posted by Anonymous

Jun 29, 2007 6:38PM

at a certain magazine i work at photo shoots have been like every day and resort collections are flooding the office ... bbut of course these are october/november issues not summer issues ... still i did love vogue's june cover of keira and last summer's kate hudson balenciaga vogue cover

posted by mary

Jun 30, 2007 1:40AM

yes! thank you. i didn't realize this happened, and when my teenvogue hadnt shown up i was reallyreally annoyed. i think it's quite stupid.

posted by arcadia

Jul 01, 2007 12:17AM

they do this for the January issues as well! i used to think that was because everyone was gone for the holidays; but now that i know issues are done months in advance, i can't explain it.

posted by guest

Jul 01, 2007 4:29AM

this is so frustrating!
they do it for dec/jan or jan/feb as well, which is when i'm spending a lot of time in airports and NEED those magazines

posted by theovereducatedvalet

Jul 01, 2007 8:01AM

I just expect Jan/Feb and June/July to be like that. I guess magazines get tired of featuring the same clothes they've been writing about for the previous 3 or 4 issues.

I think it would be great if they used the dearth of new merchandise to run more in-depth articles about fashion and style, like interviews with designers, discussions of wardrobe fundamentals, "a day in the life of" features, and stories about broader fashion-related issues and trends.

I agree that the skinny issues are frustrating and won't buy them off the newsstand either. The July Instyle is particularly flimsy.

posted by guest

Jul 01, 2007 7:01PM

At least with the magazine I work for, it's an ad-based thing, unfortunately. The January one is the most obvious, b/c all the big accounts spent their budget in Nov and Dec getting ready for the holiday. June/July is similar. Since everyone is vacationing, fewer people are doing the Fifth Ave thing, so sales do a mini slump. No good for readers, but good for business, I guess.