Is Print Media A Dying Breed?

By on 12 April 2009 in 2009, fashionisto diaries   

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My initial exposure to so-called luxury fashion was through a little magazine called Details. At the age of fifteen, it was like my bible — a fashion bible that included clothes I could only imagine owning. In college and earning money, I began working and had my own disposable income. My love for magazines grew and now my hunt expanded to include magazines like 10 Men, Dazed & Confused, Arena Homme, and INDIE. For me, these magazines put other publications like Details and GQ to shame. These were REAL fashion magazines. They were less celebrity driven and included a vast amount of designers and beautiful editorials that were breath taking. Just a couple months ago, it was not out of the norm for me to buy at least eight fashion magazines in the course of one month. However, most recently, the quantity has decreased to an average of three or four.

Browsing the rack at Barnes and Noble this past Saturday night, there were only two magazines that caught my interest: WWD Men and the debut issue of Phenomenon. There was a lack of new information, but I was captivated by the pictures and the story angles. However, while reading WWD Men, I became quite aware of why I feel print media is on its last leg. Story after story, the pictures were interesting, the content elegantly phrased, but it was all information, I had personally covered myself or had read elsewhere. It was dated and weeks, even months old. I am sentimental and love holding onto physical pieces that capture a season or two, but at this rate, the number of magazines I want to buy is dwindling at an alarming rate. I can easily capture the season in one magazine or two, rendering them unimportant, insignificant. This leads me to ponder the question, “Are bloggers dealing print media the last blow?”

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