OK Folks, I recently perused the latest issue of Elle magazine..issue no.285, May '09.. Ladies, unless you simply adore advertisements, I would suggest that you save your money on this one..The magazine is more than 1/4 of an inch thick. The majority of it is ads, ads, and more ads!This magazine issue has run the gamut of the advertising brands..from Lancome, Anne Klein, Target, Tresemme, Chanel, Vanity Fair and a plethora of others....I think this issue has about 10 articles..I am under the impression that the company is more concerned with the thickpages, vivid photography, and never-ending assault of advertised products than what it is with literary quality...what am I going to do with this copy of Elle magazine?? hmmmmmm..let me see... can you say R E C Y C L E???