On the cover of the September issue of Elle magazine is a blonde Lindsay Lohan wearing a purple dress.
This thick magazine had been sitting in the “oversized” mail container in the lobby of the building. I had noticed Linday Lohan making eyes at me for the past two days whenever I entered the building. I thought very little about it; I perhaps wondered, I wonder why no one has picked up the mag. It’s the only thing left in the oversized container.
This morning, as I passed through the lobby while basking in the sweaty, accomplished glow of running three miles without dying or otherwise experiencing cardiovascular failure, I saw Lindsay Lohan looking at me again with those aquamarine eyes. A light bulb flickered over my head and I leaned closer to see to whom the magazine was addressed.
It turns out that Lindsay Lohan has been looking at me for the past few days, wondering why I wasn’t picking her up.
I had completely forgotten that my dear friend, a radiology resident in California who has excellent fashion sense and a wardrobe that all the women in medical school admired, had given me this subscription for my birthday a few months ago due to our intermittent discussions about fashion—what is it? who determines it? who influences it? I arguably have style, but I’m definitely not a student of fashion. As someone who has never subscribed to a fashion or beauty magazine before, I had automatically assumed that the magazine was for another person in the building.
Man. I now have “590+ pages” of “the best dresses, bags, jackets, coats, and shoes for right now and all fall” waiting for my attention. Grand.
24 Aug 2007 |
i’d get a subscription to gq, but there are too many things priced at above 500 =/ but at least now you can get some fabulous fashion ideas!
Comment by yaser | 24 Aug 2007 @ 9:18am
from what i’ve seen in those mags, you probably have 100 pages of content and 490+ pages of the best advertising the fashion industry has to offer. which i guess is still useful as far as fashion is concerned.
Comment by Ali | 24 Aug 2007 @ 9:38am
My brother and aunt both work for Conde Nast, so I know my brother can get me a reduced price subscription to Glamour or any of their other publications. (Can’t remember if Elle is one of theirs… And for the record, my bro works for a Golf publication, not a fashion mag!! hehe) All I can say is that once you read that 590+ page issue, another issue will come out next month with all NEW fashion pointers!! My mom has tried to get me to care about this stuff for years. But here I am, sitting at home in running shorts and a tank top, hair in a ponytail, no makeup - and quite content!! I choose comfort, every time!! haha Good thing my boyfriend doesn’t care much! The other day, I actually did put on a little makeup to go to a friend’s new house, and Jason said, “Wow you’re wearing a lot of makeup!” I said, “I’m not wearing a lot! I’m wearing it at all! Which makes it look like a lot!” LOL
What can I say? Some of us just weren’t meant for the fashion world! And yet we’re beautiful anyway. *grin* :)
Take care,
Carrie :)
Comment by Carrie | 24 Aug 2007 @ 2:16pm
Aw, man. I thought you meant the British synth-pop group. Still love ‘em after all these years!
Comment by FishBiscuit | 24 Aug 2007 @ 5:03pm
There’s a lot of psychopathology in those mags…
Comment by Greg P | 24 Aug 2007 @ 7:35pm
I am so not an Elle reader. (sigh)
Comment by Maria | 25 Aug 2007 @ 2:22pm
I thought you were going to say that the next time you looked at the mag in the mail slot that it was sporting a moustache… and then the next time there was a bubble over LL’s head saying “Hi, Maria.” That’s what would have happened if the magazine was for me….
Comment by Carol | 26 Aug 2007 @ 4:34am
Where they they get 590+ pages of crap like that I’ll never know.
They publish it every month??
“This morning, as I passed through the lobby while basking in the sweaty, accomplished glow of running three miles without dying or otherwise experiencing cardiovascular failure”
I love how I feel right after a run!
Have fun reading. lol
Comment by Dragon | 29 Aug 2007 @ 4:23pm