Allure
Number of images: 2
Description of each image: The main image is of three black women, laying down side by side and the faint image of citrus slices and leaves behind them
List of Sections:1
Number of Articles: 5
Highest Page Number: 32
Articles Font Format: Serif
Color Palette of Fonts: Warm gold and black
Stylistic Features: Soft colors and typewriter-like font
Title of Page: Table of Contents
Number of Columns Per Page: 1
2. Elle
Number of images: 13
Description of each image: A makeup powder container, a woman's head, a long braid, 2 earrings (counted each separate), a woman wearing a striped dress, a black blazer, someone wearing a high heel, a woman posing with a lipstick, a small makeup cream bottle, a dining room, a food arrangement, and two people holding hands with half a heart drawn on each
List of Sections: 5
Number of Articles: 24
Highest Page Number: 146
Articles Font Format: Serif
Color Palette of Fonts: Black
Stylistic Features: Hand written style font
Title of Page: Elle Malaysia: January 2015
Number of Columns Per Page: 3
3. Vanity Fair
Number of images: 2
Description of each image: A woman standing with her arm outstretched towards a citrus tree, a woman in a colorful striped shirt looking away from the camera.
List of Sections: 17
Number of Articles: 13
Highest Page Number:124
Articles Font Format: Serif
Color Palette of Fonts: Black
Stylistic Features:quotes and different sections at the bottom of the page
Title of Page: No page title
Number of Columns Per Page: 3
Sections:
Allure and Elle Magazine both have a very minimal amount of sections on their table of contents page, while Vanity Fair has a multitude of them in small boxes across the page. However, Elle's sections are all accompanied by pictures, while Vanity Fair and Allure's do not
Photography:
Both Allure and Vanity Fair contain full image photography in their table of contents, while Elle contains mostly snippets or cutouts of images. However, Allure and Elle's photos are more clean and contained photos taken indoors, while Vanity Fair's photos seem more nature oriented.
Fonts:
All 3 magazines use serif fonts in their table of contents.
Similarities and Differences:
Similarities between all three magazines are that they use a lot of white, black, and hold in their table of contents color palette. They all use Serif fonts and feature women to attract their target audience. However, they differ in page composition, number of sections, articles, and types of photos taken. Ideas that these table of contents pages give me are color palettes containing gold, and black, which seem to be reoccurring colors, the use of clean and professional photography, serif fonts to make the page look sophisticated, and including a lot of useful information. My personal favorite was Allure's table of contents, because it is elegant and minimal, without a lot of clutter. It has a pretty layout without crowding the page.
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