Back in April I told you about Peaches Geldof's plans to launch a style magazine called 'Disappear Here'. Well after a much discussed documentary it seems that the magazine has finally got the go-ahead.
It's a joint venture with support from ex Loaded editor James Brown, not to mention Peaches' father, Sir Bob Geldof. Brown featured in the documentary about the making of the magazine which he now describes as, "a bit of a disaster". But added, "I realised Peaches would actually be a really good magazine editor. Both of us are quite outspoken, which can cause friction with your peers, the industry or even the press, but it means you're very focused on a particular world-view and that's what a magazine editor needs to have."
The magazine's first issue will be launched in March (co-incidentally the same time as Katie Grand's Love) and Geldof describes it as a "women's mag that appeals to men". True to outspoken style she added, "When I read Cosmopolitan, Company or Marie Claire I feel so patronised. I'm not spending my time worrying about how to give my husband great sex so he stays with me. This isn't the 1950s. Women's magazines have no sense of humour. That's why I read Vice, GQ or Heat."
A taster of the magazine will be handed out for free this Thursday at record shops, bars, boutiques and clubs in London and New York. It has 120 pages of editorial with no advertising (although the larger issue will). It seems like a bad time to launch a magazine but what do you think are its chances of survival?
Iosselliani
"When I read Cosmopolitan, Company or Marie Claire I feel so patronised. This isn't the 1950s. Women's magazines have no sense of humour. That's why I read Vice, GQ or Heat."
There's so much to discuss here.
*takes deep breath*
*thinks to self: I will not get upset because of Peaches again.*
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