He sent me an email with these photos attached saying it may be the sexiest thing he's ever seen, followed by, "I may be straight now." Coming from my model loving, not all the way gay, parttime boyfriend, I figured these photos had to be good.  Sure enough, he wasn't joking, or even exaggerating. If you want to get into a conversation about the politics of the fashion industry or why fashion images are bad for women, this newest movement will turn your world inside out. I personally have no desire to see real people on covers or in the editorial content of anything fashion related. I enjoy the art, drama, and theater of fashion as I do with any high art. Take ballet for example, I don't want to see regular people attempting arabesques across the stage so that I can feel good about my ordinary self- I want to see professional, larger than life, able to leap into the air high off the ground dancers.

As a stylist, I'm someone who attempts to help others assert themselves in life. I'm picky about where I get my styling inspiration from. You won't catch me bothering with Glamour or Allure magazines considering they are devoid of any artistic content, and to what end? Misguided airbrushing, taking away anything with the potential to be cool. In my humble opinion, it's not a question of whether or not to edit photos, but how and why. We are all luke warm in our personalities and demeanor at best. What kind of life coaching would it take to get most of us to be the radiant fully present person that we are capable of being if we were not so "conditioned"? In the case of Love Magazine, the images are of course edited, and the ends are clear. The larger than life personas of our pop culture leaders, the ones perched at the top of the zeitgeist, the ones who will shape a large part of our reality, will be gracing the magazine's cover in a unique way.  Perfect timing since we seem to need some shaking up right about now. It is the newest thing to hit the mainstream fashion scene. So far I'm loving it. After all, I need all the permission I can get just to be a fraction of myself.

The magazine from the UK, is featuring eight different covers showcasing fabulously nude super models: Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Amber Valletta, Lara Stone, Natalia Vodianova, Daria Werbowy, Jeneil Williams and Kristen McMenamy. In case you haven't heard, Love Magazine is a Conde Nast publication that has a cult-like following. Editor -in- chief Katie Grand is known as the "super stylist", but besides establishing herself as a brilliant stylist, she is now making herself infamous with her cover choices. An earlier cover showcased Beth Ditto of The Gossip  in her naked, feminist, lesbian glory, and was photoshopped to look bigger than she actually is. This is the latest and greatest movement in image making- gritty, sexy, and refreshingly assertive. Love Magazine The Blog is quickly becoming a go to reference for exclusive images and fashion news-- amped up and comes at you sideways.