Checking Out and Keeping Up with JONES Magazine

Even for a new media devotee like me, one of the greatest pleasures of travel is filling my bag with carefully curated reading material that I can read without interruption on the airplane. No gadget in the world can replace the tactile thrill of flipping through the pages of a magazine or book. JONES is one of the newest publications on the scene but it has already earned a coveted space in my carry-on bag.

A sleek and sexy multicultural magazine, JONES launched  in 2005 in Houston as a regional publication and it expanded nationally several months ago. Model Sessilee Lopez graces the cover of the 2010 fall fashion issue and is the gorgeous gateway to the glam inside. Some of my favorite features include Fall Bag Must Haves, the Hip Trips travel feature, an international Shopping Blitz with the one and only Iman, and a colorful display of faux fur.

I've had a chance to meet some of the masterminds behind the masthead, including the Jones editor-in-chief  -  the lovely Tracey M. Ferguson and their social editor - the force of nature that is Bryce Hairston Kennard. (You may have seen these style gurus on their reality show Keeping Up With the Joneses) Fabulous without the attitude, JONES both informs and inspires. Grab a copy and spend some quality time with the joneses!

PS. JONES also has a great website. Visit and enter their Fall Fashion Sweepstakes.