Elle Magazine Elle translated in French means “she” as a magazine that is specifically aimed at young women. Elle targets to the young woman aged 16-30,interested in the latest fashion and beauty trends. The magazine is published by Filipacchi Hachette media U.S. inc. It is also responsible for publishing Elle décor, Cycle word, Car and Driver, Road and Track and Woman's day. Hachette Filipacchi Media Us is the part of the larger Filipacchi Hachette Medias, one of the words largest magazine publishers. Elle Uk cost £3.80 per issue and being a monthly publication there are 12 issues per year. Elle has its own website Elle.uk.com.

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The background colour of the magazine is made up of yellow shades that matches the detail on the celebrity's dress. A lighter tone is close around the image acting as a shadow attracting the audiences attraction to the centre so that they are drawn to look at the main image. Elle magazine focuses mainly on fashion and beauty and is mostly for young aged woman to target a general mass audience of women as light colours are associated with girls and the magazine would appeal to them. Background

The mast head of the magazine has been stereotypically positioned at the top of the font cover so that it stands out but also this is where the audience know for the mast head to be. The typography of the mast head is tall and skinny which connotes the desired figure for a woman in the media. As Elle is a very popular magazine it doesn’t really effect the letters hidden by the celebrity. The style is very smart and chic but in the upper case to stand out as black is readable and a very prominent colour connoting a representation of boldness and loud. Mast head

Here the main feature is that is the main cover line of the magazine has been positioned on the right corner below the mast head. Sometime the main cover line of the story is in smaller fonts than other coverlines.This is usually the first article seen by the readers therefore considered as the most important feauture.The typography style of the main feature must be the most eye-catching and usually are in capital letter “SELENA GOMEZ”. The font is written in black on yellow which makes it very visible. Main cover line

Here the cover girl image is being captioned in this sub- story which uses white typography against the yellow background sharing the same colours as the dress worn by Selene Gomez. The entire sub story here is in upper case letters to show that it is important and the word ‘SELENA’' is in bigger letters than the other sub stories on the page excluding the main feature. As the font is white and so is her dress, however by the audiences instant response to her face and her unique surname it is acceptable to have this as we already know what it will say. Main cover image

The typography is in a girly handwriting which is appealing to a female audience. The magazine is fairly expensive compared to other fashion magazines as its target market of fashionable women of a higher class would be willing to pay this for the luxury of the magazine.The word 'now' is a demand which is eye catching to the reader as it is not asking them or trying to persuade them it is telling them what to do and therefore the consequences of this are that they feel they have to buy it due to the magazine telling them that they must find out what is inside. Cover line

Most significantly the word fashion has been placed on the cover of a 'fashion' magazine and therefore its target audience will automatically be attracted by this as they know the magazine will include what they want it too. Buzz words are also mentioned in capital italic font “253 Instant outfit ideas” too attract the audience Buzz word

The cover line is in capital letters so that it is eye catching to the reader whilst the main title of the article is in a bold font as well as being upper case. This is so that the reader is intrigued as to what the title may mean as it gives no clues until the sub-heading of this is read which is positioned closely beneath the title and briefly explains the story without giving it away so the readers feel they must find out. Cover line

Another cover line for vacation packing written in capital letters and “15 must pack items” written in bold letters. The typography of the sub-heading is in lower case and is of a slimmer font in lower case which is more feminine and calm. Cover line

The date, price and barcode of the magazine has been placed beneath the cover lines on the end right side of the page layout. The typography style is still the same whilst again the entire word is in upper case to become more distinctive to the reader although the size of the font is much smaller as the price is not to be the most eye catching piece on the page so that it doesn't put the reader off its purchase. Date, Price and Barcode