So true I will likely not find as good a match from H. I have these ones coming but they are still not black/white.
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Love the black! Very cool.
Hi,
Thanks, lol.
You're going to laugh, but I did write a couple of articles for a German lifestyle blog-a-zine on a freelance base. And I basically should finish a handful, but I'm having a really hard time to find the right approach. I'm literally drowning in drafts & pictures for them - but I simply can't get a grip and hold on long enough to finish. And every time I think that's it - I get lost in hundreds of "secondary battlefields" - and I know I'm in way too deep for the selected target audience. (That's always the problem when you're supposed to write something about a topic you know well and are interested/educated on it...)
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Back to the magazine I bought. I think the main concern is cost. At least it seems to be. You can't see it in that picture but the cover can be folded open, inside a big glossy mag type 2-page ad for Patek Philippe. Back cover, 1-page glossy ad for Rolex. Inside many, many pages: 2-page ad for Giorgio Armani, 2-page ad for Dolce & Gabbana, 2-page ad for Ermenegildo Zegna, 2-page ad for Prada L'Homme perfume, 2-page ad for Hublot, 2-page ad for Moncler, 2-page ad for Olymp, 1-page ad for Prada, after this 1-page editorial. Then 1-page add for Gucci, 2-page TOC, 1-page ad for Tods, 2-page ad for Tudor, 1-page introduction to 3 editors/writer, 1-page ad for Versace, Imprint, 1-page ad for Panerai. I'll stop right here - and up until now you haven't read a single article. And of course there are far more ads all through the magazine.
Articles are mediocre at best, quite a few are simply "covered ads".
So yeah, I agree in a heartbeat - an international, truly high-end, lifestyle magazine that caters to men and woman is definitely missing. Especially one that goes quite a bit deeper than covered ads with glossy mag type pictures.
Garden & Gun sounds like fun. I will look out for that next chance I get!
Maybe we should start that magazine together?
Kind regards,
Oliver
Hey! There's an idea!
We can call it Oliver Prepster. 
I think you're so right. I understand the ads are what make the magazines survive, but sometimes I feel like I'm just reading a book of ads. If I were to create the perfect international lifestyle magazine, it would of course contain luxury, but I think somehow it also has to be created with the idea that luxury does not necessarily = money. Sometimes money buys luxury, for sure, but 90% of the luxury I see today is not elegant. And even then you have to choose (as Coco Chanel is reputed to say) very carefully from the remaining 10 %. Just wrapping a Rolls-Royce Phantom in gold leaf, doesn't make it luxurious, or elegant, or even desirable for many of us. Somehow when magazines start talking luxury, it all starts spiraling into excess and ick. It's possible to have money and a soul, and a heart, and care about something besides 18kt gold toilet seats. I'd love to see an international magazine with some world-class writing, and really useful ideas for making life more rich (not just more excessive). Of course if I created a magazine probably the only person that would read it is my mother. Hi Mom!
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Hey! There's an idea!
If I were to create the perfect international lifestyle magazine, it would of course contain luxury, but I think somehow it also has to be created with the idea that luxury does not necessarily = money. Sometimes money buys luxury, for sure, but 90% of the luxury I see today is not elegant. And even then you have to choose (as Coco Chanel is reputed to say) very carefully from the remaining 10 %. Just wrapping a Rolls-Royce Phantom in gold leaf, doesn't make it luxurious, or elegant, or even desirable for many of us. Somehow when magazines start talking luxury, it all starts spiraling into excess and ick. It's possible to have money and a soul, and a heart, and care about something besides 18kt gold toilet seats. I'd love to see an international magazine with some world-class writing, and really useful ideas for making life more rich (not just more excessive). Of course if I created a magazine probably the only person that would read it is my mother. Hi Mom!
Disappointed I can only give you one like for that posting, it deserves at least a hundred, especially the second part!
You're absolutely right. Expensive does not necessarily equal quality, taste & style. Just like buying a suit doesn't make one a gentleman.
You're definitely onto something there, and I'm very sure I'd enjoy your articles!
Kind regards,
Oliver
Hi, Xiangxiang! The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society runs day trips to lots of fabulous gardens. I go on all the trips they offer.
Today at Dressage at Devon: Stella is the official greeter.
I think this is a great look and very easily mixed with other prints or stripes. The fashion police will not give you a ticket for putting Dior on the Hermes. I don't know why Hermes and Chanel inspire such rigidity in allowing another brand to share the spotlight.
In a heartbeat....I'm not a die-hard H "accessorizer". If you think other twillies work better, go for it
In a heartbeat....I'm not a die-hard H "accessorizer". If you think other twillies work better, go for it
Thank you for the input guys! xx
Thank you for sharing your wonderful pics, Madam Bijoux! Always a feast for my eyes!