Essay on All that Glitters is Glamour

Submitted By kendallmariie
Words: 550
Pages: 3

All that Glitters is Glamour

Glamour, the large bright red words plastered across the top alone will attract anyone who is interested in beauty, which happens to be pretty much the entire female population, from fashion advice to articles about the most influential women of our time, Glamour Magazine has everything any woman has ever wanted in a magazine. Each month Glamour puts out another issue targeting the same audience as the previous month; this audience includes primarily single, white, heterosexual, upper-middle class women between the ages of 18 and 45.
Glamour targets women who are interested in living healthy lifestyles, looking classy, sexy and glamorous while doing so. Glamour draws these women in by filling the magazine cover to cover with; makeup, men, clothing, fashion advice, hair advice, dating advice, and all kinds of great articles about really interesting topics such as, “Meet the Dude Whisperer”, “Five Scary Talks to Have With Your Boss” and “What do Powerful Women Wear Anyway” which are only a few of them. They then choose a beautiful celebrity to place on the cover surrounded by large pink, red and black fonts trying to convince you to keep reading. Things included on the cover of a magazine are the first thing a reader will see and, therefore, says a lot about the intended audience, the cover of the December 2010 Glamour advertises an article about men and what they crave in bed, therefore, luring in heterosexual single women who are interested in pleasing their men in bed.
Included on the cover of the December 2010 issue of Glamour magazine is, “The 24 Most Flattering Party Outfits for Your Body” this is going to encourage women of all shapes and sizes to buy this issue of Glamour so they can learn how to buy a dress that looks great with their body shape. In the bottom right-hand section of the cover is a small ad for an article with drinks, dips and desserts that are more nutritious and less fattening, it specifically says “Eat All the Good Stuff and Still Stay Slim”, this is going to attract a lot of girls because what girl doesn’t want to eat good and still be skinny?
Many of the