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March 12th, 2007 Posted by V

People are always asking me for my links. Clothes, shoes, furniture, magazines whatever. I feel like a bitch, but I hate giving out my lil’ secret treasure trove of hot shit. I only give my goods to a select few (and you three people know who you are). But I’d like to use my grand entrance to the blog world to finally share with my loyal fanclub. So here are some magazine-related treats for you all:

GAWKER
Yes, I know you have been to Gawker before. But do you read it in depth, or do you just skim the headlines? The Gawker girls are the O.G.’s of the blog game. They are snarky, sassy and if you have a decent knowledge of media, mags and the like, then every post is chock full of snide-inside jokes aimed at the likes of Wintour and the media moguls with the corner offices. Gawker is the first blog I read when I sit down at work each morning.

MOB LIVING
Meet the ladies of Married to the Mob. These chicks are like me (if i was hotter and grown up in NYC). Their blog began as a tie-in to rep their clothing line, but in my opinion its now its own entity worthy of a separate url and bookmark. I love reading about their world of hot kicks, badass boys and blunts. They are the super exclusive girls club you were never cool enough for in high school, but still knew everything about. Oh, and sometimes they blog about fashion magazines (ahem, hence the tie-in).

CLIP. STAMP. FOLD.
Architecture heads and intellectuals unite! Click. Stamp. Fold. is a gallery exhibit in NYC that studies the culture and history of seventy little magazines, which were published in over a dozen cities in the 1960’s and 1970’s. The site shows history and images of many of the featured publications. If you can’t get to NYC to see it in the flesh, definitely check out its cyber-home.

DAZED DIGITAL
Maybe its because most magazines are owned by large publishing groups, but I know I’m not alone in thinking that most websites of print magazines are horrific. There is usually not much more than a list of contents of the printed publication. I think it’s really a terrible shame. There are so many tie-ins that could be made. Hopefully with the growing popularity of blogs, magazines will realize they are losing countless opportunites and use their webhome’s better in the future.

Dazed & Confused, my new replacement best mag contender since the untimely demise of The Face, uses Dazed Digital as a perfect complement to their printed publication. Labeled an Ideas Sharing Network (tre brilliant!), its a great space to discover the Dazed lifestyle. Definitely check out Dazed staffs’ montly playlists. Play the new shit from across the pond while pretending you drab cube is a fabulous British office. Then snap back to reality just in time to realize Alastair, your adorable gay 19-year-old intern, is actually the annoying Marketing VP asking if you updated the postcard copy yet. Sigh.

PDF MAGS
There should be a magazine about magazines. Yes, I’ve heard it before. Yes, I’ve thought of it. No, I haven’t (yet). But someone out there has. Unfortunately, it isn’t in print form, but I don’t mind. Pdf Mags is one-stop shopping for design nerds to point and click through a bevy of online magazines. Great resource for layout inspiration or to find badass art to make into desktops for your pimped out macbook.

HINT
Hint is my oldest blog-type link. Hint has been around since at least 2000, and while it pretty much has remained unchanged, it consistently provides excellent news and images from the high-fashion front. As a bit of a style-hound, I love watching the coverage of all the shows and looking at pics of Karl Lagerfield drinkin’ it up at one or another posh fete.

Hint is also a fantastic hidden resource for interactive design inspiration. I am continually impressed by their interactive-based fashion shoot features where artists transform what would be a boring photo spread to pulsating colors and thumping beats.

I do wish their message boards were more active, but then again, do I really need yet another excuse to talk about Marc Jacobs shit I want but can’t affford?

V MAGAZINE BLOG
Another contender in the arena of successfully using webspace to further market and promote a printed magazine, is V Magazine. It take a very explicitly blog-like approach. If you had never read V Magazine, you would most likely think it was just a blog. And I personally love that touch. Always lush with great content and photography, it definitely deserves a shout-out.

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