Cover Critics

Critique of the evolution of magazine covers and the advertisements within.

Monday, December 14, 2009

People As We Know It: Commodification in the Land of the Beautiful

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April 2002 In the 90s and 2000s, People became the magazine we all know and love (to hate). On it covers, there are the beautiful people, an...
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1970's women's freedom!

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In the mid to late 60’s women realized that now they had the qualifications for proper jobs , but they were not being trea...

1960's independence= changing fashion=shallow headlines

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During the 1960’s, women’s roles started to change again as many women became upset with their oppressive lifestyles. They realized th...

Fashionable Foundations and the Feel Good/Feel Bad Story

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Although People may be a gossip magazine, it has not lost its roots in fashion and what fashion can say about the people who use it. On Jun...

Allure Magazine 1999-2000

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As Allure Magazine entered the new millennium, the covers became increasingly celebrity oriented. In March 1999 Angelina Jolie graced the “...

Image for 1940s female blog entry

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Allure Magazine 1998-1998

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The covers from spring 1998 are very important because March was the first cover that shows the growing obsession with celebrities and their...
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