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Elle China
Can China Save Fashion Magazines?
While print publishing's had a tough time in the states and in many parts of the world over the past few years, the magazine industry in China is apparently booming. As we already know, China has become a huge market for luxury fashion, but not everyone is just buying the clothes. According to a piece in the Times this past weekend, young Chinese women are spending huge chunks of their incomes on Chinese versions of Western fashion glossies such as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, etc. They're obsessed. And Western publishing houses like Hearst are making bank. Fashion labels are putting even more money into advertising in China than in the states and these glossies practically have more ad pages than they know what to do with. Both Cosmopolitan and Elle have to publish twice monthly over there because one would be too thick to print and Vogue added four extra issues per year. So, is this it? Is China the antidote to print's decline here in the west? The thing is, these publishers' ability to make money has little to do with their publications' quality or popularity.
Fashion News Roundup: That Miu Miu Dress Again, Lauren Shares Her Wedding Planning Expertise and Tom Ford to Guest Edit French Vogue
Really, Elle China? Yep, that Miu Miu dress that has been on the cover of 478329874 magazines this year has landed yet another one. Fei Fei Sun sports the dress in yellow on the cover of Elle China's December issue. Seriously guys, what is this? {Fashion Gone Rogue} Lauren Sherman, the Wedding Expert: Our bride-to-be editor has become a veritable expert on the process of planning an affordable wedding in NYC (yes, it is possible!) and has shared her findings with Refinery29. Some examples? Do your own flowers and scour Craigslist for a photog. {Refinery29} WWWhoops: For some reason, WWD decided to momentarily spill the beans about last night's CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund winner before it was actually announced. They swiftly deleted the scandalous tweet, but it was too late. {@themoment}