Fashion magazines or magazines in general are a great tool for finding out recent information as they tend to stay up to date on topics relating to their subject. In particular this essay will focus on fashion magazines as one may say they are quite literally a pandora’s box for hosting some of the best fashion images to date. They often pay homage to designers and photographers who have paved the way and continue to remain relevant after many years of business. Not only are fashion magazines able to dissect and discuss designers and the latest trends, but through communication, they are also able to write about and cover areas of culture, social change (after all they are often influenced by social change), community and more (Vosper-Woghiren, 2013), ultimately providing a bigger picture of what is happening around the world and around the reader – a sign of the times perhaps. FIGURE 2: Vogue front cover June 1919 by Helen Dryden
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