Research on Magazine Front Covers

Today, i also researched magazine front covers to get an idea of what the layout and choice of colours should be - bearing in mind that most of these magazines are aimed at women.

I think the front cover of this magazine looks very sophisticated and i like how they have chosen the colours for the writing to match with the colours of Jessica Alba's dress. On this magazine front cover they have made Jessica Alba the main focus of the magazine cover and have placed the writing around her. Some of the pieces of writing have been emphasised by the big, bold writing as if these are the only pieces the creator wants to stand out.
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The bazaar magazine uses minimal writing on the front cover which makes Kate Hudson the centre of attention. On this magazine front cover the creator has decided to use pastel but also bold colours. The use of the pastel colours such as: white and pink is one point to show that this magazine is aimed at women. On the other hand, there is also use of a bold colour; black to make the name of the magazine and also to make Kate Hudson stand out because it is the colour of her dress. Overall, there is not really much to analyse for this magazine front cover.  --->

The use of Kate Moss on the front of this magazine straight away shows that it is a fashion magazine because she is a style icon. Just as the designer did with the Elle magazine, the use of colours on her dress have been used as the colours for the background of the magazine. Again the colours used are very feminine colours; pink, yellow and black. Some people may think pink and yellow are quite contrasting colours but i think they work quite well together here. Just as with the other magazine front covers the designer has made only certain pieces of text stand out because they are the ones he wants people to see.
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Doing this research has enabled me to come to a decision of how i would like my magazine front cover to look. I would like to have Sarah Jessica Parker as my centre of attention and i would like to place all of my sell lines and rhetorical questions etc. around her. I would also possibly not show all of the title of the magazine, like most of the covers of magazines do.