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8. O, The Oprah Magazine, September, Hair!: Formal (Favorite)
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"It just might be one of the great hair days of all time. For O, The Oprah Magazine’s September 2013 hair-a-palooza issue, photographer Ruven Afanador captured Oprah Winfrey radiant in a magnificent Afro. (As was widely reported, the wig, which Oprah christened “Wild Thang,” weighed about the same as a Chihuahua.) The cover sparked “’Froprah” mania, garnering 337,346,650 media impressions; Oprah’s Instagram of the image drew some 75,000 likes in 24 hours. After 13 years and more than 160 issues with the same cover model (how’s that for a challenge?), O can still surprise, delight, and pump up the volume like nobody else."

Critique:

Oprah’s Hair issue is very big. The emphasis on hair gives the reader an idea of what the magazine if about. The coordination of the title HAIR and Oprah's huge hair put more of an emphasis on the subject of the issue. The bright exposure of the issue gives the cover a glow to match the subject's bright smile. The full frame of Oprah and her huge hair fills up the frame and gives a pop to the cover and it complemented by the opposite cool tones of purple and warm tone of orange. The cover communicates that Oprah’s hair is an important aspect of her life as well as her appearance. This appeals to her clientele given that most of her viewers and subscribers are women.