C{elle}ebrate Real World Diversity in Fashion: An Magazine on How Fashion Magazines and the Fashion Industry Affect the Body Image of its Consumers

Abstract

In the middle of 2016, I read a statistic that said "70% of Women Feel Depressed After Looking at a Fashion Magazine for 3 Minutes." I don’t know about you, but for me that is alarming, especially as a journalism student and, more specifically, one who wants to enter fashion publishing. Whether I am writing an article for a class or writing my blog in my free time, positively impacting my audience has always been a goal that I have tried to reach in all of my journalistic writing. Despite a statistic that says nearly three-fourths of women are depressed reading fashion magazines, I believe the fashion magazine industry has the ability to change and better serve the readership with positive, active steps. My belief led me to create this model magazine, C{elle}berate, one that celebrates real-world diversity, recognizing the variety of people in body type, race, culture and lifestyle. This magazine, completely written and designed by me, creates positive content that serves the public instead of tearing people down.