You've met the Instagramming models, photographers, makeup artists, and stylists who set our minds to wander, but here's where they come together: magazines. All of that inspiration, hard work, blood, sweat, and hairspray merges into one dream-inducing glossy mag. Allow us to give you a free online subscription to our favorites:
Who: 032C @032c
IRL: Berlin-printed biannual on art, fashion, and politics, now overseen by Rihanna's stylist, Mel Ottenberg
Website: 032c.com
Insta Style: Color-saturated abstractions, design inspiration, and all things avant-garde (plus occasional Rihanna appearances)
Who: Adult @adultmag
IRL: Lovechild of Toronto-to-NYC transplants Sarah Nicole Prickett and Berkeley Poole; erotica and nudity interspersed with profiles and modern poetry
Website: adult-mag.com
Insta Style: Art darlings, bedside behavior, and party invites
Who: Cherry Bombe @cherrybombemag
IRL: Design-driven biannual for feminine foodies
Website: cherrybombe.com
Insta Style: Food porn, food jokes, food art, food quotes, and fantasy dinner party guest lists
Who: Garage @garage _magazine
IRL: Fashion and art going head to head, courtesy of Dasha Zhukova
Website: garagemag.com
Insta Style: Cheeky photoshops, the best in ugly shoes, making-the-mag videos, and highbrow-gritty throwback shoots
Who: i-D @ID _magazine
IRL: British-born compendium of fashion and culture served with a wink
Website: i-Donline.com
Insta Style: People reenacting the i-D wink, yoga tutorials from Lily McMenamy, early Madonna, and front-row shots
Who: Interview @interviewmag
IRL: Andy Warhol’s contribution to the magazine industry, now the gold standard of celeb portraiture and fashion images
Website: interviewmagazine.com
Insta Style: Where art, fashion, music, and Hollywood go for a drink (and memory-jogging vintage covers)
Who: Love @thelovemagazine
IRL: Stylist Katie Grand’s biannual anthology of fashion inspo
Website: thelovemagazine.co.uk
Insta Style: Girls goofing off (from Miley to Moss), Love’s favorite ads, shoots, found images of yesterday and today, and, most importantly, baby animals
Who: Made in Brazil @madeinbrazil
IRL: Limited-edition mag featuring Brazilian photographers and designers, and prime examples of the male physique
Website: madeinbrazilblog.com
Insta Style: Two words: man candy.
Who: Oyster @oystermagazine
IRL: Young, wild, and free fashion, beauty, and culture magazine from Down Under (with an edge)
Website: oystermag.com
Insta Style: Early 2000s redux, cool kids, inventive makeup, and up-and-coming models
Who: Pop @thepopmag
IRL: Another (Katie) Grand endeavor now helmed by co-founder Ashley Heath and covering art, architecture, beauty, fashion, design, film, and music
Website: thepop.com
Insta Style: Fashion shows, fashionable partygoers, art, and the music you should be listening to
Who: Purienne @purienne _
IRL: Photographer/filmmaker (and founder of Mirage Magazine) Henrik Purienne’s aphrodisiac photos of girls lounging by the pools and beaches of sunny Cape Town, L.A., and the South of France
Website: purienne.com
Insta Style: Bikinis, bikinis, bikinis
Who: Self Service @selfservicemagazine
IRL: Paris-based experimental fashion and culture book published by Ezra Petronio and Suzanne Koller
Website: selfservicemagazine.com
Insta Style: What they’re eating, where they’re staying, where they’re shopping, what they’re buying, and the best au naturel photos of our favorite models (Sam Rollinson, Andreea Diaconu, Gisele, etc.)
Who: Treats! @treatsmag
IRL: Self-described “purity” and “sensuality,” aka fashion-y borderline porn, which is just as exciting as its title (also, it's where Robin Thicke first spotted 'Blurred Lines' vixen Emily R.)
Website: treatsmagazine.com
Insta Style: Hmm...celebration of the female form?
Who: V Magazine @vmagazine
IRL: The largest (in size) fashion and culture quarterly since 1999
Website: vmagazine.com
Insta Style: Breaking ad campaigns, archival images, and celeb portraits by the best working photographers
Who: Vogue @voguemagazine
IRL: You know.
Website: vogue.com
Insta Style: A piece-by-piece chronicle of the Vogue closet, fashion icons both old and new, and models at the after-party
Who: Vogue Paris @vogueparis
IRL: French Vogue by Emmanuelle Alt
Website: vogue.fr
Insta Style: All of the parties, all of the shows, and a not-to-be-missed Advent calendar of fashions’ priceless childhood holiday pics
