What's Wrong With Vogue?

That's what the fashion critic of the New York Times is asking this first day of 2009. An international news story? you ask. Yes, in the sense that Vogue is an international brand and published in 18 countries. Yes, in the sense that many of its stories go far beyond fashion. Yes, in the sense that it has been called "the world's most influential fashion magazine." Yet even Vogue is challenged by the Internet. The median age of readers is around 34, but "you don't feel that the magazine has considered how changes in the social networks and Web-subcultures have influenced women's ideas about themselves." Hmmmm, now there's a thought....