The media plays a very significant role when it comes to
fashion. For instance, an important part of fashion is fashion journalism.
Editorial critique, guidelines and commentary can be found in magazines,
newspapers, on television, fashion websites, social networks and in fashion
blogs. In the recent years, fashion blogging and YouTube videos has become a
major outlet for spreading trends and fashion tips. Through these media
outlets, readers and viewers all over the world can learn about fashion, making
it very accessible.
At the beginning of the 20th century, fashion magazines began
to include photographs of various fashion designs and became even more
influential on people than in the past. In cities throughout the world these
magazines were greatly sought-after and had a profound effect on public
clothing taste. Talented illustrators drew exquisite fashion plates for the
publications which covered the most recent developments in fashion and beauty.
Perhaps the most famous of these magazines was La Gazette du Bon Ton which was
founded in 1912 by Lucien Vogel and regularly published until 1925.
