Carrry that weight

‘Cause you know it would be trite to talk about the weight of the models in them, Brink’s gonna talk about the actual weight of a fashion mag.

Folio Magazine offered up this really cool chart to crunch those numbers. A five pound issue of Vogue has 293 pages of ads BEFORE any real content! And Kate Moss is still number one in the books. They like their models skinny and their content fat, and that’s the way of the world.

Avanti!

This being the first of my blog entries, I thought it would be right to talk about San Francisco’s Fashion Week, which may have ended on August 26, but is still of interest to those who might have missed it.

I loved the crisp and classy lines created by Vian Hunter’s fall/holiday skirts and dresses. Sure, she had a lot of belted ensembles (which I’m quite sick of by now), but the collection was wearable and chic. The grays and browns didn’t even bore me in the least. I imagined pairing the muted colors with fun shoes, then enjoying a cocktail at a dimly lit, small and clean pub with art on the walls. Isn’t that the trick of things? The Spring 2008 collection was also great, but I can’t think that far ahead, even if I am the voice of Brink.

I thought the Kirribilla collection was played. Cap sleeves didn’t have the pop I wanted. I’ve seen too many big bows and oversized, kitschy buttons in the last couple of years. I’m sick of looking at grown women dressed like kids. It can be fun, but I’d shake the girl’s hand who put a final axe in the back of the jumper/leggings trend. Please, no more this Fall, next Spring, or ever.