Men's Vogue to close?

[Thurston]

Originally Posted by lee_44106

^+100 Why lament the passing of a useless collection of laminated paper? After an excellent start this mag has become like all others. Stick with Men's Ex. You don't even have to know Japanese to appreciate this fine periodical.
Maybe at twice a year they can uphold the higher standard.

 

[lee_44106]

Mens Vogue and "higher standard" cannot co-exist in the same sentence.

 

[Doc4]

Originally Posted by lee_44106

Mens Vogue and "higher standard" cannot co-exist in the same sentence.

... your post has just caused a rift in the space-time continuum.

 

[mr monty]

Is Men's Ex a monthly magazine?

 

[whnay.]

Originally Posted by mr monty

Is Men's Ex a monthly magazine?

Yep. Very good especially if you can read Japanese.

 

[DocHolliday]

Originally Posted by robin

Classic Style's mistake is that it's written for and marketed toward Fedora Loungers.

I liked it, but this is true. Hard enough to sell guys on clothes that look modern/youthful, much less stuff that looks retro-centric. It was catering to a niche of a niche.

 

[jpeirpont]

Originally Posted by JLibourel

No great loss whatever happens to it. I thought it started out in a promising fashion, but after the first couple of issues I couldn't see where it was any better than Esquire or GQ.

GQStyle isn't too bad, just pricey, much better than the flag ship GQ.

 

[TheFoo]

Originally Posted by jpeirpont

GQStyle isn't too bad, just pricey, much better than the flag ship GQ.

What the heck is 'GQStyle'?

 

[NoVaguy]

crap, guess i shouldn't have burned my midwest miles on a subscription.....

ever since the airlines have been cancelling miles (or threatening to do so), i've been burning my (un)frequent flyer miles on these subscriptions, since the miles might disappear.

maybe they'll just give me a 5 year subscription (at 2X a year) instead of the 10 or 12 annual issue subscription i think i was supposed to get.

the magazine blows, but whatever.

 

[JLibourel]

Originally Posted by robin

Classic Style's mistake is that it's written for and marketed toward Fedora Loungers.

A lot of truth in that. From the outset I noticed that there was something schizoid about the magazine. On the one hand, they wished to reach out to men who liked to dress with classic elegance in timeless style. On the other hand, a lot of their core market were retro costumers. I think making the first issue a "hat" issue with the back pages filled with pictures of Fedora Lounge get togethers may have poisoned the wells as far as getting advertising from mainstream advertisers like Ralph Lauren, Hickey-Freeman, HSM, A-E, Alden, Brooks Brothers, Canali, Corneliani, etc., who might naturally advertise in a true "classic style" magazine but wouldn't be uninterested in as tiny a market as the costume boys. The fact that most of the advertising they did get was costume-oriented would undoubtedly force them to continue to cater to this market as well as reinforce the impression that it was primarily a costume magazine. The whole thing was a great pity. Had it succeeded it could have occupied a good niche. There was much that I liked about the magazine.

 

[Artisan Fan]

I'm not suprised if true. While I like the magazine, it really was not enough about fashion to be an interesting read. There is much they could have done like the old Louis, Boston magazine. It was more of a personality rag first then style a distant second.

 

[jpeirpont]

Originally Posted by mafoofan

What the heck is 'GQStyle'?

 

[hermes]

UPDATE: CondÃ

Nast just released the following statement regarding Men's Vogue:

Men's Vogue will be absorbed into Vogue and published in the spring and fall, it was announced today by Charles H. Townsend, President and C.E.O of CondÃ

Nast Publications. It will continue to be edited by Jay Fielden.

 

[spectre]

Originally Posted by robin

Good, but I hope they keep publishing the Japanese Men's Vogue.

Where do you get this? Is it monthly?

After a year of buying both Men's Ex and Leon I've cut back to just Leon. Despite the odd old perve/teen chick element to it it is more relaxed and casual than Men's Ex which to me has just too much suit and tie stuff over and over.

 

[Cary Grant]

Disappointing. Unlike most here it seems, I appreciated it for the journalism.

Sigh.