the unexplainable

I was just looking through the Malaysian Female and Marie Claire mags the other day in MyNews.com. I tend to do that. I actually stand at the magazine shop with no intention of buying anything and browse through all the magazines there.Am I being a cheapo?I guess I am. I mean, why buy when you can read it for free?Thats the Malaysian in me talking there...

Anyways, what I dont understand from these magazines are all the items they feature in them. Shoes that costs RM5K, bags that go up to about RM10K, clothes around the same price tag.
Firstly, do the women who buy these magazines actually buy these items? What does the average woman in Malaysia earn? (Paula Malai Ali and her "We have loose change to get one of them Jimmy Choos" on Oprah was not only a misrepresentation but pure BS.LIke HELLO?She's not even Malaysian?)

Would it be too hard for the magazines to say feature things that we can actually go out and buy?Without having to say, rob a bank on the way just to be able to afford it?

And what about the women they feature in it? With their fashion advice which is always the same- "you dont need expensive clothes to look good. You must be confident!If you are confident, you will be beautiful!" And then you turn to the next page and they show you what is in their wardrobe- their Chanel shoes, LV bags, Gucci glasses.AND they expect us to go HELL YEAH!We dont need those expensive stuff to look good!And then we rush out to the nearest FOS and buy all the clothes there?

Why dont they feature the average Malaysian who earns RM2-3K a month? Those I-have-too-much-money celebrities and models featured in the magazines are getting to me. DAMMIT!We know you have money and stop all that crap about confidence being all we need. Cos you're already beautiful and rich.
Bitches.

What I find most amusing is this. Marie Claire has a lot of feature articles. About the poor and the abused. The tribes we have forgotten somewhere in the jungle. The women who have been smuggled in to the country for prostitution. AND on the next page, you have...drum roll please..LUXURY ITEMS! Things that cost thousands and thousands of RM. Ok, does anyone else see how ridiculous it is?

Hey, has anyone thought maybe, the celebrities that are featured in the magazines would like to give up some of their luxury and donate it to the poor? How come I dont see articles about these celebrities with their expensive things giving money to these charities?

Hey Marie Claire, maybe you could get them to donate their expensive clothes to the poor? Maybe if they spend a fraction less from their monthly shopping, they could give to those who need it? How about it?
Maybe you should just format ur magazine so that it will make sense.