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...decided to turn the tables a bit, to out criticize the critic and make a list of my own. Here is my version of Glamour??s dos and don’ts list, but it’s not about the people in my neighborhood. It’s about this issue (any issue) of my little gem of a fashion publication (how meta...
...given issue of Glamour magazine: prose that makes a new party shirt seem life-defining or five point lists that, if followed, will eradicate all of life’s pesky little problems. When I flipped through my spring-is-in-the-air fresh copy of Glamour??s March issue and found three whole pages devoted to plus-sized ladies, however, I didn’t laugh, I stopped to investigate...
...commercial that refuses to admit the existence of rush hour traffic, fashion spreads transport readers to another world where an elbowless peasant top with more ruffles than any shirt should have seems like a must-buy. This is how I felt when I found myself sleepily thumbing through Glamour??s “Field of Dreams” February spread and realized that I was actually being lured into the dream...
...Glamour??s credit, the publication is tempering the fantasy with a bit of real-worldliness. One of the new additions to the mag is a fashion trial run by some of Glamour??s own. Just as expected, the full-length prairie skirt proved “bulky” and “flouncy” for day-to-day wear. It—like so much that is presented in the world of fashion make-believe—is probably better left to the Janes whose morning walks are unencumbered enough and whose waists...
With the stress of holiday gift-giving, relative-visiting and weight-gaining on the horizon, Glamour??s December issue is chock-full of anti-stress methods hoping to keep the jolly St. Nick in each of us from turning into a poochy, green-haired Grinch. There are the usual caveats like “eat the roasted chicken instead of the fried BBQ wings,” “check that your credit card is not maxed out before going shopping,” and my personal favorite: “It’s okay...