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Christine · Coach

February Lucky

ILoveChoo · Hermes

I didn't like it. There wasn't a single item that I thought I wanted in my closet and the styling was so weird. I think they really dropped the ball on this one.

I was hoping to get some inspiration for how to look cute now and not freeze my butt off, but that didn't really happen.

sephorablue · Marc Jacobs

I actually tabbed a couple things for the first time in a while... but there were some eye-poppingly bad things in there.

BargainQueen · Marc Jacobs

I completely agree, I'd seen a couple of the girls complain about the past issues and although I haven't been too impressed I wasn't disapointed, BUT this issue is by far the most boring issue. I used to really enjoy receiving their issues, but not only do the issues come really late every month, they suck. I really hope they improve or I'm seriously just changing my subscription to Shop, Etc.

bumblebee · Coach

i am w/BQ--usually i am a defender, and i find plenty of things that i like, but this issue was just really really boring. yawn. boots with a skirt = super sexy? oy.

nunzi182 · Kate Spade

It really sucked. The only thing I tabbed was Ellin Lavar hair care products for curly hair.

laken1 · Hermes

Well, just when I thought I was crazy & really hadn't renewed my subscription I got December & January in the mail yesterday. But still no sign of February. And I bought December on the news stand. I hate them, I really do. I have no clue as to why I'm still subscribing

Lilykind · Hermes

I like Nicole Richie, but she looks like she's dying on the cover and I know that her secrets are more or less defined by Rachel Zoe's style.

The copying street looks thing kind of pissed me off...ESPECIALLY when Kim France's editor-in-chief letter sounded so gleeful about copping these girls' looks and robbing them of their individuality. I'm sure she meant it in a flattering way, but still...The article on how to be sexy made me laugh...while I'm all for a low-key, subtle approach to sexy...skirts with boots? t-shirts with chains? diamonds with denim? What made me angriest of all is the techie gadget-y article...I know what people in marketing at music labels do. They MARKET the music of the artists already on the label...they do NOT find the music. There's a whole other department for that. grr...

Sometimes I wonder why I still fork over the $3 every month for it, but I'm really not a Shop Etc girl (I feel like I'm way too young) and I want a shopping magazine fix somehow!

(on a side note, where do they find these real girls who show what gadgets they want and make outfits? is it bad that i want to be in the magazine?)

BargainQueen · Marc Jacobs

Lilykind wrote:

(on a side note, where do they find these real girls who show what gadgets they want and make outfits? is it bad that i want to be in the magazine?)

Yah I wonder the same thing, I would love to see you featured in that spread and make a weeks worth of outfits for different outings that day

theotherjess · Chanel

I didn't think it was a bad issue. It was better than the past few issues (not really saying much still I guess) although there wasn't anything I LOVED or thought was especially groundbreaking.

The one thing that KILLED me though were the Hammer pants/drop crotch pants. Sorry, I refuse to wear anything that has the word "crotch" in the title.

bumblebee · Coach

lilykind, you are right about the rachel zoe thing--that didn't occur to me until now.

and omg, totally forgot about the hammer-crotch pants--who is going to wear those?!?! i will remember that i said that when they are the biggest trend of late 2006 and every person i pass on the street is wearing them. but until then...WTF>!

berryahou35 · Dooney & Bourke

Well, not I'm happy that everytime I tried to suscribe to Lucky there was a credit card error. WHEW! But I still want a shopping/fashion magazine that follows the structure of Lucky. What's the difference between Lucky and Shop Etc?? Or, are there others out there that have great style suggestions and fashion articles?

-- Edited by berryahou35 at 19:58, 2006-01-10

cc · Marc Jacobs

I agree. I'm also not usually totally disappointed with Lucky but I think I only liked 3 things in the entire issue and I thought it was really boring. And the Hammer pants were horrible!

Re the "real" girls they feature - I bet it's usually friends of staff members. A girl from my h.s. used to work there and I think 2-3 girls from our school appeared in different columns.

NCshopper · Hermes

Yeah, this issue wasn't so great, like so many of their issues lately. I wish there was a better substitute out there. The old Lucky used to be so great.

And seriously? Nicole Richie on the cover? That bugs me for a ton of reasons: a) she looks terribly unhealthy right now and I feel like every cover/ad campaign she lands just reinforces her being unhealthy, b) they were supposed to be against having celebrities on the cover, at least when they first started, but that has totally flown out the window now, c) she doesn't dress herself...she pays Rachel Zoe to do that, so holding NR up to be some sort of "style icon" is ridiculous, and d) NR isn't even famous for doing anything! As someone pointed out in another thread, she's slightly less rich and famous and slutty than Paris Hilton. Big deal.

Grrr...Lucky really gets me going. I think it's because I've seen them do such great things in the past (like their Shopping Manual, for instance, which I still think is amazing) and it just seems like they're always falling short.

Anyway, berryahou, Shop Etc is alright. Worth checking out, but not terribly exciting. Domino is great, but it's only for the home, so there's no fashion in there.

Let's start our own magazine!

MissMee · Kate Spade

God, the outfits they were trying to copy were horrid to start w/, and they didn't make them any better. I think they're all huffing.

lynnie · Chanel

my informal critique- i liked the subtle sexy ideas actually. didn't think it was groundbreaking though. i liked the mayle skirt in the skirts w/boots section i think.

what happened to cover girl picking a weeks of clothes? i love that part! not a fan of nicole ritchie though- her picks seemed so obvious- its basically everything she's photographed in (yes, i realize that she's photographed everyday- but maybe pick something you haven't worn yet but would like to try, or a look you like, or a brand that most people don't recognize) Like lilykind said- i dont actually trust that she has her own style.

I do have to say that i liked some of the tights looks- i liked the black tights with the white skirt and nine west heels. AND that model is my fave! she's the delia's girl from when i was 13. And seventeen. Nostalgia- i feel like she's growing up with me now that i see her in Saks and such.

their lucky breaks are kinda boring, grr. and i agree that the issue doesn't have much meat to it. next time i'll just flip through it at a bookstore- i only bought it to have something to look at on the subway.

-- Edited by lynnie at 19:18, 2006-01-10

Cortney1982 · Chanel

I like a lot of stuff in Feb's magazine! There were 18 items I tabbed, actually being able to afford them is another thing though. I can't believe they put Nicole on the cover looking that skinny. I thought she looked better in the first season of Simple Life.

Here is what I liked the most:

Page 20- bird necklace. Neat!

Page 44- lace trim cotton dress. Adorable!

Page 60- teal color linen pants. Nice and affordable.

Page 107- the cami in the middle.

Page 109- Loving the boots, especially 2nd to right.

Page 111- Neat necklaces and I like the purply tee.

Page 113- Cool ring.

Page 115- pinkish shirt, that necklace on the left.

Page 129- What a cute orange top! The cut and ruffles are nice!

Page 158- This is my favorite page in the magazine every month. I really like the shirt and necklace.

EEEWWWS....

Page 54- Drop-crotch pants. Not for me.

Page 66-67- wasted space for me, python gives me the creeps.

Page 123- Bad outfit, epsecially that shirt tucked in makes it looks like there is pudge.

Page 124- A really bad outfit.

Page 126- Another really bad outfit.

theotherjess · Chanel

Another thing: I liked most of the outfits on the girls but did not like the imitations. Like the striped shirt one. I thought the girl's outfit was really cute but their version looked like crap.

honey · Gucci

i'm so-so. there were a couple of things i loved, mainly individual pieces, including one of the drop shoulder blouses.

however i thought for the most part the outfits were really bad. the whole copying looks off the street thing bothered me, and just showed that you can't manufacture style. the outfits looked fine on the girls, but when lucky tried to re-do them, not so much. the only exception was the long skirt look.

also nicole richie was such a bad pick for the cover. one of the things that i have always liked about lucky is that they emphasized personal style, even when they switched over to starlet covers, the starlets seemed to have a unique sense of style. nicole is completely rachel zoe's creation. i was flipping though some magazine that did a spread on zoe, and was dumbfounded by how similar they looked. she is completely zoe's creation. imho a stylist shouldn't make her clients mirror her.

scarlett · Marc Jacobs

I just got this in the mail yesterday and haven't finished it yet, but one thing that's been bugging me about Lucky lately are the editorials from Kim France. Sometimes they are so annoying. Is it just me or does she come across as really full of herself?