Analysis of a Front Cover

Genre

Women’s Fashion + Lifestyle, Music, Relationships (Love life)

Audience

Women 21- 45. As it is a High Fashion magazine the audience could be on a high wage packet. It could also be used as an icon magazine.

Colour

The Gold makes her look more Glamorous and rich. The purple could symbolise Feminity and richness.  

Styling

The Masthead is stretched round her head so the full title is still readable.  They have her name in the same colour as the Masthead making it stand out more despite it not being the largest fount on the page. The hair style is in 2 different colours and 2 different styles. This could suggest that she will be talking about 2 subjects in this magazine. It could also imply that she thinks of her life/family separately to her music and fashion career. 

This magazine could possible be used also to advertise the products. If there are details on the clothes that the model is wearing then the audience could purchase them. The younger part of the age group might purchase the magazine to see what there idol is wearing. As the main article is Rihanna, someone who sees Rihanna as an idol would buy the magazine so that they can see what she’s wearing and if there is an interview what the star has been up to.

Text and writing

They have kept to 2 colours making the text stand out more. The Colours also go well with the plain background. The titles of each inner section are coloured the same as the title. The main article and the title use a much more bold colouring this draws the eye to that part of the cover. The left third also has more information on the starts that are featured in this magazine.