I actually like Rebecca Taylor dresses (which there were indeed an entire page of), though a complete wardrobe of white ones would not be my first choice. I think you can often tell when a particular designer's PR team has been working really hard to get editorial coverage!!

The beet juice on the dress would totally happen to me, Suz. InStyle was better than Lucky, though, for reality checking...

In Lucky this month, they featured some bikinis that were supposed to look good on almost everyone (if everyone is a tiny prepubescent girl, that is). <http://www.luckymag.com/magazi.....gle-bikini> I thought they were insane when I saw the piece a couple of days ago and then laughed this morning when someone on Jezebel called them out for the ridiculousness. <http://jezebel.com/luckys-idea.....1585516747>

Anna, you are a hilarious laser beam in getting to the crux of the matter. So ridiculous. So why am I still subscribing?! That is the question, huh? I guess I like to look at the pics, as someone else said. Thanks for my morning giggle.

But it did lead you to write this post which led me to find out about Otter Box phone covers - now that is good information! Beet lipstick is not the sort of solution I am looking for, Otter box phone covers on the other hand sound like just the ticket.

Oh dear, I was just coming here to say I only read Lucky because it has some almost real fashion in there. Perhaps I need to move on to "Women's Day" or Better Homes and Gardens LOL!!

Sooo, triangle bikini on all shapes? Let me just say when I was an athletic & curvy size 8, I had the cutest polka dot string bikini from JCrew. It was darn near scandalous...that's with C-cups!!! It was like "boom boom betty goes to the beach". For years I kept it as my "one day" weight loss goal, and then it had an untimely run in with termites. I think I was being sent a sign!

Who has time to roast a beet for their lips? Why not suggest to slice off a piece, mash with a mallet in a plastic baggie and rub the juice? Right...because we all have time to simmer beets for our lips, living the life of leisure that we are.

Cocktails after the beach...that you have to re-dress for?? Around here we make our cocktails to take to the beach. Gotta love those Tervis Tumblers to keep a margarita cool for hours!

LOL, Anna. Thanks for posting. See, we need you.

Forget to mention the other beauty tip from the starlet. Use spirulina (powdered algae) as an eye shadow. If you wet it, use an as eyeliner.
Yes glorified pond scum can make you beautiful too!

My dog would lick me to pieces if I followed that advice....

I think the publishers realise that the great lampoon of selling magazines is not really on them though - don't we?

Oh go on, Anna. Lets have a Summer beetroot party after we've had a manicure so that we can look fab to purchase our $1450 Chanel bag.

*smiling*

Ha! Love your synopsis. So on point.

Can't decide if it is showing us how the 1% live or just how we think they do.

Wonder what you are supposed to do with the leftover beets? Maybe mix with the leftover algae for a "sweet" summer treat?

I'll stick to red wine lips, thankyouverymuch. Eww, beets.

Pond scum! Hahahahaha!

Angie - Summer Beetroot Party - lol!

Diana - now you're talking. I MUCH prefer red wine lips to beet lips!

Anna - algae on my eyes? Yeah, no.

I have some very dark Spirulina that I found made very nasty smoothies. I'm going to put it in tiny eyeshadow pots and bring to the "party like celebs" gathering. Eye infections for all!! I would like to be there when said starlet's eyes get moist. I bet she does the best raccoon ever.

And put me down for red wine lips. Beets, eew, but wine has antioxidants. Afterwards, we can use leftover beet pulp, spirulina all in a red wine base to make tinted face masks.

I'm chuckling over here. I don't like beets, I rarely sport a dress, and I am allergic to nailpolish (makes fingers tingle). Guess I'll be out of style for the summer.

I read the June InStyle, too. At first I felt just so "out" of the fashion loop. Then I realized that they were selling me a lot of things that I wouldn't want. I know I'm older than their target demo, and I am willing to use their white dress as simple inspiration, knowing that I might tweak the length, or choose white pants and tee instead of the dress. That's OK. But they seem to be confusing women with 14 year old girls who are planning what they'll wear to a football game. It was the phone case/nail polish article that made me decide not to buy it again. I can follow them on Pinterest and only click on what interests me.

Ick, who wants to taste beets on their lips all day? I don't think I've actually read any of my magazines in a very long time for exactly this reason. :T I also feel like all the mags are running the same ads lately, and not differentiating much with their own editorials (which feel short and kind of boring). Is that just me?

Shannon, actually, info on nailclippers and underpants would be much more interesting to me! And a nice counterpoint to the fantasy fashion ads.

At least we have Angie and one another!

LOL ! You just made my day. Which I am spending at an upscale resort. Not really...... ; )

Cracking up at the "suggestion" to use $5 Revlon nail polish to offset the cost of a $1450 Chanel phone case. And using veggies to economize on my make up.

Off to my kitchen to juice some carrots to use as a self-tanner to accompany my beet-red lips, algae eyeliner, and blueberry stained eyelids. Should offset the cost of my Rebecca Taylor white dress quite nicely, don't you think? I'm all for high-low dressing these days.

Great reminder of why I don't subscribe to any of these things anymore.

This thread is hilarious. Thanks for posting, Anna.

Gosh so many beet haters here! I loooove beets, especially when pickled. Yum! I do not use them to stain my lips, however

It sounds like a contrived version of the fantasy to me. Like, this is what we think you think these people do. I also stick to Vogue and Elle for the pure fashion fantasy, very pretty pictures in those.

I love the matching nail to the phone case. It spices up your looks for the day and it also allows you to explore new phone cases to match your wardrobe.

This type of writing is laughable emptiness and Reality TV in print form.