MediaSlut (@MediaSlut)’s choice of the best international and South African magazine covers this week:
- Edgar (Middle East)
- ShortList
- Intern
- The New York Times Magazine
- Seasons (Russia)
- Stylist (UK)
- Time Out (various)
- Finweek
INTERNATIONAL
Edgar (Middle East), July/August 2015 & ShortList, July 2015
Intern, Summer 2015
I’m sure a lot of people share my sentiment that Christmas can really come now, as this year is taking its toll on everyone, but that’s not what Intern’s new cover symbolises.
As this is its Education Issue, it symbolises “making the jump” and the “soft landing that higher education is supposed to provide graduates with when entering the job market”.
To me it symbolises the amount of work when you’re IN the job market :-).
The New York Times Magazine, 12 July 2015
I first read about this fascinating story over the past weekend: “two pairs of Colombian identical twins were raised as two pairs of fraternal twins and the story of how they found one another.” (Makes for awesome reading! [I agree — ed-at-large]) The New York Times cover brilliantly illustrates the story in a nutshell!
But the real story — of how Jorge Enrique Bernal Castro, William Cañas Velasco, Carlos Alberto Bernal Castro and Wilber Cañas Velasco found each other again — is stuff for movies. Just like our very own Zephany Nurse story.
Seasons (Russia)
What a lovely touch splash of Africa on this Russian cover!
Stylist (UK), July 2015
So bright and beautiful, and a very clever use of makeup powder to make one’s mark!
Time Out (various)
SOUTH AFRICAN
Finweek, 14 July 2015
For anyone travelling overseas or in an industry where the exchange rate matters, you’ll agree with me that this cover paints the picture perfectly…
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