Was the magazine "Marie Claire", or "Shape" published first?
Marie Claire Marie Claire is an international monthly magazine. First published in France in 1937, followed by UK in 1941. Since than various editions are published in many countries and languages. The feature editions focuses on women around the world and several global issues. "Marie Claire" magazine also covers health, beauty, and fashion topics.
Bare (magazine) Bare was a British magazine developed and launched as a wellbeing brand by the John Brown Media company It was published from Sept/Oct 2000 to August 2001, with six issues per year. An early version of the magazine, then called "Well" was tested in market research groups in 1999 where Claudia Zeff, then art director of "UK Gardens Illustrated" commissioned designer, Kirsten Willey to produce a wellbeing magazine concept. It was Zeff who suggested the name change from "Well" to "Bare" after watching a BBC documentary about British architect, John Pawson.