L a z y S u n d a y

Barbara Streisand, Vogue, July 1972

Twiggy

Photographed by Justin de Villeneuve, Vogue, April 1970

Veruschka, Vogue, July 1968

Cher

Photographed by Arnaud de Rosnay, Vogue, August 1967

I C O N I C

Veruschka

Photographed by Henry Clarke, Vogue, January 1965

Horst

Photography by Horst, Vogue, September 1939

Yuck!

Extraordinary Profiles

Audrey Hepburn

Photographed by Cecil Beaton, Vogue, August 1968

Allegra Caracciolo di Castegneto

Photographed by Karen Radkai, Vogue, September 1963

Vanity Fair

I really want to get this classic cover, illustrated by A.H. Fish in 1916, and hang it over my bed. I also wish magazines still cost only 5 cents. 

Breakfast at the Patisserie

Photography by Arthur Elgort, Vogue, March 1999

Brad's Personal Photos

Photography by Brad Pitt, W, November 2008

Domestic B l i s s

Photography by Steven Klein, W, July 2005

"It's a bit like for an actor. Do you want to go to Hollywood or do you want to stay here in Paris and do the cinema I like to do? I think I prefer to stay here in Paris." 

- Carine Roitfeld to CNN, on why she prefers her job to Anna's.

spring is in the air

It is so warm and sunny here today! A nice change from the sorry, frigid weather we have been having for what seems like forever. I love it. Go outside and enjoy the sunny skies today. Go shopping!

"What's your greatest strength? 'My decisiveness.' And weakness? 'My children.'" - Anna Wintour, in The September Issue.

I Feel It In My Fingers

Here are some pages from the debut-issue of LOVE! When I get my own issue, I will be sure to post more - these are just a few of my favorites. Looks amazing!

Also - a letter from the editor…

Dear You, 

In October of last year I did the precise total of no work. Nothing. There was a lot of work to get done; a new magazine to put together, for instance. But I did nothing apart from think. It was time for a reality check. And 'reality' became the first watchword of the month, then of the magazine. What, after all, is more real than love?

In the midst of all the endless media reminders of how tough times are, reality bit. Who would want to look at another collection of images and words on women that represented a perceived (and by now old) idea of perfection at an imperfect moment? Did I want to shoot one of the ten actresses or singers that come judiciously built and stripped of their flaws, just because that is what we have come to expect from them to justify their A-list status? Was I, in fact, not completely bored to tears by the modern idea of perfection? My love affair with the perfect woman was over. 

I began to think not of redrawing or retouching celebrities, not of grooming them out of their personalities, but to celebrate the things that I love about them in the first place. We are so used to the idea of a certain celebrity on the cover of a certain magazine that the impulse to enjoy these people's reality had become a memory to be dusted off, a reminder of another time and place. Everything has been Botoxed, lifted, sucked and dyed out of the women that represent the absolute aspiration of real women. The life that they lead cannot be traced upon their face any longer. It began to make me feel a little sad. Was it perhaps time to redraw the boundaries? To start again, even. 

I remembered meeting and falling a little bit in love with Beth Ditto, as everyone who meets her does. She became a touchstone for all this. There are certain things I love in women and Beth Ditto has them all in droves. She says the wrong things. She looks the wrong way. But she makes you think about what 'the right way' is, anyway. 

…

For a final thought on the first issue of LOVE, I think we should turn to the wisdom of Angelica: 'Nobody ever falls in love with you when you look great. It's a rule. The real ones love you when you are you.'

LOVE, KATIE

PS - All 67,000 copies of LOVE have been distributed and sold in the UK, making the new glossy one of the fastest selling debut magazines ever! 

My Love Is Here To Stay

The newest member to the Conde family finally has a website! LOVE just debuted their full-blown site on Conde Net with excerpts and images from the issue. I can't wait to get my hands on the first issue. LOVE is going to be my new favorite mag, I just know it. It's so fresh. 

Glamour's February issue has the most fetching spread featuring Ryan Reynolds. So appropriate for Valentine's Day. The pink dresses are to die. I love.

And the Great Danes are my dream. I'm getting two when I get a bigger apartment.

madonna and jesus