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by MediaSlut (@MediaSlut) My choice of the best international magazine covers in MagLove this week:

  • F*cking Young! Spain
  • Numéro (France)
  • The Sunday Times Magazine
  • TIME

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F*cking Young! (Spain), Autumn/Winter 2014

F*cking Young! (Spain), Autumn/Winter 2014The new issue, titled “Mountain”, is accompanied by a truly striking (and oddly sexy) image. This is to celebrate F*cking Young! that launched five years ago, and “getting to where we are today [which] was like climbing a mountain, and a large one at that,” according to the editors.

You can read what the editors have to say about this issue, and the significance behind it, here.

[Please note that we have amended the title of this magazine slightly to avoid being blocked online — ed-at-large]

Numéro (France)

Numéro (France): StromaeSouth Africans might not be familiar with the cover model, or recognise him, but this is popular Belgian singer-songwriter Paul van Haver (or, as he’s better known, Stromae).

I’m loving the vibrancy and arty-ness of his Numéro cover!

[Here’s a video, with English sub-titles, of one of his hit pop songs — ed-at-large]

The Sunday Times Magazine, 5 October 2014

The Sunday Times Magazine, 5 October 2014: #IamMuslim 4The Sunday Times Magazine, 5 October 2014: #IamMuslim 3The Sunday Times Magazine, 5 October 2014: #IamMuslim 1The Sunday Times Magazine, 5 October 2014: #IamMuslim 2
With a four-way split-run cover, The Sunday Times Magazine makes a massive impact by saying a lot, by saying very little. What is it about? “Kickboxers, beauty queens, car enthusiasts and refugees reflect on what it means to be young and Muslim in Britain today.”

To continue the conversation, readers were invited to share their experience(s) by tweeting @TheSTMagazine with the hashtag #IamMuslim, which is also splashed on the covers, or to email in.

It’s definitely worth searching for #IamMuslim to view the mixed (but mainly positive) response.

TIME, 13 October 2014

TIME, 13 October 2014: The Umbrella RevolutionTIME, 13 October 2014: Chasing Ebola
TIME regularly has different covers for the same week/issue, but change its covers and cover story depending upon the region. This week, there are two which strike a chord with me:

One, unplanned and unstyled, captures the “Umbrella Revolution” currently happening in Hong Kong perfectly. The other is clinical, clean and styled — the direct opposite of Ebola.


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