Fashion magazines have been around for many years,one of the first magazines being vogue. This is a fashion and lifestyle magazine covering many topics including fashion, beauty, culture, living, and runway. The target audience of Vogue 16-24 year olds earning a high wage which fits into the ABC1 demographic.Vogue started as a weekly newspaper in 1892 in the USA, however later on the newspaper began releasing them monthly. Vogue was bought to britian for the internation edition in 1916, this was then released in other countries such as Italy which is named the best fashion magazine in the world. Arthur Baldwin Turnure was the buisness man who founded vogue as a weekly newspaper in the United States, this was sponsered by Kristoffer Right. He changed it to a unisex magazine and started Vogue overseas in the 1910s, once this happened, the prices were then raised and the magazine was turned into a unisex fashion magazine.
Codes and conventions
From researching the codes and conventions of typical high-end fashion magazines I have found that most fashion magazine front covers use high-key lighting to sell their product. The brightness brings a positive, energetic feel to the magazine. They use vibrant colours on various parts of the colour scheme, or hard lighting on the subject. 90% of the time, the images used on the front cover are mid shots or long shots. This lets the reader see the body langauge of the subject which gives the magazine a narrative. They are generally looking at the camera, or posing in a sexual or friendly way to promote the look they are selling. In fashion magzines, their is always a large Masthead in a bright colour to compliment what the subject is wearing, which adds to the general theme of the magazine.
Additionally, i have also researched the conventions of the contents page of a magzine. In the majority of magazines the contents page is set in columns, usually 3 or 4. There is also one main image with surrounding images.
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