U.F.M : Unidentified Fashion Magazine
by Roni on Jun.07, 2010, in category Magazines, Street
Originally, I LIKe my stYLe.net is a social network for fashion lovers, where you can upload photos of you and your wardrobe, comment on other people’s pics and discuss style and other topics. Lately, the people behind it have decided to publish chosen pictures of members in their own magazine, “the first user-generated fashion magazine”, as written on the cover.
When the concept is that innovative, the result is bound to be interesting. Through-out it’s 264 pages, “I LIKe my style Quarterly” brings personal stories, cyber dialogs and a lot of photos taken by young people from all around the world. Diversity, style democracy and raw materials are “I LIKe my style” strongest points. On the other hand, 12 Euros for internet content is a bit too much. Especially for a magazine coming 100% from the street.
More than it’s a fashion magazine, ”I LIKe my style” is a testimony, a fraction of today’s state of mind. Right now the web is overloaded with these blog-influenced-celebrity-like pictures, which makes this issue a little bit annoying nearing the end. But in 20 or 40 years, when there are no more countries and we all speak Chinese, people could be writing studies about it.
June 8th, 2010 at 6:27 pm
Intéressant en effet. Dans la même veine, j’avais assisté au lancement d’un magazine sur les citoyens du web fait par le web avec juste une fine couche d’analyse (Netizen) qui n’aura pas survécu plus d’une poignée de numéro, trop cher pour une maquette pas adaptée au print et des contenus trop typés web pour rencontrer à l’époque le succès dans les kiosques en modèle payant…
Cependant, l’essai sur la mode mérite qu’on s’y attarde, déjà, le sujet s’y prête plus et la tendance du DIY et du street style bat son plein. Affaire à suivre donc (mais ça ne me fera pas lâcher Grazia ^^)
June 9th, 2010 at 10:38 am
I agree, you shouldn’t put aside Grazia just yet… New-aged magazines go better as a side dish, not as the main course :)
This is the first issue of ‘I like my style’. I believe that the social network behind it can get 2 or 3 more editions published, after that, only real public of readers will keep it alive.
We can only wish it more luck than the web mag you’ve mentioned, sometimes timing is everything…
June 11th, 2010 at 2:55 pm
croisons les doigts alors :)
July 23rd, 2010 at 5:19 pm
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