Once upon a time, Vogue was undoubtedly considered the Bible of high fashion and a must-read for women everywhere. Nowadays, not so much.

There's been a lot of talk in the media lately about why Vogue has fallen out of vogue. In fact, The New York Times recently did a piece which called Vogue "stale and predictable." The Times also noted how Vogue Editor-in-Chief, Anna Wintour, made the highly unusual move recently to publish a reader's letter to the editor which was critical of the magazine. The reader complained that Vogue features the same women over and over again. After flipping through some recent issues, we have to agree with both observations. But not only do we find the magazine "stale and predictable," we also find it pretty darn ridiculous.

So here they are, our official Top 5 Reasons Why Vogue is Out of Vogue

1. They're supposed to be called cover girls -- not cover-to-promote-my-latest-project-girls. Get those celebrities off the cover. We know the only reason Anne Hathaway posed this month is because she has a film to promote ... ditto with the recent cover of Nicole Kidman. And by the way, next month's cover features "Gossip Girl" star Blake Lively. Hmmm ... any coincidence that sweeps is coming up?
   

2. We're sick of reading about skinny, rich moms and their perfect children and gorgeous homes. No, they're not "just like us." Next time you're planning on profiling a mom, try finding one we can relate to, one who doesn't "summer in the Hamptons" or hand the kids off to the nanny the minute the camera crew leaves.

3. The rest of the country does not care about New York socialites. Seriously, maybe Manhattan is fixated on these trust fund brats running around in size zero designer loan-outs, but the fact that these rich kids brag about borrowing designer dresses really annoys us -- and the fact that they can fit into the sample sizes annoys us even more. They're spoiled rich kids, not celebrities ... nuff said.

4. We want to see the clothes -- not an emaciated model riding elephants, not a bag of bones swinging from a trapeze ... THE CLOTHES. Seriously, how the heck are we supposed to know if hemlines are up or down when the model is hanging upside down from a helicopter? We're all for cool photo shoots, but not when we can't see what the heck the model is wearing. And while we're at it -- someone hand those girls a burger -- last time we checked clothes were supposed to hug a woman's body, not hang from it like a clothes hanger.

5. Ummm...in case you haven't heard, there's a recession going on. Newsflash to all you Vogue writers and editors, maybe you can afford to blow 5 grand on a gown or six figures on the latest "must-have accessory," but the rest of us could use that cash to pay a bill or two. While we're all for fantasy window shopping -- but there comes a point when it becomes obnoxious and obscene. How about throwing in something affordable now and then?