Fantastic Man (magazine)

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Fantastic Man
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Cover of Fantastic Man Fall/Winter 2009/10.
Editors Jop van Bennekom and Gert Jonkers
Categories Fashion, Art, Culture
FrequencyBiannual
PublisherTop Publishers
Founded2005
Country The Netherlands
Based inAmsterdam
LanguageEnglish
Website www.fantasticman.com
ISSN 1574-8979

Fantastic Man is a semi-annual men's fashion magazine which was launched in 2005. It presents men's fashion by detailed interviews with male celebrities and intellectuals from many different backgrounds. [1]

The magazine has been lauded for its art direction, winning the British D&AD award for Best Magazine & Newspaper Design in 2008. [2] [3]

It is published in Amsterdam by Top Publishers, which also publishes Butt magazine, and edited by editor-in-chief Gert Jonkers. Fantastic Man launched a website with daily content in 2009 and a sister publication aimed at women, The Gentlewoman , in March 2010. [1] [4] [5] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Ben Seidler (January 18, 2009), "Dutch magazine celebrates menswear", New York Times
  2. Magazine and Newspaper Design, D&AD, 2008, archived from the original on 2009-10-05
  3. Johnny Davis (October 17, 2009). "Style journal Fantastic Man: it's a man thing". The Times.
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