If you've clicked on this post, just like me, you're probably into reading up on fashion and are getting slightly tired of the mainstream, right?
When it comes to fashion magazines, often the first publications that spring to mind are Vogue, Cosmo or Glamour. While these are all undoubtedly amazing reads, independent magazines often get overlooked by their popular, glossy counterparts.
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| Fancy something different from mags like Vogue & Glamour (pictured above)? |
So, I've put together a list of the top (in my opinion) indie fashion mags on the market for those longing for something a little different. I hope you enjoy!
The Gentlewoman
Founded in 2010 by the publishers of Fantastic Man, the title has managed to portray the female style and demur in a way that’s both empowering and elegant, in a world where women can often be trivialised in the mainstream media.
Gal-Dem
Not strictly a fashion magazine, but I had to include it. Gal-Dem began as an online platform but has now expanded into print. The online and print publication represents women and non-binary people of colour that the mainstream media doesn't shine a light on, sharing their perspectives with the world.
Buffalo Zine
Buffalo Zine has well and truly established itself as a cult favourite within the industry. The magazine began as a 150-page newspaper in 2011 and is now a hard-back wonderland packed with unconventional attitudes to fashion and imagery.
System is a huge favourite among fashion-headed folk. The London-based bi-annual publication is known for its lengthy conversations surrounding the bridge between fashion and contemporary culture as we know it.
The title also has access to some pretty amazing and powerful figures within the industry, including Raf Simons, Juergen Teller and Giorgio Armani, making for quite the interesting read.
Rising to fame for its stand-out visuals, the bi-annual title born in Barcelona curates the perfect blend of high fashion and modern art – delivering artistically-inspired fashion editorials that will honestly make you drool.
It’s quite literally fashion porn.
Each gorgeous issue of Holiday focuses on a different region of the world and the glorious fashion that inhabits it - it’s essentially a huge international style and travel review.
Beauty Papers
Okay so it may not strictly be just style-based, but the unmistakable charm and distinct eye for unique imagery make Beauty Papers impossible not to include on this list.
Posture
Originally launched as a blog by Winter Mendelsonback in 2013, Posture has grown into an empire within its own right – becoming a digital magazine, annual print magazine and full-blown creative studio that produces a huge range of projects spanning podcasts to events.
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