My magazine is suitable for my target audience in many ways, one of those things being the image is of a young college student. Her fashion sense reflects the age group and the magazine. As well as the fact that the image on the front cover of the magazine includes a camera it could  indicate that the magazine is about photography or some sort of media. Following on from this the masthead 'exhibition' refers to the purpose of the magazine because the title and camera link to fashion photography.

I have placed the masthead in the left third because in a shop the magazines are displayed side by side therefore the title has to be in a relevant position for the readers to see. Consequently the magazine will have to be shelved in a certain way for the title to be shown. Also to make it easier to spot this magazine I have placed a indicator on the first letter of the masthead, (E). The indicator is a basic camera which also refers to the purpose of the magazine

I think that the plain background works well because it brings all the attention to the title and the model with her camera this allows the reader to focus on the main points being the text and image. However i don't think that the cover lines (cover stories) work well because they're too light so they're harder to read when they're on similar colours.

I have learnt how to design a magazine front cover and things that work well and things that don't work well through my research into magazines.

If i had all the time and money in the world i would have picked the clothes the model is wearing so that it fits my tg even more. I would have also took a lot longer on coming up with good/interesting cover lines to attract the readers. 

Lastly i would say that my magazine has a similar appearance to magazines such as vouge and elle etc because they're also fairly simple and are designed for a similar target market.