Building the Contents Page (Part 1)

 The first thing I will begin to create is my Contents Page. That one feels like the most manageable since we don't have any photos yet and since I am really not in the mood to write a whole Feature Article. Hailey and I are trying to work out dates to shoot, but it's really difficult because we're both busy during the week. We're trying to get our pictures done this week because the next week, Hailey will be gone on the states trip for theatre, and she needs time to work on the brief. This final stretch of the project is really making me wish we had started this entire thing in quarter 2 so we wouldn't be rushing right now. I'm really starting to doubt how well I'm going to do on this. 

But whatever, that's enough whining. I need to get to work because I have no time to complain. Like I said, the first thing I want to do is the content page. I did have some ideas of certain titles we could include, but I really don't know anything apart from that. I look into how many pages a typical fashion magazine is, and I found that the number ranged from 80-200. Anyone who thinks I'm going to make this go up to 200 is crazy. I've decided to stick to 120 pages since that's what most magazines tend to do, especially Vogue since that's the magazine we've been mainly relying on for inspiration. 

As I mentioned in the Content Page Planning post, I've decided to have 4 sections. I might add more, but for now, these are the 4 that I've decided I'm adding for sure:

• On the Cover
• Fashionable Features
• Beauty
• Trending Today

I also noticed something that I didn't notice earlier: the page numbers aren't in order. For example, each section obviously includes whatever page number of the article that matches the section right? But the page numbers jump around. For example, the page numbers for On the Cover could be 6, 54, 114, and the page numbers for Fashionable Features could be 13, 64, 88. That's something I have to keep in mind when making the final product.

For now, I'm going to start with organizing the different article titles into their respective sections. Starting with On the Cover. Here are the articles I'm planning to add in this section:

• Bhumi Harpalani on the effects of Fast Fashion - 56
• Styling IMPOSSIBLE patterns - 23
• Upping your fit with a simple addition: JEWELRY - 90
• Men can dress up too - 78

For the second section, I'm pretty sure I'm allowed to just make up names of people and act like they're famous and established. I don't know for sure, so that's something I will be checking with my teacher. I've noticed that the feature articles also have a short 1-2 sentence description underneath them, so I will be including that as well. Here is what I will include in the section Fashionable Features:

• Fashion is Genderless - Professional Stylist Jada Wong gives tips on how to style men's clothing - 113
• Walking can be Comfy and Cute - Model Rosie Larson shares her favorite heels to walk in that are comfortable and cute. - 15
• All Things Color - Color Analyst Lee Ji-Woo shares what color palettes you should use based off of your skin tone and your features. - 43
• Styling Ananya Raiker - Professional Stylist gives the scoop on how she styles Model Ananya Raiker. - 102
• Serving in Springtime - Fashion Icon Alina Baird talks about her favorite springtime outfit ideas. - 67

I wanted to finish all 4 sections today, but I think I'm all out of creativity for today. I will continue the rest of building up this content page next time. In the meantime, I will start brainstorming how I want the layout of the page to be. I believe this will become a series with a few parts, but this is all for part 1.

Thanks so much for tuning in, catch you later!

Resources: 

https://nypost.com/2014/02/24/mens-fashion-magazines-go-for-quality-over-quantity/#:~:text=When%20it%20comes%20to%20fashion,what%20you%20do%20with%20it.