Fashionistas

by Lynn Messina

Book Overview

A rollicking romp through the world of fashion follows Vig Morgan, associate editor extraordinaire for Fashionista magazine, as she helps her co-workers oust Jane McNeill, the evil editor-in-chief,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373895445
• ISBN13: 9780373895441
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Red Dress Ink
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Not The Devil Wears Prada

The most interesting thing about this extremely well-written novel is how low the initial stakes are set. From the beginning, we know that the best possible thing that could happen to the heroine is that she lose her horrible job at the shallow, silly magazine where she works. The entire tangled, twisty plot that ensues grips us, not because we are terrified that the heroine will Lose Her Glamorous Job, but because the monsters with whom she is surrounded become increasingly terrifying, and we start becoming afraid that she will Lose Her Soul instead. By the end of The Devil Wears Prada, we find in ourselves, if not sympathy for, at least some understanding of the Editor in Chief. By the end of Fashionistas, we are beginning to think our heroine's best possible move might be back to her suburban home. This makes the final ambiguous twist at the end a little disturbing as well as funny. Her relationship with her boyfriend also remains a little unresolved, and her final description of herself as Godzilla seems like it might be a telling glimpse of the future. This could indeed make a fabulous movie, if only so we can get a visual of the culminating art exhibit! Miles above most chick lit. Hunt it down and read it!

Really good read

Smart, funny, memorable. This book is just thoroughly enjoyable all the way through. It's got a bunch of twists and turns that one wouldn't expect in a standard piece of "Chick Lit", which just goes to prove that this particular book transcends the genre!

Beautifully crafted prose

I think the cartoon-cover, hyper-girlie marketing of this book has the potential to mislead readers; the writing here is much more sophisticated and colorful than your typical girl-in-frustrating-magazine-job novel. The characters are sparkling and the story-line kept me turning the pages. Fashionistas really stands out.

Fun Read for All

Vig Morgan wanted nothing more than to become a great editor and writer for a magazine. Now, she's finally worked her way out of the assistant to an editor position, and gets to do something that she's more interested in. Edit. Unfortunately, while she's looking to write more hardcore news stories, instead of writing about how bad JLo or Britney Spears looked at whatever stupid awards show they were attending this past week, she's unable to, as FASHIONISTA magazine is uninterested with it. So, Vig joins some of her co-workers in a plot to get rid of their evil editor-in-chief, but maybe she was wrong about the new woman coming to take over for the all evil editor, maybe the all evil editor isn't as bad as she actually thought.Being a fan of the movie HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS, I was looking for a novel about young women working at a fashion magazine, when FASHIONISTAS popped up. Messina has created a hilarious, and very realistic plot, and her chracters are tons of fun, as well. Vig is a spunky, cynical, fun, young woman, who reminds me very much of Kate Hudson's, Andy Anderson, from HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS, in the sense that her goal is NOT to write for a fashion magazine, but to write hardcore news. A must-have for all fans of fun fiction, or anyone who wants a peek into the world of journalism.Erika Sorocco

A hoot & a half...

This book is really funny. I mean, laugh out loud funny. The characters are totally likeable. It's the smartest, wittiest book I've read this year. This fiscal year, that is. Can't wait to read her next one.