Woman, faishon and contentness

We are always been fed images of what we should look like as woman. It is funny that all women's magazines are full of heavily airbrushed woman, and heterosexual men's magazine are fully of heavily airbrushed woman. Where as gay men's magazine are full of airbrushed men. So for men- the images are always of those they hope to attract. Where as for woman it is what we should be..
What would an intelligent womans magazine look like? would it be the economist without the money? I pick up the typical female glossies- but more to skirt over and see what it is faishon and you can be finished with a magazine within an hour or so... But I still wonder is there really no alternative?

Syle is there a consensus?

Having just travelled in the south of Italy (beautiful), the differences in style even with so called western faishon has been highlighted. The number of orange trousers (men only), the loose cotton style immediatly identifies a man as italian, spanish and maybe portugese. Trainers were back in faishon the airpump type. When I commented about the trainers in Italy- i was told that they are in faishon, hmm So should I like it? I remember when i wore trainers with a dress in UK back in the late 90's and the medettereans just did not get it 'nice dress shame about those shoes..'. So is there such a think as superior style? There are mainy choices of clothes that most of would think that is nice, but still would not wear.Hence this points to some consensus going beyond cultural differences

Why do we move and the fringes of our social circle.

Having just spent 10 days back in the 'ole country' (yes the land of queues and teas, England), I have started asking why the hell did i move?.

OK, first I should explain that I am quite happy in Denmark at the moment, but having spend longer than normal back in the UK, I met many friends/bumped into friends and saw people that are not close friends but those at the edge of my social circle. The latter group (the fringe of the social circle) is the one that disappears when you move country, as short visits mean that of course you should prioritise your time. However these people also define who you are- whether you want them to or not - there are small events, cultural references, that are experienced together. By moving away these are also slightly loss.