I have chosen to mainly look at 'VOGUE' magazines website. I chose this because it is the most popular and known about magazine all across the globe. When ever the name is mention everyone knows what it is and what it is about.
I like the clean layout of this website as its very easy and understandable to use. Everything is spaced out and put in very simple, bold font. I took interest in this website as i was thinking about using this layout for my website. As i mainly like the idea of a big bold title, with big images underneath, explaining the rest of the website and how to get around it.
Because the website has a very clear layout, this draws in attention from both everyday computer users, to even people who don't use this software as much. This is simply because the website explains everything very well, and all the buttons that indicate different web pages are clearly shown down the side of the page, in clear text. Also by doing black on white makes everything on the web pages stand out a lot more, and also makes everything seem well organised and doesn't scare away users. I like how the home page also has an option to search for anything you wanted to see straight away. This makes it a lot easier for people who know what they are looking for instead of having to go through numerous amount of webpages.
I also decided that i was going to insert a page titled 'magazine' to include ways to subscribe to my magazine or view recent front covers and models that have been used. Vogue also use this idea, by dating all their front covers from each months magazine. This can be used for people to look online to what will be in the copy of the magazine that they haven't yet purchased from the shop. This webpage has also continued the clean look with the font throughout the page staying the same. All images of each magazine cover are also neatly organized in rows of 3 so it is very easy to the eye to look at. All dates of each front cover is also clearly stated underneath each.
Another inspirational fashion website is ELLEUK.COM. This website is created with the Elle fashion magazine which is very popular. This website has a wide range of options on their navigation bar. This ensures the visitors to the website have a choice of what area of fashion they want to look at wether that is catwalk or street style. This website also opens up with a billboard style advertisement at the top of the page, which stands out against the rest of the website as it's very big. I like how this website gives the user the option to search the website for whatever they are looking for instead of them trying to find it through clicking different options. Elle website also has a very simple theme and layout. This is beneficial as it doesn't scare off non-internet users. This also means that the website never looks messy and it's always organized and easy to navigate.
When I selected the fashion option, a drop down box appeared showing more options, but i selected 'all fashion'. The fashion page includes different boxes of different fashion related stories These are able to be clicked on to find out more instead of taking up most of the page on one story. I think this is a good way to present loads of different options to read about. Also the features of well known fashion artists such as Victoria beckham and Kayne and Kim's child.
When creating my fashion age for my website, i will try to keep the theme simple like this one as i think its really effective to show all the elements of fashion and the magazine.
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