• American Public Media Marketplace, Friday, July 22, 2011 3:17 PM

Fashionisitas can start practicing their weightlifting now: the massive September issue of fashion magazines will be back this year, as ad sales rebound for the likes of Vogue (50 more pages than last year -- 584), Marie Claire and Cosmopolitan.

"As consumer spending rebounds, clothing and cosmetic companies are flocking back to magazines, because they have a unique appeal that online media can't match.... the old-fashioned leafing through... the glossy color," notes media analyst Ken Doctor, quoted in this post.

We're suckers for the spell of the glossy fashion page, so we can't help but agree.

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