21 July 2010

Popular yet banal

The Australian version of InStyle celebrated ten years of publishing with their April 2010 issue. The grid above shows all their covers to date. I'll admit here that I've never been a fan of the magazine, celebrities and their frocks are simply not enough to garner my attention for too long. I wonder why the cover images above bore me so much? Is is that all backgrounds are white? Is is that the format never changes? With one exception, John Travolta (the only male) appears with partner Kelly, cover images are all the same: glamourous celebrity wearing expensive frock smiling at the camera, and all from behind big words.

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