A Magazine I Actually Enjoy

When something in the fashion world really excites me I get this combined feeling of complete happiness and intense self-awareness . I can feel my ears prick and my shoulders scrunch up in the direction of my ears- I smile and sigh and repeat to myself 'this is so. interesting!'. I want to absorb like a high quality sponge. Past events that have evoked this type of reaction include American Women: Fashioning a National Identity, Coco Avant Chanel and FIT's Eco-Fashion: Going Green exhibit.

My current joy of joys is a large, beautifully bound new magazine called Industrie, which I have enjoyed in increments over the last 3 weeks. Released, very sadly I might add, only twice a year Industrie enjoys its status as the only magazine dedicated to the culture of fashion. What I see cover-to-cover is a celebration of the people, ideas and business savvy behind the whole industry (to VERY CLEVERLY borrow from the magazine title). I love that it`s readable and doesn`t include anything about love and romance or how to dress for your body type or how jean leggings are the summer`s biggest fashion hit! It may not being the Economist but it`s informative and deeply in tune with what I was looking for in a magazine: industry-focused, varied content and elegant editorial.

http://www.magnation.com/Industrie-2952.php