Cosmopolitan Philippines

Cosmopolitan is an international magazine for women. It was first published in 1886 in the United States as a family magazine, was later transformed into a literary magazine and eventually became a women's magazine in the late 1960s. Also known as Cosmo, its current content includes articles on relationships and sex, health, careers, self-improvement, celebrities, as well as fashion and beauty. Published by Hearst Magazines, Cosmopolitan has 58 international editions, is printed in 34 languages and is distributed in more than 100 countries.

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True Love Magazine is considered a sister publication to Afrikaans Sarie and English Fair Lady. These three titles are published by Media24 (Naspers).

True Love is situated in the giant media house's Johannesburg offices.

Country: South Africa
City: Johannesburg

WWD Magazines set the trends the world follows, engaging fashion, retail and beauty power players with compelling issues that offer the first look at what’s next in global fashion.

Country: United States
City: New York

Vogue Collections, launched in 2011, is a special edition published twice a year under copyright cooperation by China Pictorial. It gives an in-depth report on the Spring/Summer and Autumn/Winter shows, and includes substantial feature stories elaborating on key trends. In addition to the magazine, there is also an iPad edition of Vogue Collections.

Country: China
City: Beijing

The French edition of Vogue magazine, Vogue Paris, is a fashion magazine that has been published since 1920.

1920–1950

The French edition of Vogue was first issued on June 15, 1920. Michel de Brunhoff was the magazine's editor-in-chief from 1929 into the 1940s.

Under Edmonde Charles-Roux (1950-1966)

Edmonde Charles-Roux, who had previously worked at Elle and France-Soir, became the magazine’s editor-in-chief in 1950. Charles-Roux was a great supporter of Christian Dior’s New Look, of which she later said, "It signalled that we could laugh again - that we could be provocative again, and wear things that would grab people's attention in the street." In August 1956, the magazine issued a special ready-to-wear (prêt-à-porter) issue, signaling a shift in fashion's focus from couture production. When later asked about her departure, Charles-Roux refused to confirm or deny this account.

1968-2000: Crescent, Pringle, and Buck

Francine Crescent, whose editorship would later be described as prescient, daring, and courageous, took the helm of French Vogue in 1968. Under her leadership, the magazine became the global leader in fashion photography. Crescent gave Helmut Newton and Guy Bourdin, the magazine's two most influential photographers, complete creative control over their work. During the 1970s, Bourdin and Newton competed to push the envelope of erotic and decadent photography; the "prone and open-mouthed girls of Bourdin" were pitted against the "dark, stiletto-heeled, S&M sirens of Newton". At times, Bourdin's work was so scandalous that Crescent "laid her job on the line" to preserve his artistic independence. The two photographers greatly influenced the late-20th-century image of womanhood and were among the first to realize the importance of image, as opposed to product, in stimulating consumption.

By the late 1980s, however, Newton and Bourdin's star power had faded, and the magazine was "stuck in a rut". Colombe Pringle replaced Crescent as the magazine's editor-in-chief in 1987. Under Pringle’s watch, the magazine recruited new photographers such as Peter Lindbergh and Steven Meisel, who developed their signature styles in the magazine’s pages. Even still, the magazine struggled, remaining dull and heavily reliant on foreign stories. When Pringle left the magazine in 1994, word spread that her resignation had been forced.

Joan Juliet Buck, an American, was named Pringle's successor effective June 1, 1994. Her selection was described by The New York Times as an indication that Conde Nast intended to "modernize the magazine and expand its scope" from its circulation of 80,000. Buck's first two years as editor-in-chief were extremely controversial; many employees resigned or were fired, including the magazine's publishing director and most of its top editors. Though rumors circulated in 1996 that the magazine was on the verge of a shutdown, Buck persevered; during her editorship, the magazine’s circulation ultimately increased 40 percent. Buck remade the magazine in her own cerebral image, tripling the amount of text in the magazine and devoting special issues to art, music, literature, and science. Juliet Buck announced her decision to leave the magazine in December 2000, after her return from a two-month leave of absence. The Sydney Morning Herald later compared her departure, which took place during Milan's fashion week, to the firing of a football coach during a championship game.Carine Roitfeld, who had been the magazine's creative director,was named as Buck's successor the next April.

Under Carine Roitfeld (2001-present)

Roitfeld aimed to restore the magazine's place as a leader in fashion journalism (the magazine "hadn't been so good" since the 1980s, she said) and to [restore] its French identity. Her appointment, which coincided with the ascendance of young designers at several of the most important Paris fashion houses, "brought a youthful energy" to the magazine.

The magazine’s aesthetic evolved to resemble Roitfeld's (that is, "svelte, tough, luxurious, and wholeheartedly in love with dangling-cigarette, bare-chested fashion"). Roitfeld has periodically drawn criticism for the magazine's use of sexuality and humor, which she employs to disrupt fashion's conservatism and pretension. Roitfeld's Vogue is unabashedly elitist, "unconcerned with making fashion wearable or accessible to its readers". Models, not actresses promoting movies, appear on its cover. Its party pages focus on the magazine's own staff, particularly Roitfeld and her daughter Julia. Its regular guest-editorships are given to it-girls like Kate Moss, Sofia Coppola, and Charlotte Gainsbourg. According to The Guardian, "what distinguishes French Vogue is its natural assumption that the reader must have heard of these beautiful people already. And if we haven't? The implication is that that's our misfortune, and the editors aren't about to busy themselves helping us out."Advertising revenue rose 60 percent in 2005, resulting in the best year for ad sales since the mid-1980s.

Country: France
City: Paris
Country: Indonesia
City: Jakarta

CLOSE-UP CITY TRENDS MILAN trendspotting from Milans shop windows!

Their photographers walked the most important streets of Milan to capture a preview of trends in retailing. Without leaving the working site everybody can focus what's on in the most important designer shop windows of the Italian fashion-capital.

New looks, new ideas to help professionals put together the most influential trends, enabling them to develop their creativity, without having to invest time or money in a trip to one of the most interesting and coolest city of the fashion world.

Country: Italy
City: Modena

No other magazine defines our time like VANITY FAIR. Whether a story involves a world leader or a sporting scandal, VANITY FAIR is always fascinating, never ordinary.

Country: United Kingdom
City: London
Country: United States
City: New York
Country: Australia
City: Surry Hills

VOGUE Novias offers sections on bridal gowns, trends, beauty tips, forums, information on wedding vendors around Spain and other helpful information for brides-to-be.

Country: Spain
City: Madrid

Uptempo Magazine focuses on the artistic collaboration of fashion with the performing and visual arts.

Country: United States
City: New York

Fernwood magazine delivers the latest in health, fitness, nutrition and style to 80,000 active members of Fernwood's Women's Health Clubs. Delivering in-depth well-being features and even canvassing the latest travel, beauty and workout trends, Fernwood is a core part of the Club's feel-great philosophy.

Each issue includes a free personal training workout, fantastic prizes and inspiring stories from members who have turned their lives (and health) around.

Best of all, Fernwood readers trust their magazine - a recent survey showed 98 per cent of them consider the magazine a credible source of health information and one in two members have bought something recommended in the magazine.

Country: Australia
City: Melbourne

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