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My July… or is it August? No it can’t be… issue of Elle greeted me in its usual cramped posture when I opened my mail box this evening. As I delighted with each page, orgasming over the marriage of style/art and marketing/product placement, the tiniest of voices inside my mind started to weep.

Despite all the developments of Web 2.0/3.0 or Twitter, Twhirl, Tumblr… whatever, the internet can’t (and will likely never) mimic the tactile pleasure of flipping through magazines with the smell of recycled paper and the slight glare from the glossy pages.

I clutched the rolled up pages in my hands, while reading the interview on Christian Siriano, the latest winner of Project Runway (in case you’ve been in a hole or are a straight male, it’s Heidi Klum and Bravo’s baby- fashion design meets reality TV). While the reporter sycophantically touted Christian’s wildly successful designs and neatly organized apartment turned giant closet, I poured through the Elle photoshoot. Each image of a gauze trimmed hat or hundreds of layers of ruffles reminds me of why I can never manage to save money, as I spend so much on clothes and shoes.

But the world of print is in jeopardy. Already blogs and online editions threaten the livelihood of traditional newspapers and journalism. Amazon’s Kindle, a wireless reading device, may mark the death of books… well, maybe in a decade or two. Who needs magazines, when you can get instant access to all the runway shows on style.com or all your gossip from Perez?

Still, I’m going to miss today, when I can still hold what I’m reading and lift the corner as I anticipate the next page.  Here’s hoping that through my lifetime, advertisers will keep catering to the old-fashioned buggers like me and keep some money in print advertising.

Models wearing Siriano, who according to Tim Gunn, has amazing tailoring and seams and is likely the Marc Jacobs of his generation. (I wonder if that’s my generation.)

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I love the lines and angles created by this piece; yet, the layers and gauze soften the style and makes it feminine. It would be quite nice to have a long, angular face for the day. At least I could wear that outfit without looking like a mushroom. :oP