Flaunt is a monthly
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
fashion culture
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founded by the current editor-in-chief, Luis Barajas, and creative director, Jim Turner, also the founders of
Detour magazine. Long Nguyen, a third founder and style director, also was working on Detour for four years. Flaunt was established in September 1998.
Inspired from the work of the 1950’s era magazine
Flair (founder
Fleur CowlesFleur Fenton Cowles was an American writer, editor and artist best known as the creative force behind the short-lived Flair magazine.-Personal:...
established in 1950), Barajas and Turner attempt to integrate paper work inserts and layouts into the magazine.
Flaunt is a monthly
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
fashion culture
magazineMagazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles, generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
founded by the current editor-in-chief, Luis Barajas, and creative director, Jim Turner, also the founders of
Detour magazine. Long Nguyen, a third founder and style director, also was working on Detour for four years. Flaunt was established in September 1998.
Inspiration
Inspired from the work of the 1950’s era magazine
Flair (founder
Fleur CowlesFleur Fenton Cowles was an American writer, editor and artist best known as the creative force behind the short-lived Flair magazine.-Personal:...
established in 1950), Barajas and Turner attempt to integrate paper work inserts and layouts into the magazine. Some insert examples include:
• Issue 65 (July 2005) with
Elijah WoodElijah Jordan Wood is an American actor. Making his film debut with a minor part in the Back to the Future Part II , he landed a succession of subsequent larger roles and became a critically acclaimed child actor by age 13....
/
Jessica AlbaJessica Marie Alba is an American television and film actress. She began her television and movie appearances at age 13 in Camp Nowhere and The Secret World of Alex Mack . Alba rose to prominence as the lead actress in the television series Dark Angel...
on the cover featured a paper doll cowboy insert created with art by David Weidman, who was best known for his work on the Fractured Fairy Tales portion of the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show (
Jay WardJ Troplong "Jay" Ward was an American creator and producer of animated television cartoons. He produced animated series based on such characters as Crusader Rabbit, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Dudley Do-Right, Peabody and Sherman, Hoppity Hooper, George of the Jungle, Tom Slick and Super Chicken...
Productions)
• The cover for issue 8 (October 1999) featured a perforated face mask designed and drawn by
David BowieDavid Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. Active in five decades of popular music and frequently reinventing his music and image, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
letting
Flaunt readers become the “Thin White Duke”
• Issue 5 (June/July 1999) with
Adrien BrodyAdrien Brody is an American actor. He received widespread recognition and subsequent acclaim after starring in Roman Polanski's The Pianist...
/
LeeLee SobieskiLeelee Sobieski is an American actress. Sobieski rose to fame in her mid-teens with her appearance in the movie Deep Impact...
on the cover featured an insert allowing the reader to build their own paper air stream travel trailer complete with paper propane tanks
• Issue 15 (June/July 2000) featuring
James Van Der BeekJames William Van Der Beek, Jr. is an American television, film and stage actor, known for his portrayal of Dawson Leery in the WB Network drama series Dawson's Creek.-Early life and stage career:...
/
Brittany MurphyBrittany Murphy is an American actress and recording artist. She has starred in films such as Just Married; Clueless; Girl, Interrupted; 8 Mile; Sin City; The Dead Girl; Uptown Girls; Happy Feet; Riding in Cars with Boys and Spun.-Early life:Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Murphy's parents divorced when...
included an insert that allowed the reader to build their own version of the well-known Eames lounge chair.
Distributed in over twenty nine countries including the United States, Mexico, and Canada each of
Flaunt’s issues are themed, with recent examples being the Jewish Issue (
Beastie BoysBeastie Boys is an American hip hop group from New York City. The group comprises Michael "Mike D" Diamond, Adam "MCA" Yauch, and Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz...
and
Sarah SilvermanSarah Kate Silverman is an American comedienne, writer, actress, singer, and musician. Although usually credited as Sarah Silverman, she is sometimes credited by her nickname, Big S...
) and Future Tense (
Hayden ChristensenHayden Christensen is a Canadian actor. He appeared in Canadian television programs when he was young, then diversified into American television in the late 1990s. He moved on to minor acting roles before being praised for his role of Sam in Life as a House, for which he was nominated for a...
and
Bryce Dallas HowardBryce Dallas Howard is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in the films The Village, Manderlay, Lady in the Water, Spider-Man 3, Terminator Salvation and Eclipse.-Early life:...
).
Flaunt also utilizes outserts or special edition covers quite often, which are then polybagged with the magazine. Recent examples include:
• Issue 75 (June/July 2006) that contains a black and white Beach Ball
• A comic book edition featuring
Tobey MaguireTobias Vincent "Tobey" Maguire is an American actor. He began his career in the 1980s, and has since become best known for his role as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the Spider-Man films.-Early life:...
(issue 34 May 2002) with a lenticular cover of
Spider-ManSpider-Man is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero. The character was created by writer and editor Stan Lee and artist and co-plotter Steve Ditko. He first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15...
, utilized paper similar to comic books, and "Flaunt Boy" of the month Bobby Hill from
King of the HillKing of the Hill is an American animated series created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, that ran from January 12, 1997 to September 13, 2009 on Fox. It centers on the Hills, a small-town Methodist family in Arlen, Texas...
(Fox network)
• A bag of sand promoting the film,
SaharaSahara is a 2005 action/adventure film directed by Breck Eisner and based on the best-selling book of the same name by Clive Cussler.Though it opened at number one in the US box office, grossing $18 million on its first weekend, Sahara is considered one of the biggest financial failures in...
, featuring
Penelope CruzPenélope Cruz Sánchez , better known as Penélope Cruz, is a Spanish actress. She gathered critical acclaim as a young actress for films such as Jamón, Jamón, La Niña de tus ojos, and Belle époque. She has also starred in several American films such as Blow, Vanilla Sky, and Vicky Cristina Barcelona...
(Spring Fashion issue 62).