

@swashbuckling: Would you mind terribly if I removed your comma?
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AmericanSplendor
07/06/09

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I already balk at the price of VOGUE THE MAGAZINE, THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL THING YOU READ. I haz a poor. Plus, I called a moratorium on fashion/women's magazines because it was hurting my self esteem. Now I'm confident, and spend the four dollars a week I was spending on magazines on peanut butter, nail polish and used books.

Peanut Butter>Sienna Miller.
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lilbobbytables
07/06/09

@AmericanSplendor: Yeah. I can get nice coffee once a week now! Coffee pwns Vogue!
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
07/06/09

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*snort*

Whatever, Vogue. Make Anna get us more pictures of Roger and Rafa and Hugh Jackman, since she's going to be out chasing them down anyway.

Then at least we'll have something nice to look at.
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