Dazed & Confused September 2013
Dazed
& Confused has been changing conversely, from article fonts to content
layouts. By adapting Courier, the grids and margins become weirdly wide between
lines, which makes the whole layouts present as world wide web screen pages, and
some smaller illustrations even pop up as some annoying pop-ads page by page.
The revision of the magazine just reflects its dazing and confusing design to
some readers.
What
grasps my attention is Elizabeth Olsen, whose face is too recognizable to
ignore, especially I pretty much admire her twin sister’s design and styles. The
colours of front cover of September 2013 issue is just perfect: White fonts,
raspberry pink background, Elizabeth with smoky-smudged jade eyes, covering
with black lace veil and wearing milk-white collar, nightly-dark zipper button
coat.
For the campaign pages, Stylist Robbie Spencer puts both romantic and casual feelings on Elizabeth, especially Saint Laurent jewelry stockings bring out a very delicate but rock ‘n’ roll touch. Moreover, Miu Miu polka dot jacquard coat suits Elizabeth elegantly more than Chloë Moretz at InStyle UK campaign. Photographer Angelo Pennetta polishes the camera light from the right side of this Olsen sister, portraits Elizabeth an individual temperament. However, Interviewer Caroline Ryder at the opening paragraph, writes about that Elizabeth ‘growing up in the shadow of her elder sisters Mary-Kate and Ashley….[she] has pointedly remained her own woman’ (Ryder, p.111), which is, an unconfirmed false illusion topic sentence that too many reporters would commit (How do you know Elizabeth & James are growing under shadows of their twin siblings, do you guys live under the same roof or what? Caroline?). It’s not a denial that I love to read some public figures’ profiles ‘retold’ by the third person, but sometimes I prefer Q&A contents to understand a celebrity stranger more, since by this method, the words and tones might be more authentic and ‘original’.
Fortunately, Dazed & Confused chooses a beautifully appealing cover picture this time. The settings are not too complicated, but the eyes of the cover girl reveal a lot.
Photography Works Cited:
Ryder, Caroline. “Sweet Valley Idol”. Dazed & Confused, VOL.III 25 September 2013. London: Waddell Limited, 2013.
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