Buonasera! I must say today was one of the most aspiring industry visits during this program! We visited the publication office of White Sposa magazine and given a tour by Editor-and-Chief Simone Polli and Fashion Editor Elena Todros. White Sposa is a wedding oriented magazine, published in Italy and Japan, and has 3 issues a year. The office distributes 100,000 copies of the magazines in Italy to newsstands and wedding exhibitions, 50,000 to Japan and also 8,000 copies to foreign markets including the USA. And this magazine is a MUST HAVE for every girl planning a wedding, every wedding planner, and every person that aspires to work in the bridal industry….I know I’m definitely getting a subscription!
What make this magazine so great you ask? The quality, it is like no other. From the textured cover on each issue, to the paper used, to the perfection in color of the pictures, White Sposa creates a real-life fantasy for their readers. And with each word used to describe the magazine I fell in love more and more. It was describe as being more like a book rather than a magazine, a book that proposes a new theme with each edition. The themes comes from all cultures and all over the world, Elena shared with us that she would go to libraries read and look through books to find new ideas, or sometimes she’ll just have a vision of what the theme should be for the issue. Apart from the quality of the pages in the magazine, the quality of the work the office puts into the publication sets them apart from ALL magazines…yes I said it….ALL. There is really no distinction in roles in the magazine, mention by Simone, they all share roles in getting the magazine published and the organization within is IMPECCIABLE! Perfection doesn’t get any better than White Sposa!So today I finally found the Grande disk! There were two of these sculptures made, there is one in Charlotte, NC and the other here in Milano. I was so excited when I saw it, I've been looking for it for a while.
