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(More customer reviews)Like thousands of other women, I loved this magazine in the late 1980s and into the 90s. I saved every issue, but when Nancy Lindemeyer was replaced by Peggy Kennedy, the book lost its luster, as well as its layers. For one thing, it started looking like Martha Stewart Living and reading like (the late) Working Women. Still, I mourned its loss in 2003. Sadly, I had given away all my back issues in 2001 - now I realize that was probably a reaction to the blandness of the Peggy Kennedy years. Four years later, I was delighted to hear Hoffman Publishing was bringing Victoria back. But sadly, that is not the case. Oh, a magazine called Victoria is published and on the surface, it looks like my complex and elegant old friend. But take a good long look and you will see this new incarnation lacks not only depth but beauty and character. With Nancy Lindemeyer's Victoria, the reader had the feeling the staff was mostly made up of bluestockings who happened to appreciate a lovely life filled with pretty things that held meaning. Now it's just pretty things. I'm not sure if we have changed so much that the charm of Victoria is now lost on us or if the staff is so shallow and inexperienced that the magazine is but a pale copy of the original. Grammatical errors abound, especially in the earlier Hoffman issues; the text is overly florid sometimes, and the photography lacks depth. The models in fashion layouts are vapid creatures. Something is horribly awry!
Still, I give Hoffman credit for trying, and I have seen some improvements with each issue over the past two years. I let my subscription lapse, and I'll peruse the magazine at the drug store before I purchase it on a regular basis.
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A magazine for women, including home and fashion.Victoria is an elegant magazine going back to the Victoria era.
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