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Christine · Coach

RE: February Lucky

zeitgeist4 · Gucci

And what is up with Kim France's hair anyway? Not to be a bitch or anything, but she looks really bad like that, and I expect better form a fashion mag editor. It seems like she just ties it back in a ponytail. You'd think that she'd have it styled nicely, at least for the magazine pictures.

greca · BCBG

Oh my Gawd, Zeitgest- I was thinking the exact same thing!!!

Seriously, not to be mean ( I believe in good karma) but you would think with all the resources available to someone in her position, she could do better than a ponytail. Maybe her hair is just too coarse or curly or something, but you would think a beauty editor or two would want to help her out!

Cortney1982 · Chanel

scarlett wrote:

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?

Haha! Yeah, I don't bother reading them anymore. Here is what I think of her montly letter:

honey · Gucci

this is interesting b/c i also think she goes to great lengths to look as unattractive as possible in all her photos. at this rate i don't see why she even bothers. the funny thing is i read somewhere how she does other more "brainy" things in her free time. i *think* she also reviews books for the nytimes. maybe her whole bad photo thing is a subtle way of thumbing her nose at the fashion industry, maybe i'm over thinking this.

scarlett · Marc Jacobs

I've also been thinking the same thing about her hair! It's always pulled back like that and you'd think she would have access to all kinds of fabulous hair products and would love experimenting with them. Guess not!

The editorial that really did it for me was when she mentioned she'd gotten divorced and was really looking forward to that feeling of making out on her couch with someone she barely knew. I thought, how nice for your ex-husband to have you talking that way (unless he did something awful and that's why they split). It just sounded so callous to me. I agree, it is sad to see that her attitude has slowly evolved. At first she seemed like a cool, smart girl who got a break with this magazine and was so psyched with her good luck. And it was fun reading that and being like, yeah, good for her! Now it's not the same. That, and the use of celebrities on the cover is a downer too.

Today I looked through this issue some more and did see some things I liked...but of course almost always, anything I really like is waaaay out of my price range.

-- Edited by scarlett at 22:50, 2006-01-11

Cortney1982 · Chanel

scarlett wrote:

it's not the same. That, and the use of celebrities on the cover is a downer too.

Wouldn't it be cool if they just used regular girls?! Like just pluck them off the street and let them sift through their fabulous racks of clothes and get all dolled up and a cover done and a little page about them. (and not some stupid socialite or one of their friends that they obviously use for some of their pages) How neat would that be?

rocky · Coach

I finally got it. Grr. I didn't really bookmark anything, and the sexy section was awful. I also think the copying street style section was horrible. The only section I liked was southern california coastal shopping. I live right by LA Fairchild in Cardiff by the sea! I also learned about some boutiques to check out on Cedros. Yay.