X - Box of Flowers

On Tuesday we met in groups and I received a little bit of feedback on my table of contents. They suggested I add some items to it that have a relation to beauty or fashion, such as makeup products. I plan to start photographing the images for the table of contents sometime this week and will take these inputs into consideration.

In other news, I was scrolling through Twitter and believe it or not received inspiration for props that I can use from a picture of a prom proposal. Here it is:

This image inspired me to add a "Spring Favorites" page after the table of contents and include images of makeup that are in spring season. I plan to purchase a wooden box like the one shown as well as similar looking fake flowers. Inside the box, I will have the makeup and later add text stating what the makeup is called and the price/where to purchase it. Hopefully, I won't overdo the use of flowers, but if worst comes to worse the use of flowers on the table of contents will be removed, which I may think will be the case.

Some more (very good) news is the due date as been extended from April 9th to April 11th. Although only a 2 day extension, these 2 days will be very beneficial to me especially since I had a delay on the photography.

Citations:

@SoRelatable. Common Girl. Digital image. Twitter. N.p., 28 Mar. 2017. Web. 29 Mar. 2017.

IX - 2 Weeks Left

As of today, there are only two weeks left until the final due date of this portfolio project. I decided today to start my focus on the two page spread. As mentioned (plenty of times) in my previous post, my two page spread will be on the "Fresh Spring Trends" (get it?). I will need to conduct some more research on what these trends are in order to construct my two page spread well.

For the layout, I saw this post Mrs. Stoklosa has pinned on Pinterst:

Since I am doing a story on the season's fashion trends, I feel as if my layout will rely primarily on the images. So I decided on using one of two layouts, the top right and bottom right. I feel as if they put a lot of focus on the outfits being shown enabling the discussion surrounding the images. Once I gather my information I will be able to narrow it down to which layout will better suit my context.

My next post will be discussing the trends being mentioned in my two page layout. Now I'm getting serious.

Citations:

Daniellesdooodles, and Wordpress.com. Magazine Project Week 6. Digital image. Pinterest. N.p., 15 Oct. 2012. Web. 26 Mar. 2017.

VIII - Ultra

Here I am typing up a post at 1:30 AM. How professional. Anyways, yesterday, the day I was meaning to go to Wynwood to start taking pictures for my magazine, was the first day of the music festival Ultra. Both of these locations are in Miami which means there would be a lot of traffic. Therefore I wasn't able to drive down there unless I wanted to wait in traffic for an hour. So I decided to move the photography portion of the project to next weekend.

My final decision on the topic of the magazine will be spring trends. No more debating for me! The other topics mentioned in my previous post will be part of the table of contents.
I also really want to have the magazine be a special edition exclusively for spring, so a lot of pictures will have a spring color scheme as well as really focused on flowers (I'll try not to overdo it)

I already started an example of how I want my cover page to be, with a little work being done to the coverline. I used Google Slides to make this to get an idea but it won't be used for the actual project:

Gigi Hadid and Jourdan Dunn obviously are not be my models for the cover page, but this image really exemplifies how I would like to capture mine.

I really like using the font Oswald because I feel like it has a really simple and sophisticated look to it. I took the inspiration from the Bazaar cover pages I showed in my previous post and tried to keep the text as simple as possible yet pleasing.

I saw in majority of the fashion/beauty magazines that the masthead is always in a big, simple font on top of the cover page, which is shown in my template of my page.

I also put my thoughts of table of contents into an image and here it is:

I only showed a little of how I wanted it to look, and after a little work being done and using my own images I feel like I might be able to make it work.

Hopefully next weekend no huge, overpopulated, tourist attracting music festivals will be going on and I am able to go to Miami to start the photography process!

Citations:

LiliGraphie. Beautiful Single Flower Head of Pink Ranunculus, Stock Photo. Digital image. Colourbox. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Mar. 2017.

Kovalchuk, Igor. Single Flower Gerbera Isolated on the White Background, Stock Photo. Digital image. Colourbox. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Mar. 2017.

@onlythemodels. Gigi Hadid & Jourdan Dunn • #maybelline100 Event. Digital image. Scoopnest. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Mar. 2017.

VII - Topics

After talking with Mrs. Stoklosa, I realized that I was limiting myself to very few options for my two page spread when really I have a whole variety of topics to do. I decided to look a little more at some inspiration and found an article on leaf.tv that lists some ideas about beauty/fashion topics for a magazine. I underlined the ones that interest me the most:

Health:
The topic that's primarily featured in beauty magazines. Health issues usually discuss topics such as:

• Exercise routines
• Skin care products
• Grooming products
• Health problems 

Makeup:

• Tips and techniques on how to apply makeup
• What colors will compliment an outfit
• New products to help women look their best
• Input from readers about their favorite products

Seasonal Fashion:

• Entice readers to buy a particular brand/trend
• Current season fashions
• Accessories that made a season comeback
• How to piece an outfit together for a special occasion

Celebrity Fashion:

• Special event reviews
• Celebrity "secrets" on how they maintain their appearances 

I'm narrowing it down to the few that are underlined but still not ruling out the interview. Hopefully this will be figured out really soon.

Citations:

Meave, Anya. "Fashion and Beauty Magazine Topics." LEAFtv. N.p., 12 May 2011. Web. 23 Mar. 2017.

VI - Stumped

So today I was REALLY busy and was unable to put much thought into the planning of my magazine and I'm getting a little worried. I decided I will not be emailing the designer due to the fact that my idea of my model wearing the clothes made by the designer won't work out, therefore my cover image will not have any correlation to my cover story. Also I wasn't too sure on how to email the designer anyways. So now I'm back to thinking about any other possible ideas for a cover story and sadly, I am stumped.

I'm starting to look at writing about the "hottest trends of spring 2017" (cliche, I know) but I feel like I can make this work. I'm taking a look on Elle's website to take a look at the current trends and I feel like this may work. These trends included:

• Seaside stripes
• Khaki
• "50 shades of yellow"
• Banker stripes
• Single shoulder cut
• Flashdance shoulder
• Sleeve slits
• White shirt dress
• Waist-cinchers (why??)
• Foldover waists
• Trench coat
• Boyscout sash
• Robes (?)

I feel like I will be able to utilize this list of trends and form a very good cover image and two page spread. It's getting REAL now and already plan to start taking the pictures on Friday and putting everything together over this long weekend coming up (with no spring break to follow, sadly). More thought will be put into this throughout the week, and this time I'm getting serious.

Citations:

Ogunnaike, Nikki, and Justine Carreon. "The Top Trends From Spring 2017 New York Fashion Week." ELLE. N.p., 13 Feb. 2017. Web. 19 Mar. 2017.

V - Brainstorming

Well today in class while doing some intensive research and looking at some more blog examples on a mini iPad (I really miss my laptop) I realized something. I DON'T HAVE A SET PLAN! Mrs. Stoklosa warned us today about not having much time and at first I brushed it off, cause after all I am a high school student and have the almost automatic thought of "of course there's enough time" but I have learned that there really is not, SO let's do some brainstorming:

I'm still pretty set on using the fence with plastic flowers in Wynwood for the background of my cover page and as of right now the title of my magazine is still "Bloom", but honestly I'm not too sure about it anymore because I feel like it might be too similar to Bloomberg (do people shorten Bloomberg to Bloom??) so that also is being thrown into my bubble of thoughts.

I was looking at some blog samples and one blog in particular gave me the idea to interview an upcoming fashion designer. So my initial thought was who?? Who would be willing to take time out of their presumably busy day to talk to a high school student about a school project? Well let's find out. I'm not really sure how to find someone of the sorts but it doesn't hurt to do some research.

I found on TeenVogue, list that names some upcoming fashion designers and one in particular stood out to me, Sandy Liang. What I was originally hoping to do was purchase some articles of clothing from her brand and allow for the person I'm using as my model to wear the clothing, but unfortunetly Sandy Liange's clothing is over $100 and probably won't arrive on time. So that's out of the picture. I'll try to still email Liang sometime tomorrow and ask if I can ask a few questions. I'm a little confused on how to email such a person, but we'll hope for the best!

Citations:

Plummer, Todd. "The 7 Coolest Designers You Need to Know Now." Teen Vogue. TeenVogue.com, 16 Feb. 2016. Web. 18 Mar. 2017.  

"Sandy Liang." SANDY LIANG. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Mar. 2017.                                                                                         

IV - Bloom

I think I may have came up for a name for my magazine - "Bloom".

I chose this name because according to Her Family a study revealed that 14% of young women are unhappy with their lives, and 34% say they are unhappy with their appearance. Through the use of social media such as Twitter (as shown here), I learned that as a result of this many young women will turn to the use of makeup and develop a sense of a unique fashion in order to allow themselves to find their own sense of beauty. This where the name "Bloom" comes in. Since Bloom will be a fashion/beauty magazine, it provides information to young women interested in meeting their fashion/beauty needs. In a sense, they're "blooming" into what they want and becoming happy, whether it's through the use makeup or fashion. This is only the beginning so that name is subject to change.

Now as far as production, I have already decided many pictures will be taken at Wynwood in Miami because of the artistic backgrounds I am able to capture in this area. Also, there is a section in Wynwood that I think will do well as my cover page because it is a fence with plastic flowers on it which can pertain to the idea of "Bloom". I found a picture of the fence from Pinterest and here is what the area looks like:

I also have decided that because I chose this fence with plastic flowers as my cover page background, the issue of my magazine will be a spring issue with a color scheme of pastel pinks, purples, yellows, and blues. 

I am soon to start the actual layout of the magazine in which I draw the placement of the different components of the magazine on the cover page, table of contents, and 2 page spread.

This is the exciting part, and it's only getting better. I can see Bloom and all its glory now, and I love it.

Citations:

Jensen-Burke, Trine. "Young Girls Are Becoming More Unhappy Study Finds." HerFamily.ie. HerFamily, 01 Sept. 2016. Web. 16 Mar. 2017.

Makeup . "Makeup💋 (@Makeup)." Twitter. Twitter, 15 Mar. 2017. Web. 16 Mar. 2017.

Johnson, Debby. "Miami Street Art- Wynwood Arts District." Pinterest. N.p., 08 Jan. 2014. Web. 16 Mar. 2017.