Archive for September, 2010

Organizing your organic life?

September 28, 2010  |  Fashion, Inspiration, Magazines, News  |  2 Comments  | 

Organice your life“, that’s the new name of an online magazine for ” eating organically, keeping organized and living a very nice life “. And, apparently, thats what we all need these days.

Launched last Monday by Lonneke Engel, a 29 year old who aspires a healthy life style for everyone, the title presumes nothing else that when your life is organized and you eat organically, nothing stands in the way for a happy life.

Cover of O.Y.L.

Organice Your Life® started in 2008 with the thought that if you want to live a healthy and happy life, all you need is to Organice Your Life®. Organice stands for Organize, Organic and Nice, and those are the 3 key words I believe can make you feel good.

At first sight, the cover looks fresh, healthy but not old fashioned or too ‘green’. It has a bold language that has an edge which I really like. It addresses not only a healthier lifestyle but also on sustainable fashion, a topic that has been widely discussed, but not popped up in fashion magazines so much. This first issue concentrates on vintage and ecodesign. They refer to a lot of useful websites concerning the topic and a lot of designers who work with 2nd hand clothing. Sounds good so far.

Example of an article by O.Y.L.

Yet, the interface and navigation of the website could be a lot better in my eyes. Especially the articles can use some lay out.

It’s hard to read and to pick out what’s important (I miss streamers and quotes) so it get’s dull after reading 3 lines, even if the article is actually quite interesting. In my eyes they should approach a more magazine-like grid, left aligned and not justified.

That got you curious? See if you agree with me and download the whole issue. Click here.

On the street: Gucci Show

September 26, 2010  |  News  |  No Comments  | 

You think fashion is only alive on the catwalk? You could be wrong.

After the show is the after party and before the show there’s a pre-show of all interesting outfits of the people who enter the show. Before it’s on the catwalk it’s in Vogue? Maybe not. Look at this video to get an impression of how eager the photographers are to get a hot shot of the newest trends.