December 2, 2011
by Robin
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For reasons I never quite sorted out, Collin’s mom had a Botox Clinic-sized stack of slightly out-of-date women’s magazines in her house last weekend. I have a deep abiding love for women’s mags, even if I am known to make … Continue reading
June 9, 2011
by Robin
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# pages: 256 # pages of advertising: 165 Number of “romantic details” promised on the cover: 188 (“Dresses, Shoes, Jewelry, Flowers!”) Number of legitimately romantic details I could actually spot: 2 (a locket worn with a bridal gown, heart-shaped spoons. … Continue reading
May 9, 2011
by Robin
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I was scheduled to deliver a movie review to y’all today, but to my amazement I didn’t receive promotional tickets to EITHER of the wedding movies that opened in theaters last weekend. Maybe Something Borrowed and Jumping the Broom would … Continue reading
May 5, 2011
by Robin
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In case you missed it (I did, because I was up to my nose in invitations), I wrote a guest post for So You’re EnGAYged about the representation of gay couples in wedding magazines. Or (spoiler alert) the total lack of … Continue reading
April 7, 2011
by Robin
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# pages: 322 # pages of advertising: 207 2/3 # pages in Alfred Angelo Disney Fairy Tale Wedding ad block: 13 # Disney Princesses represented: 7 (Belle, Aurora, Ariel, Snow White, Jasmine, Cinderella, Tiana) Sole Disney Princess on single-page spread … Continue reading
March 3, 2011
by Robin
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For those of you wondering why this is almost an entire month late, don’t look at me, look at the CONSPIRATORS! But better late than never, right? # pages: 378 # pages of advertising: 283 1/3 # pages in longest … Continue reading
February 17, 2011
by Robin
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Folks, it is February Seven-freakin-teenth and I haven’t gotten the March issue of Brides yet. Now, there are plenty of rational explanations for this, like there is no March 2011 issue of Brides or that my free subscription was only … Continue reading
January 16, 2011
by Robin
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# pages: 422 # pages of advertising: 314 # pages of advertisements for bridal gowns: 189 1/3 # pages of editorial content focused on bridal gowns: 23 # images of bridal gowns in issue: 280 Total % pages in the … Continue reading
December 12, 2010
by Robin
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# pages: 336 # pages of advertising: 221.5 # additional pages of actual content in this issue vs. the December issue: 32.5 [Maybe they had a new year’s resolution to be more of a magazine and less of a glossy … Continue reading
November 9, 2010
by Robin
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# pages: 288 # pages of advertisements: 206 # of remaining 82 pages of actual content devoted to engagement rings, which presumably are in the rear-view for most of Brides’ readership: 8 Price of ring leading off the feature: $1,100,000. … Continue reading