Gettin' It: Eugene McGuinness 'Shotgun'

Moving in to a new home with a partner that shares my vintage aesthetic has me in a romantic, mid-century mood. Fresh air strolls in from windows left open and stirs up the sounds of Aretha and Frank filling the rooms.

I lounge on my hardwood floors, imagining Alexey Bodovitch, tie slightly undone, and Carmel Snow in her grey skirt suit pressed on the Hearst office floors debating the arrangement of the pages of the latest Bazaar while cooly nursing mid-day martinis.

Eugene McGuinness is sharing my daydreams right now with the Moffitt motif video for his song, "Shotgun"




Man, I want that arm chair in the opening shot.

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Glenda Bailey Finally Getting the Boot?

Could it be that after years of making a muck of the once storied Harper's Bazaar, Glenda Bailey is finally getting the ax?

"Hogatha", as we refer to her at the M+G household (see: Smurfs Villian), has let the magazine go down the drain in both content and ad dollars and Hearst ain't having it no more according to rumours swirling around the Twitter and blog-a-sphere.

Not to be a "I told you so" and all, but here's hopin' these rumors prove true! Fresh blood is desperartly needed at Bazaar.

Hearst and Hachette Sittin' in a Tree

It's official: Hearst is making an honest and open bid for Elle's mama company, Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S.




Hachette was looking to sell and internationally the titles of both "H" publishing empires have vast similarities, so a union in The States was the most logical path for the French company. Any growing pains should also be minimal, but will all titles emerge unscratched or meld into mutant hybrids? Afterall, Hearst has its anchor fashion bible in Bazaar and house and home title in Good Housekeeping, where do ELLE and Woman's Day fit? 





Yet it's all still very promising with Hearst's $$$ and ability to spin so many multi-media collabs and international editions successfully. Plus it'd all be worth it to see Nina Garcia's face when she runs into some old ELLE friends at the Hearst cafeteria