The Very Best
W
For serious fashionistas, W has long
offered a large feature well of designer
styles displayed in edgy, at times gasp-
worthy, fashion photo spreads. A-list
celebrities double as models and are
often captured in a no-holds-barred,
gritty way that most people will be
surprised to see them in. But don’t get
a gift subscription simply for the photos
— the oversized magazine’s editorial
covers the fashion industry, politics, art,
and American and European socialites
in the same gutsy, controversial mannerr
that it tackles its images.
$15, monthly; subscribe at
www.wmagazine.com.
Freestyle Fre Magazine
Many a magazine has tried to boost salesM
with fresh content and free gifts. The folksw
at Freestyle decided to combine both by
printing a circular-shaped magazine
served up in a Frisbee. It’s a wacky
enough idea that it just might work —
considering the buzz it’s received. The
Berlin-based editors say the content speaksB
to free-spirited creative types like themselves,to f
with coverage of fashion, art, design, lifestyle,with c
and more. But we just can’t get past the idea that itand more
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Aperturet
for the hipsters on your list.for the hipsters on your
In 1952 a group of
$40, bi-annual; subscribe at
http://freestylemagazine.co.uk.
photographers, writers, and
historians formed Aperture
Foundation to promote the
craft of photography. And
Nomenus Quarterly
what more ideal way could
there be to mass distribute
Entry into a Nomenus Quarterly
their beloved art form than
subscription is like joining an elite club
in a magazine highlighting
of art collectors — actually, that’s exactly
some of the world’s best
what it is. Only 10 copies are printed of
current photography? But
the quarterly magazine featuring original
this is not simply a picture
artwork by commercial artists in various
book. Readers will get the
mediums. It’s the world’s most expensive
inspiration, back stories,
periodical at $6,500 per issue. But, if you
and explanatory details of
want to check out the type of modern
how the people behind
artwork you’ll be purchasing for
the lens captured such
your lucky loved one, samples
stunning images, delivered
are viewable online at www.
in a beautiful package of
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the highest-quality paper
for free.
and print.
$6,500 per issue,
$40, quarterly; subscribe at
quarterly; to
www.aperture.org/magazine.
inquire about
subscriptions,
e-mail offi ce@
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