Fashion Brief

Magazine covers vary depending on what the magazine is about. Say if the magazine is for TV, it will include TV listening and other things that relate to it. We are currently researching about fashion magazine covers, so I have been researching four magazines and exploring how they use their covers to explain what is included. I have searched Elle magazine, VOGUE, Cosmopolitan and Vanity Fair.

I have noticed that all of these magazines have the title in large, clear letters that say the name of the magazine, advertising what you are about to buy. There is always an image that covers the page from top to bottom, with it being fashion, 9 out of 10 times, the picture is from head to the top of the leg, showing what the model is wearing. Sometimes magazines have images of celebrities on the front of the cover, others just use everyday models.

Once they have the image of the model and the title on the page, they then just add other things stating what is in the magazine. Like sometimes, you have a free gift, like vouchers inside, but the t&c is that you buy the magazine to receive vouchers. Others just have several pages of fashion outfits, and say where you can buy them from, and how much they cost. They do not always tell you everything in the magazine, they have teasers that make you want to buy the magazine to read what they have. Say if the front cover has on the front, 'Clearance on Model Outfits', you want to buy the magazine to see what outfits will be selling on sale.