changes!

... and hopefully some improvement.... going for clean, simple, and yes a new department (working on the old one felt perpetually like herding cats. a lost cause. this new one feels more appropriate for the magazine)

new stuff

so here's what spent the evening sitting on my desk at home...............


*so what's the deal with the name? good question. since this is more or less a "lifestyle" magazine (as i understand it)--- youth culture, style, and so forth-- i had trouble coming up with a good name that was neither a cliche nor too obvious. nor already used. "chou" is french slang, something familiar you'd call a young female along the lines of darling or cutie (but not that dumb). i thought it hit on the "international/euro" thing i'm going for too. but it also won't make sense to anyone, so i'm working on something else. something in english....

Feature 2

Feature 1

new work

Department:

Magazine Contents

DEPARTMENTS:

Blog -- profiles a popular style blogger

Street -- showcases a city's current street style trends in photos

Hand-made -- shows how to construct a funky little item (garment, tchotchke) oneself

FEATURES:

Charlotte Gainsbourg interview: "The Quiet Provocateur" -- She reveals, after years of tight-lipped privacy, how her famous parents, particularly her father Serge, have influenced her.

Erin Wasson's apartment, photo feature: "Bohemia" -- How this particular former model/blossoming designer/hipster icon has flavored her spacious East Village loft with her unique brand of quirky ecclecticism.

Devendra Banhart photo feature: "New Weird America" -- Images of the folk singer being his odd, cool self while on tour.

END PAGE: "Ubiquity" -- an ironic celebration of a style trend that has run amok and outspent its cool.