19-Year-Old University Student Captivated by Fashion Magazines

Hello, world.

I am a 19-year-old sophomore in university who, until yesterday, had no dreams or goals and was incredibly worried about my future path.
Today, I decided to aspire to become a fashion magazine editor, and since I subscribed to ELLE for the first time today and found something that resonated with me, I would like to record it.

Since this is my first time properly buying and reading a fashion magazine (I used to occasionally read VOGUE while standing in the store), I would be happy if you could look at my impressions with a warm heart.

1 The Violence of "Beauty" That Encompasses Both Eyes

When I opened ELLE, the first thing that jumped out at me was a Louis Vuitton spread that used both pages to express sophistication.
It never feels overwhelmed by grandeur. It is formal, yet you can see fashion accessories that add a sense of playfulness, such as rings made of leather or key charms on bags.
That is exactly why I felt the sophistication and overwhelming presence that makes this brand feel like the royal road and the leader of high-brand luxury.

Turning the page further,
GUCCI, with its sense of effortless style, intrigues me due to the gap with its brand image.
CHANEL's art, which uses a white-based fashion that coexists with penetration and divergence, is in complete contrast to the background that looks like a vibrant oil painting.
The composition of placing luxury items adorned with many dazzling jewels against a pale background using gradients truly highlights the supreme quality of this BVLGARI luxury.
The SAINT LAURENT page was arranged in a chic monochrome, and it felt completely different from how other brands conveyed their message. Actually, it personally struck a chord with me, but I am frustrated that I lack the verbal ability to describe its excellence.

Seeing the world where high brands appeal to us using both pages like this for the first time, I fell into the same sensation as when I saw a certain landscape painting in an art museum that was huge, delicate, and terrifyingly skilled in its use of color.
It had been a long time since I was so absorbed in looking at something that was now a work of art, so it was fun.

2 The "Wall" of Writing Ability

And when I turned the page again, the editor-in-chief's message was written densely and diagonally inside the letter O. I thought about how they came up with such a stylish composition, but no sooner had I admired the composition than I was strongly drawn to the editor-in-chief's writing ability.

What surprised me most was how easy it was to read. The content written, for example, about the editor-in-chief's work in Paris, the CELINE collection, and this September issue, was all about things that I could not relate to from my own life. However, for some reason, my eyes could not stop moving horizontally while reading that text. I hope you who are reading this now are doing the same, but I think that is a skill still far beyond me. At that point, I felt an incredible distance on the road between the editor-in-chief and me.

3 Warmth Added to Splendor

The third thing that surprised me was the centripetal force of the titles.
In the ELLE FASHION section, they use a composition where a model photo takes up an entire page, and the title and details of the fashion are stated in small text, fitting well into the margins of the photo.
I thought it was an amazing ability that the titles were very poetic, yet there was no mismatch with the fashion, and they matched the image.
For example,
"Captivated by the magic of supple and unique chains"
"Jewelry of hope and luck entrusted to flowers"
"Adding a lingering shimmer to urban minimalism"
Titles like these fit perfectly with my fashion aesthetic that "fashion should be individualistic yet lyrical," and I thought I wanted to try it too. So, I made the title for section 3 like this, but it became meaningless due to the mismatch with the text. I wonder if the readers were drawn in; it was a good opportunity to learn that there are still many skills I need to polish.

4 Centripetal Force as a Picture

In section 3, I talked about centripetal force as text, but next, I was drawn to the composition.
For those who have the September issue of ELLE, I am going to talk about page 42, so please open it again.
On that page, there is a gold glove on a red background in the center, and a ribbon-shaped brooch added on top of it.
And in the upper right, there is an English title in an elegant font, the title in Japanese below it, and the details below that with line breaks that create a diagonal structure to the right.
I mean, I don't even know what's going on. I like watching VALENTINO collections, and that might have some influence. But I like this composition way too much.
First, the color. I also thought that gold on a red background is just like Christmas. But when you think of Christmas, what comes to mind? I think the words "love" and "gorgeous" fit Christmas the best.
Christmas is gorgeous with love.
Since this is the September issue, I don't think it refers to Christmas, but coincidentally, the title on this page was "Aesthetic Romanticism."
I was blown away.
I was moved by how much the background color, the item color, and the words matched. I am truly frustrated that I might be causing confusion for the readers due to my lack of expressive power.
By the way, I also really like the composition of page 43 next to it.
First of all, I love the text.
"What if love had a form?
It would definitely be a heart."
And then, they placed luxury items with a heart motif on a red background. First of all, it's easy to see, and I thought this composition was enough to make the reader associate these two pages with "love."

Buying ELLE this time has become an event in my life that I can confidently say was the right decision.
If I can buy VOGUE next time, I would like to write about it on note like this again.
I want to continue subscribing every month, write about it on note every time, and make it a place to polish my sensibilities as I aim to become an editor for VOGUE or ELLE.
I didn't think it would get this long. If there is anyone who has watched this far, thank you very much.