frankensteinin' people

a video, called "sex lies & photoshop" on the nytimes website addresses the vast extent that magazines photoshop pics and how in france right now, there is a law trying to be passed where the magazines have to disclose the amount of photoshopping done. yah fuckin right.

of course I think magazines/posters overphotoshop the SHIT out of pics, and I would loveeee if no pics were photoshopped b/c then you could see the reality of what a supermodel/actor looks like (even though they would be wearing tons of makeup), but the truth is, that shit won't happen.

like anybody (besides me) wants to see this in a magazine,

compared to this:


here is another prime example (I still like the one on the right):

please can this be us (next month) in 4 years?

i read about this zine (yeah i do remember when everyone in the world was 18 and thought they should write their own zine to tell the world their deep thoughts and solutions to world problems, but this is different) on stylebubble.com called pamflet and it sounds amazing and what i want debwa to be one day (if not a store). basically it's two girls and they just talk about things they like or things they want to say; fashion, culture, film, etc. sounds normal enough but here is a quotation that made me really like it:

On bruises as accessories...

"Seen on that crystal castals bird's legs and Alexa Chung and Kate Moss bien sur. This says 'I've been having way more fun than you, omg, don't even ask, it's so funny.'"



and also on their myspace they say how they come from a long line of blue stockings, which is a term from the 18th century when a group of women would meet up and have intellectual talks, aka not be lady like and no needlepoint. here is the wikipedia, it's really interesting.

oh and they dj. jealous.

Mags

here are some up and coming magazines that seem worthy of perusal:

DRAMA: a mag about fashion in the performing arts (not just theatre but costumes for musicians and the like)

MISSBEHAVE: kind of like nylon + bust. a mag with definite potential, despite them dissing target's GO: International line.

LET THEM EAT CAKE: this has a nice name.