My Top 5 Picks: MAGAZINES!

I got inspired to do a little TOP 5. Like Top 5 Fave food, top 5 fave mall, yada yada you get the point.
Gonna start with magazine since I was (and recovering) magazines-addict. And since it's me, yes I will try to put my fave cover as well (and you know how it entitles, don't ya? ;p)

My Top 5 Magazine Picks

1. DOLLY Australia

 

Despite the choice of covers that I put in my blog (you kno me *wink), Dolly is HANDS-DOWN the best magazine with the best layout EVER. And believe me when I say I've had my fair share of girls/women/fashion magazine (will post it below). Basically, Australian magazines like Cosmo, GF, and Cleo have the best layout, but Dolly still hands-down the best of all.
And they have great articles, gossip, and fashion tips ( LOTS of them actually), very easy and enjoyable to read.

Dolly only have one issue (Australian Dolly), and I hope they do intent to keep it that way.

It's pretty expensive as well actually, but whatever, it's a good mag nonetheless.

Ps. They have this sealed section about girls stuff, how thoughtful!

Anyone wanna send me one year subscription to Dolly?

2. SEVENTEEN US

So informative, and just... brilliant! 

But I might have to say some Seventeen's from other country actually put a shame to the US edition, this is also why I wrote above, the US edition. Actually the Singapore edition is cool as well, but still not as good. Tho whenever I visit a country that has Seventeen I always buy it ;p
And I love the paper they're using. DNW, I just love them.

3. TeenVogue

 

I still remember my first copy of Teen Vogue years years years ago. It was a used magazine, but I got it at the same month. I mean, I bought a used TV December issue on December. And I'm SO IN LOVE with the mag, and considering I was, at that time, on the perfect age demography for TV, so it's like, BAM! It's so me!

Before that time, I have no idea Vogue has TV, which kinda surprised me, and as far as I know, when I got my 1st issue of TV, the bookstores in Jakarta haven't sell it, not like nowadays. It was probably one of the first magazine with smaller-sized, and definitely the pioneer magazine for smaller-sized magazines.

4. IKEA Catalogue

Some of you might say, "Hey, this is a catalogue, not magazine!" Okay, big deal. When magazine is actually a catalogue from vary brands, this one holds one same brand. Ties, I think.

IKEA is my pleasure (both guilty or not, both conscious and unconscious).

I always, begged my Dad to get me one of their catalogue whenever he goes abroad. And I lusting over the pages, even more than I lust over fashion magazines. I do think I spent more time looking at this magazine than those fashion magz ;p

IKEA is brilliant, hands down. So creative, and innovative, friendly, and sophisticated.

You might think IKEA pays me to talk if I continue tho ;p

It's a great, thorough, clear , and informative catalogue all at once. Even if you don't have IKEA nearby, you still can copy their look, right? And let's end this here before we talk about the showroom :D

5. TIES on fave-sequence (InStyle, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Lucky)

 

I love all of them equally and since they're all at the same demographic and pretty much same everything, I'll just put them all together. InStyle and Lucky, for me, is the ULTIMATE shopping guide. I remember very well my on first copy of Lucky, they gave me this stickers (a full page of them) to make it easier for us to mark the page that hold stuff that we're interested in. If you live in US or you're happen in US and want to go shopping, grab this magazine, put some stickers on it, grab your wallet and go. Those stuff in both Lucky and InStyle have enough variation for every budget. Lovely!

Bazaar and Vogue basically featured the same fashion/style/products. I do, however, notice the difference between their featured articles and companion, but basically it's EQUAL.


I will write a 'lil post about some rare-find magazines I have on my collection on the next blog post.