posted by guest

Aug 15, 2008 3:11PM

Fortunately I have a subscription, so nobody sees Jessica on the cover except me.

But I read them anyway. I feel disconnected from the world if I don't. Even when Natalie "Miss Boring" Portman is on the cover.

posted by guest

Aug 15, 2008 3:13PM

I personally hate other people have no interest in their lives, celeb or otherwise. Is it too much to ask for mags to just show me pictures of things and light arranged artistically?

posted by guest

Aug 15, 2008 3:14PM

well i get Elle in the mail and when it came i was like gosh no Not jessica so i got one of my old Vogues and found a Prada ad and cut sasha p's face out and glued it right over jessica's and then made up a story about how she was going to go study art in france

posted by guest

Aug 15, 2008 3:15PM

who doesn't love jessica simpson? with her daisy dukes and cowboy boots, she is THE epitome of high fashion. in fact i vote jessica for the next issue of paris vogue, stat!

posted by guest

Aug 15, 2008 3:17PM

You are all so worried about what others think of you, between your magazine covers and "I would never wear knockoffs", gasp, what would people think" BS! It's pretty amusing.

I do agree that it's absolutely ridiculous for Jessica Simpson to grace Elle magazine, but I could give two sh*ts about what people think of me carrying it around.

You should change this blog name from "fashionista" to "fashion snobs".

posted by guest

Aug 15, 2008 3:25PM

I definitely judge people based on the covers of the magazines they are carrying... not really.... unless it were like Hustler or something.

posted by MonaVox

Aug 15, 2008 3:27PM

Ah... I did feel a little weird about her being on the cover. But it's the friggin FALL issue, and I have a subscription! It's a must!

posted by guest

Aug 15, 2008 3:37PM

I have been torn of late. INSIDE the book,I have been really pleased with Elle for the past couple of years, and notably recently with some more "forward" styling, layouts, and typography.

That said, how the hell do you look like that on the inside, and yet have the lamest Cosmo looking covers? Mariah? Jessica Simpson? Look, thats fine if they need those women to make sales I suppose, but my gosh, do something interesting with them then! STYLE them better! I don't buy a fall fashion issue to look at a Dolly Parton wannabe costume on the cover!

I actually bought this issue DESPITE the cover.... and yes, I am embarrassed to have it out in my home. Its covered up by French Vogue ;)

posted by guest

Aug 15, 2008 3:39PM

i wouldn't buy a magazine with jessica simpson on the cover, not because i care if people see me with the mag (as i usually read them in the bathtub anyway!), but because i don't want to support a magazine who actually finds that vapid woman worthy of gracing their pages.

i canceled my "self" mag subscription after she was on the cover and they wrote a ridiculous self-serving article about how smart and generous she is.

i do NOT love, like, or even refrain from strongly disliking the image that jessica simpson promotes of herself. though i don't know her personally, she displays herself as an ignorant, unintelligent, fake, dishonest, untalented, pretentious, morally superior ditz. definitely the celebrity i detest the most.

posted by guest

Aug 15, 2008 3:39PM

I can't stand jessica simpson. i actually thought about buying elle last weekend and chose not to because she was on the cover. i don't like looking at her face.

posted by fauvism3

Aug 15, 2008 3:41PM

Britt--good point not to mention the art direction on that cover is HORRENDOUS. It's like the art department was loathe to have jessica on the cover and tried desperately to loose her in that orange writing..but in doing so basically obscured the entire cover and gives me a headache to look at it.

I don't care who sees me buying Elle, regardless of the cover (and I am a guy) but it is annoying that Hachette put her on. It denigrates an interesting mag with some good editorials, shopping info, and ok features into a glorified Cosmo/Marie Claire--which are NOT fashion titles to the dismay of Hearst.

posted by Glamazon Huntress

Aug 15, 2008 3:42PM

I have a subscription to Elle and when I heard that Jessica was going to be on the cover I cringed. I'm still going to read it anyway because for some reason I feel like I'm wasting money if I don't read the magazine. But I can't believe they chose her for their Sept. cover. The magazine is definitely not leaving the house. And yes, I do cover magazine covers when I'm embarrassed about the celeb.

posted by guest

Aug 15, 2008 3:42PM

BTW did anyone catch the Allure article about Adderall being like a good way to diet? It made me wonder...

posted by guest

Aug 15, 2008 3:48PM

yeah.. i feel like this blog is written by 15-year-old catty high school girls. I liked coming here to read about fashion, not to see "do you like jessica simpson? would you carry her face around on a magazine?" I know how to get to perezhilton.com.

I get that it has to do with fashion because it's a fashion magazine.. but really, it just seems insecure and negative.

posted by guest

Aug 15, 2008 3:58PM

I felt the same way about the jessica SImpson cover. Not only is she on the cover but they put her on news-stands wearing pretty much the same outfit that she did on their cover when she was on newly-weds.

posted by guest

Aug 15, 2008 4:05PM

the elle cover was really hideous and disappointing: i don't understand how it passed right under robbie myers and nina garcia's noses. but i think it's wrong to judge a magazine by its cover--elle still has some pretty good content (although not the high school musical shoot), unlike cosmopolitan trash. however, i still prefer vogue and W.

posted by guest

Aug 15, 2008 4:08PM

haha commenter #4!!

posted by guest

Aug 15, 2008 4:09PM

-In complete agreement with Guest 15-

posted by guest

Aug 15, 2008 4:13PM

Thank you! I cannot stomach that girl with no talent waxing poetic about Mayer and Romo. Her fashion is truly horrendous. The most offensive thing about her is her awful fakeness, as someone said, and that she tries to brand herself as an authentic, country kind of gal. Elle can and should have done far better for their fall issue, let alone any other issue. I would even rather see the prettier, less ubiquitous Ashlee. I refused to buy this magazine, would have been embarassed for the person ringing me up at CVS to see it.

posted by guest

Aug 15, 2008 4:27PM

ugh jessica simpson makes me sick, though many people think her shoes are cute and such, i REFUSE to buy them. even though she just stamps on her name. i most deff. pick up or leave magazines based on whos on the cover. some of these celbs. should stick to being on the cover of people and such because those are the only type of ppl that really want to read about them, not fashion concered people.

posted by guest

Aug 15, 2008 4:39PM

I'll usually buy Vogue no matter who is on the cover or how terrible the cover ends up to be. But I won't buy any other magazine unless someone I really like is on the cover. And I will never buy anything that Jessica Simpson is on, assuming Anna Wintour will never allow her to be on the cover of Vogue. -shudders-

posted by hannah

Aug 15, 2008 4:42PM

I love you, guest number 4. I still plan on buying this month's Elle, but Jessica Simpson is a HUGE TURNOFF.

posted by arcane

Aug 15, 2008 4:45PM

Outside of Nylon, I won't buy a magazine that has someone I deem uninteresting on the cover. Its just an automatic turn-off for me...

Also, I'm finding the recent fashionista criticsms increasingly strange. This blog is about an industry that is artistic, inspiring, negative, silly, vapid and a million other things. Aren't there bound to be posts that reflect all of that? Whats the big deal?

posted by guest

Aug 15, 2008 4:50PM

I unsubscribed to Elle after seeing Jessica Simpson on the cover. I didn't know what she was wearing either. Also, Elle has def gone downhill--the fonts, graphics/photo shoots are so cosmo, so cheap and cheesy.

Tforia.com

posted by guest

Aug 15, 2008 4:53PM

Fashionista,

As a long-time reader I love your posts and collages in general. But as of late, the tone is becoming less about fashion and more about pretentiousness. Isn't fashion all about NOT caring what other people think? Bashing Jessica Simpson (whose covers, by the way, have a good record of selling magazines, which is important if you want these fashion magazines to survive a declining audience) is a pretty cheap shot on a blog with a high-fashion audience. Instead of breathlessly bemoaning F21 knockoffs, which is getting pretty old, pretty fast, why not show some more awesome streetwalkers who manage to make cheap fashion actually fashionable?

But really, I'm interested to know what the response from the Fashionista team is to the increasing number of comments that express dissatisfaction with the tone in some of these posts....what are your guys' thoughts?

posted by doll

Aug 15, 2008 4:57PM

Um, don't judge a book by its cover.

posted by guest

Aug 15, 2008 5:01PM

u guys are becoming very uptight so f'ing what if Jessica Simpson is on the cover what did she do u? Britt u are the worst blogger ever 1st it was I don’t want to wear what Heidi and Pharell has on give those peasants Gucci and now u don’t want to walk around with a cover Jessica Simpson is on? sweetie u are merely a blogger nothing more nothing less those people are very popular and even influential they sell mags and make big bucks doing what they do while u sit behind your little apple insulting your readers COME DOWN TO PLANET EARTH

posted by guest

Aug 15, 2008 5:11PM

Do you think there are really that many people in the world (or on the subway) who would differentiate between a ladymag with a model on the cover and one with a pop star on the cover?

posted by guest

Aug 15, 2008 5:19PM

Well stated # 26!! Totally agree!

posted by Malibu

Aug 15, 2008 5:29PM

I don't understand why these girls are on the cover of "high fashion" magazines. When Jessica Biel was in Bazaar and said she knew nothing about fashion that just pissed me off. I would much rather see someone less famous who lives and breathes fashion then Jessica Simpson any day.

posted by guest

Aug 15, 2008 5:33PM

This is so funny you should write this because I was thinking the other day "hey, I haven't bought an Elle in a while, maybe I'll treat myself to one!" I went to go look for it and there she was, Jessica Simpson, on the cover of the magazine I wanted to buy. I was disappointed to see her there and I left without the magazine. I don't want to pay for a publication that picks her as cover material out of all the women on the planet who are 1000 times classier and more chic.

posted by guest

Aug 15, 2008 5:34PM

Can you calm down? While this isn't particularly brag-worthy, I'm extremely judgmental; however, I have never once judged someone based on the person featured on the cover of the magazine they're carrying. I wasn't even aware that ANYONE does that. You people are actually insane.

posted by Natalie Hormilla

Aug 15, 2008 5:45PM

Guest #26, i see what you're saying about fashion being about not caring what people think, but that's exactly why we continue to do what we do - because we honestly write what we think, and frankly, we don't care if people disagree. in fact, we welcome it. it makes thinking about fashion that much more interesting, and sometimes, depending on the commenter, kind of funny.

as for the increasing number of negative comments, that has a lot to do with our increasing number of readers. what can we say - mo pageviews, mo problems.

posted by guest

Aug 15, 2008 5:45PM

@ guest 28. I think you are talking about two different people. There's a brEtt and a brItt. But you should probably worry more about the fact that you can't form a complete sentence than on differentiating between mere bloggers.

posted by guest

Aug 15, 2008 5:58PM

Oh my gosh #35 you took the words right out of my mouth.

This week has been filled with so much negativity from commentors, enough with the personal attacks. I personally love fashionista for their honest write ups and musings of all things fashion.

posted by guest

Aug 15, 2008 5:59PM

if i want to buy a magazine, then ill buy it regardless of who is on the cover. i buy glamour every month and i dont give a damn whoes on the cover. and then some magazines i get in the mail, so its too late to hate on the mag when ive already bought it. but if there is a magazine that i sometimes buy and its someone good on the cover then im sold!

posted by guest

Aug 15, 2008 6:15PM

Ha...it's funny, when I was growing up my dad banned fashion magazines and nail polish, so for my birthday, my best friends gave me a secret box. It had naughty underwear and a copy of french vogue with the cover of the economist glued over it.

posted by pirateslovecouture

Aug 15, 2008 6:39PM

I subscribe to Elle, and I was baffled as to why J. Simpson was on the cover of the magazine. She's hardly fashionable, not very interesting, intelligent, and I don't give a damn about her foray into country music. However, I DID read the article, and it was kind of endearing, but I don't buy Elle or any other fashion magazine so I can find it in my heart to give a pop star another chance. And her outfit...country cliche much?

posted by guest

Aug 15, 2008 6:54PM

im personally sick of celebs who have nothing to offer. If they have something to offer then yea, why not put them on the cover but silly celebs like lindsay, paris, and MILEY should NEVER be on a cover.

BACK TO MODELS PLEASE.

posted by ellekay

Aug 15, 2008 7:11PM

i have to say that i'm DEFINITELY not a fan of her music/"acting", but her spread in bazaar last summer was actually pretty. i like that she showed that a girl with a difficult-to-dress body type can still look awesome in designer clothes, as long as they're the right ones (i'm 34D and have a smaller waist, so it makes shopping tricky). that said, when she's not styled by an expert, she tends to fall out of her clothes (there was a particularly bad encounter with a cavalli gown a couple of years ago--google it).

posted by guest

Aug 15, 2008 7:29PM

The only reason why Jessica is on the cover is because a previous cover of hers was a best seller for ELLE. Though those who are genuinely interested in fashion are turned off, the general public seems to like her enough.

But the cover is hideous...it is just me, or is her body very oddly shaped here? Bad case of photoshop?

posted by cesarcmma

Aug 15, 2008 7:29PM

That cover it's the worst I ever seen in ages....her waist and legs where so badly phootoshoped and that outfit was so unfashionable. But maybe the mag itself could be good inside I don't know...Where I live (latinoamerica) there isn't ELLE, instead we have a very good vogue with recycled spreads of others vogues and the only celebrity in the past year was Eva Longoria because a thing on MEXICO fashion week the others months models like Shannan Click, Hana Soukupova, Amber Valleta, Emina Cunmulaj, Kate are on the cover I could go on ...oh and the mag it's not like 700 pages it's around 250. which is also good.

posted by Jac

Aug 15, 2008 7:47PM

I am so glad so many people detest J Simp. I think she has good looks, but it bothers me that so many people find her attractive and worthy of cover when she is painfully ignorant and promotes the sentiment that it's ok to be a dumb blonde--cute even. I'm sure part of this is born out of jealousy (I hate hearing men talk about how hot she is, boobs arent the only thing that make a body desirable), but I can easily buy a mag with an equally gorgeous cover girl as long as she has half a mind to back it up. i hate the Alba/Simpson covers. Women buy these magazines, why give them mens mag cover girls? Britt, you get ten points in my book for hating Jessica Simpson.

posted by guest

Aug 15, 2008 8:51PM

That would be you're as in you are, not your as in the possessive form of you. Please, please correct that!!!

posted by guest

Aug 15, 2008 11:25PM

your = you're.

pet peeve of the century

posted by guest

Aug 16, 2008 12:09AM

theres something to be said of a person who is that afraid to be judged by the magazine they are carrying.

theres even more to be said about a person who will take the time to cut out a more desirable persons head to put on the cover.

posted by ShaSha

Aug 16, 2008 1:45AM

Hate her...but I love Elle more.

posted by Jac

Aug 16, 2008 3:13AM

How is this catty exactly? Jessica promotes herself to be an idiot, what is wrong with not wanting to support someone who actively does that? This is ANTI CATTY/PETTY. Maybe making fun of your friends desire to shop at F21 is catty, but refusing to support a celebrity is really not. What exactly is to be said commenter 47? This is an irrelevant comment people make when they have nothing of substance to contribute.

posted by guest

Aug 16, 2008 6:02AM

JS wasn't country before? she kinda would turn anything into intouch to me.but I'd
have to see what the editorial was 1st coz that's what I want to see.might put a moustache on her if i like it.

posted by guest

Aug 16, 2008 6:06AM

I'm not digging paris' boobie action.i'd rather see the skirt.

who cares about jessicas life and why unless her shoes get better.how are the clothes in the spreads, worth it?

posted by Lala

Aug 16, 2008 7:51AM

If i like the issue i will buy it, there is none i hate that much, i just dont read their interview and thats it.

As for what will other think,i couldnt care less,pleaseeee!

posted by dumbbrunette5

Aug 16, 2008 7:52AM

um, while i would be dissapointed if i was buying a magazine with a cover girl i dont like or bad art direction (because its always sooo much nicer when theres a pretty cover, even if the inside is good either way) i wouldnt stop from buying just because random people on the street might see me with it. i dont see why you should give a damn about the opinions of some people on the subway that you dont even know, especially since they probably dont give a damn about u and your magazine anyway. and if its your friends that are judging you just for a freakin magazine...well, maybe they're not such good friends to have.

posted by guest

Aug 16, 2008 9:25AM

i have been debating this for like the past week, but i still want elle!

posted by guest

Aug 16, 2008 11:37AM

i dont know about jessica simpson and i dont really care to...i wouldnt read Elle even with her not on the cover...i read alot of glamour and marie claire because they are more real and have real articles...vogue, elle, bazaar dont pertain to my lifestyle. I dont have a trust fund that would support me buying a $3000 bag or a rich daddy to pay for my manhattan apt and my lanvain flats while i have work as an unpaid intern at a fashion magazine and drink $5 starbucks coffee every morning...im in law school and paying for it myself and designer knock offs and "lower end" magazines are more realistic. i'd rather see a styled outfit with forever 21 knock offs then something where a t shirt costs $400...we're entering a recession...what are ppl thinking? maybe i will buy those things in the future...but at least i know i won't have to whore myself out to find a hedge fund manager to do it...

posted by guest

Aug 16, 2008 2:21PM

I bought Elle magazine awhile back and it had Lindsay Lohan on the cover, I didnt mind that so much until this guy at the book store starting hitting on me. I was ashamed that I was holding a magazine with Lohan on the cover because I am not a fan of hers and I did not want people to think I was a fan of hers either

Basically i will buy the magazine, but I will try to hide the cover if at all possible

posted by guest

Aug 16, 2008 2:22PM

Firstly, yes Jessica Simpson on a cover is more than enough to put me off buying the mag. Also, I hear what you're saying about the trashy health articles, but the 'alternate day fasting' is actually supported by some really interesting scientific research that you can read about in plenty of science and medicine mags- it's just that the fashion mags have recently picked up on it and are running with it, and maybe in a less responsible way. But to their credit, it is actually a well-researched way to promote longevity and has been proven in animals to help ward of cancers, so it's not as crazy as it sounds.

posted by casey

Aug 16, 2008 2:28PM

I know exactly what you mean Britt. I bought ELLE simply because it was one of he first September issues out, but couldn't understand how Jessica Simpson (or the look in general) sets the mood for fall fashion.

I far prefer ELLE UK's cover with Mary Kate...anyway, vote for your favorite ELLE September cover here: http://thoseextra4inches.com/index.php/2008/08/judge-a-magazine-by-its-cover-elle-sept-08/
I'm curious what you guys will vote for :)

posted by blythespirit

Aug 16, 2008 2:42PM

would buy it anyway.....but not with the PARIS cover...

posted by sarajane

Aug 16, 2008 3:31PM

I love Elle but beyond Jessica being on the cover, her outfit was horrible! She had that outdated silver heart Tiffany's necklace and a string of blue beads? A tight plaid top (cut short to show stomach) and a country belt and super tight jeans...I really don't understand why Elle put that look on the cover

posted by guest

Aug 16, 2008 3:38PM

OK iam not necessarily a simpson but she dose have a line bearing her name and what she wears dose effect fashion so that might qualify her to be on the cover a fashion mag. on a personal note i hate hate Cosmo because all the horrible quizzes and 101 new sex positions.

posted by guest

Aug 16, 2008 4:10PM

I really can't stand Jessica Simpson. When I saw her on the Elle cover, I cringed but I bought the magazine anyways! It made me think less of Elle for picking Jessica as their cover. I'm always happy when buying and reading fashion magazines, but this time my purchase came with a bit of embarassment!

posted by guest

Aug 16, 2008 5:10PM

It disappoints me that actresses have taken over most magazine covers and there aren't as many models on them.

posted by Modupe

Aug 16, 2008 7:13PM

omg i hate that cover of elle, lately... how dare they go from rihanna to mary kate to mariah and then sink so low to jessica?i'm worried that the industry is losing its mind, next thing you know heidi montag will be deemed worthy of a cover

posted by etoilee8

Aug 16, 2008 9:04PM

Jessica Simpson doesn't bother me as much as some of the others. But the answer is "no", I will not buy a magazine if someone who annoys me is on the cover. I don't give a rats ass what people think of the magazines, I carry. I CARE about what I read though. If I have no interest in the person on the cover, why on earth would I want to read about them? And I generally have the attitude, "They really think this person is cool/inspiring/cover worthy? Well now I think this magazine is kind of lame. . . ".

posted by guest

Aug 16, 2008 11:45PM

ha! this is funny. I totally relate. I wouldn't go as far as to not buy the mag because of the cover but its made me think twice on more than one occasion. Deff hold the cover towards self then walk. but then you just have a cheesy covergirl ad on the reverse side to show off... lesser of two evils i guess.

posted by sterrious

Aug 17, 2008 1:27AM

lol! what did you guys think of Giselle's ass smack right in front of V? I(female) read that in class, my female instructor walked pass me, walked back to me and asked, what are youuuuuu reading?

posted by guest

Aug 17, 2008 2:50AM

I don't care who is on the cover as long as the magazine is good I'm happy.

posted by guest

Aug 17, 2008 11:52AM

I so agree with you...What pisses me off further is that they would put Jessica Simpson on the cover of the September issue (which for me is the most important issue). That's why I'm waiting for Elle UK which had the sense to put Mary-Kate on their September.

posted by guest

Aug 17, 2008 2:19PM

guest number 6 i salute u.

the people at fashionista are so pretentious..

posted by guest

Aug 17, 2008 4:18PM

I boycotted Paris Vogue for a full 4 months before I would buy it again- THAT is how pissed I was with that terrible amateur porn star cover (pictured above).

I also boycotted VF until the Tom Ford issue came along for their cover of the same skank.

and I won't be buying the US September Vogue cos Keira looks like shit on the cover (eventhough the editorial is superb)

So, yeah, if I don't like the celebrity on the cover I don't buy the magazine. Models, writers, politicians, artists, etc are a different story.

posted by guest

Aug 17, 2008 11:01PM

Thank you so much for highlighting the issue of undeserving cover models. Why are untalented individuals surfacing to the top? How does it work? Are they actually the chosen ones or are they buying publicity themselves. Do people sincerely love Jessica Simpson (not to be rude, I'm sure she's perfectly nice)?

posted by guest

Aug 18, 2008 12:33AM

money talks. everyone's hurting, even the fashion industry, as i work in it. can you blame ell? and for the record, most of you probably wouldn't have criticized elle's decision to put jessica on the cover three to four years ago. can you blame the girl for trying to reinvent herself...madonna made a career out of it, and though she may have a bit more artistic merit, its all one in the same, truth. everyone likes to chase a dollar now, come on, cut the girl a break and get your heads out of your ass.

posted by hommenivore

Aug 18, 2008 8:23AM

WHY DO PEOPLE KEEPING USING THE WORD "PRETENTIOUS" INCORRECTLY?

posted by guest

Aug 18, 2008 10:02AM

i don't buy magazines with gwyneth paltrow or halle berry on the cover. i find them both smug beyond belief and, aside from the embarrassment of toting their faces around, looking at pictures of either one of these self-pronounced "great" actresses who are "too beautiful" to get work irritates the heck out of me.

posted by guest

Aug 18, 2008 10:47AM

I think its really shallow, and snobby that someone would not boy a magazine they like just because they do not like who is on the cover. Just buy it and skip the part with the particular person you do not like. And do you really think people are watching to look and what you are reading, seriously you are not that important. And who has time to paste someone else face on it, seriously we are not in junior highschool just growup.

posted by southweststyle

Aug 18, 2008 1:23PM

I am the same way with Oprah book club books - if there is a book i want to read branded that way, i hunt it down in a used bookstore for a cover WITHOUT the big O. I can't stand the thought that people would think i was reading that because Oprah told me to.

posted by guest

Aug 18, 2008 2:45PM

I received my ELLE in the mail with a cover over the cover saying "LAST ISSUE - PLEASE RENEW" and let me say that after opening that first cover, to my horror I am staring at a terrible photo of Jessica Simpson! I was seriously horrified to see her on the cover, why is ELLE (an esteemed fashion magazine with pretty good content these days) putting Jessica Simpson on their HUGE FALL FASHION issue anyways! This is totally beyond my comprehension. I despise JS and everything she stands for. She has no fashion sense, and who the hell even cares about her life anymore these days??!! I want to see celebs OFF all the magazine covers; I am wistful for the days when fashion magazines actually put MODELS on their covers. So much more interesting!!!

posted by neenersh

Aug 18, 2008 5:39PM

Who cares who is on the cover? And what problem do you people have with Jessica Simpson, is it because she is "main stream" or is it because she is hotter than you? I hate it when women bash other women or look them up and down rudely because they are jealous. I just say "Yep, she's freakin hot" because I am confident in myself. Sure she's a freakin air head, but who cares. I took that whole post and anyone else's who bashed her as your chances to bash Jessica Simpson because of insecurity.

posted by guest

Aug 18, 2008 7:04PM

Since when is Elle a truly "fashion" magazine anyway? If Jessica Simpson was on the cover of Vogue, then maybe then I would be worried.

posted by guest

Aug 19, 2008 6:38AM

I definitely won't buy if certain people are on the cover -- Jessica Simpson being one of many. Other no-buys include "how to please your partner in bed" and that ilk.

posted by guest

Aug 19, 2008 11:41AM

I don't read Elle mag-- I read Fashionista.

P.S. Jessica Simpson makes me want to gag.

posted by fashionfix

Aug 19, 2008 2:58PM

ok so what does everyone think of kiera knightly on the cover of september american vogue?!?!?!

this is like, the 4th or 5th time she's been on the cover in 2 years!! RIDICULOUS! There are only 12 precious covers a year and they waste them on duplications when there are so many deserving women.

posted by guest

Aug 19, 2008 5:15PM

Oh my goodness, #77, I do that too. Even in the used bookstore, I avoid the Oprah covers. I don't know why. I guess it gets people reading, right? I think it's this idea that a book didn't exist before Oprah discovered it. "Oh my gosh, you guys, you all must go out today and discover this great author I found, Charles Dickeeeens!" (with that monotone but increasingly louder voice).

posted by neenersh

Aug 19, 2008 5:19PM

I LOVE KIERA KNIGHTLY.

posted by guest

Aug 19, 2008 8:26PM

This is stupid. I don't care what people think of me and what I read. I'm 19, a student at UCLA, and yes, sometimes I do want to read about jessica's love life instead of the history of architecture every once in a while. Why wouldn't people understand that?

posted by guest

Aug 20, 2008 8:34AM

I absolutely love Elle and while I think they're new format is a bit annoying, they still mix a high and low of fashion and ideas that other mags do not.
As for JEssica Simpson, the girl is coming into her own in the public eye. I think the country route is going to be great for her. She was a third rate pop singer and trying to be something she is not. She's a pretty girl and so much less annoying than that poser sister of hers. I do find it terrible when a mag puts someone embarrassing on the cover, ie Paris Hilton. It stays in my bag on the subways those days.

posted by guest

Aug 21, 2008 10:29PM

What the hell cesarcmma? There's ELLE all over Latin-America. There is one in Brazil, other in Argentina and other in Mexico.

And about Vogue: there's three edition. The general Latin-America one with the recycled spreads, the Mexican one with most of the recycled spreads and different ads and the Brazilian one with some recycled spreads some new ones and different articles.

posted by Bellagigi

Aug 23, 2008 11:39PM

I'm an adult so it doesn't bother me what others think of who is on the cover of a magazine I might happen to be carrying around.

With that said I don't care for JS and I do not think she represents fashion or Elle. It was a surprise to find her on the cover this month.