Vanity Teen

Posted on | October 24, 2009 | 1 Comment

Vanity Teen

Vanity Teen is an online fashion magazine featuring artistic photos of young men and women. It was launched in January 2009 and has just come out with issue 4 (which is the fifth issue since the first one was issue 0). The magazine is published in pdf form and is free for everyone to download on their site.

The photo in this post comes from Vanity Teen issue 1 and was shot by Jean-Philippe Guillemain.

There is also a Vanity Teen blog, check it out!


Vogue Hommes Japan goes Gay Times

Posted on | September 3, 2009 | No Comments

Rodeo’s Daniel Björk commented that Vogue Hommes Japan’s latest cover feels like “a tacky gay magazine”. I agree and made this picture:

Magazine covers: Vogue Hommes Japan vs Gay Times

It shows the Vogue Hommes Japan cover along with Gay Times’ april 2009 cover, which, repelling as it is, pretty much sums up the state of gay aesthetics today.