Women's  Fashion and Magazine Blog 

The magazine industry has been around since the 1800s bringing people the latest news and trends roaming around. Since then the magazine world has become a never-ending changing environment. One of the first magazines to rise in the fashion industry in the United States was glamorous Vogue. The influence of the Internet has forced magazines to follow where the readers go and push their content on social media. As print has seemed to become more irrelevant, Vogue magazine has gone along with this cultural shift turning to Instagram, YouTube, and its website.

Ladies' Home Journal was one of the leading women's magazines in the United States. With their first-ever issue published in 1883, it has been around for over 100 years. Domestic magazines also known as women's service magazines have been a staple since the early years, influencing the vision of what a female 'should be'. Domestic magazines in the 19th century have always placed the idea that men belong to the public world; politics, work, and the marketplace. Women were placed into the private sphere; a world kept away from the outside. They were told that the home is where they were supposed to be. At home, women were directed to only worry about taking care of their children and having dinner ready for their husbands. Although this was very much the case throughout the 19th century, war and violence put a quick stop to it as the men went to fight for their country.

The word "cottage core" may seem strange or complicated when hearing it for the first time but it's truly much simpler than it sounds. The aesthetic of cottagecore has taken over social media and become the new trend for many people's lifestyles. It's simply the "cottage" way of living. When you think of a cottage, the idea of farms and animals may come to mind. That's exactly what the lifestyle entails. Outdoorsy, forests, gardens, and flowers way is that aesthetic way of living.