FRENCH VOGUE, ITALIAN VOGUE, ABYBLOODYSINIAN VOGUE

Fashion has been on my mind the past few days - so much so that I'm obsessed and if I got an odd haircut and skinny jeans and whiter than white skin, I could pass off as a fashionista except without the dirty fingernails and malnourished look.

I bought the fashion bible American Vogue to see what all the fuss was about with regards to Anna Wintour and I must say, I wasn't too impressed. It actually took around 40 pages at least to get to the contents page and then between sparse articles, there were at least 6 pages, splitting them up and then at the end, they were all grouped together. I wouldn't have minded so much had their been some hot fashions and stunning models (I'm gay but I can definitely appreciate Miss Moss et al in heels.) The regular columns were pretty bland and a note on the revival of Christian Lacroix garnered a few minutes of my interest. What was nice to see was some of the fabulous supermodels posing in ads for Burberry, Versace, Prada, Chanel. This is what Vogue is about I realised. Anna Wintour is paid to increase advertising revenue and pass off what she thinks people will buy in her magazine. A rather incipid interview with Sandra Bullock was blah blah, the most interesting thing being that Anna wasn't happy with the first photo shoot and had it retaken until it was of Vogue quality. The highlight for me was the double page spread of some of the most stunning models, Angela Lindvaal, Carolyn Murphy, Daria, Kate Moss and Christy Turlington in spiked heels and black leather get up for this season's Versace campaign. It was the epitome of glamour and style and I loved it.

British Vogue on the other hand is a different kettle of fish completely and far more worth the money, time and interest. Alexandra Shulman has packed the pages with the kind of style content I would expect from a real fashion bible, Mischa Barton does a so-so cover and photoshoot but the content is far more readable than Miss Anna's efforts. The photgraphy and styling is just that little bit more quirky. More daring and working for the woman of today, I'm enjoying most parts to it. It does have the pretentious "Verity/Arabella" Vogue style queen who lives in Kensington and is definitely the kind of reader this is aimed for but it's all so much more accessible aswell.

However, the creme de la creme for sheer glamourama has to be Vanity Fair. It's always an international edition and Graydon Carter has steered the magazine to have all the latest stories, styles and stars but for a more literary read than Heat magazine. Gossip aplenty and political issues thrown in for good measure, this has been my favourite for a while and the main montly mag I'll be reading apart from my regular swatch of Attitude magazine. I might also be able to sneak in a few issues in the future of British Vogue but it's all about the Vanity just now!