In the actual magazine, it features someone on the front cover, who, for the February 2026 issue, is musician Raye. The first couple of pages are ads for various places. After that, it goes into the different articles that are on the Elle website, such as beauty tips, horoscopes, or what's trending. It then features celebrity interviews such as Raye, who is on the front cover, and also an interview with model Lulu Tenney. For the interviews, it has photos from their photoshoot next to the text, and then the whole spread on the next pages are just photos from the photoshoot. The ads included a range of different places. Theres differents ads for Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Omega watches, Harry Winston, Olay, Guess, Swarovski, etc.
Elle magazine stands out from its competitors due to its diversity and range of ideas. Its lifestyle and fashion advice can appeal to just about anyone, regardless of how much money you have or what you look like. They are also one of the few fashion magazines that encourage environmental responsibility. Some of Elle's competitors are People Magazine, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and Vanity Fair.
Some key differences between the printed magazine and the online version are that in the printed version, you have all the articles and advice in one book. But on the online version, you have to search for every individual thing. The printed version is definitely more convenient. Another difference I noticed is that the front cover on the printed version and the cover given on the online version are different. 
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Printed Version
Online Version Printed Version The last difference I spot is the ads and how and where they are placed. Since the online version is online, there seem to be more ad pop-ups than were featured in the printed magazine. In the magazine, all the ads are intentionally placed.
Elle's target audience is predominantly young women aged 18-50. It's typically women who are into fashion, beauty, advice, all the things the interview includes.
The ads within the magazine definitely fit within the themes of the magazine itself. Theyre mainly all fashion-related and also high end companys. It fits within the theme of fashion and beauty. The ads definitely are meant to be the target audience, which is young women who are into fashion and beauty products.
Two strengths within the printed magazine in comparison to the online version are that it's all in one book, you can flip through instead of having to search for one interview and search up the next. Its completly more important. Another strength for me is that you don't have to rely on wifi to be able to read what you want.
Two weaknesses for the online version could be the same answers. Its more work to find certain things and articles to read. There are also more ads on the online version, which could be annoying. Plus, the wifi can be slow and take a while to get to the actual stuff you want to see.
On the otherhand, two strengths for the online version are that you have to pay for the actual printed versions, but on the online version its free. Another strength is that you can read any article you want that's not in the printed version. Two weaknesses for the printed versions are essentially the same.
In my opinion, I think there are pros to both version but personally, I love to collect things like magazines, so I'd lean towards actually purchasing the item. I do understand the people who don't, though.
Within Elle magazine theres not much to interact with via the printed magazine. I enjoy reading the horoscope page, though.
On Instagram, @elleusa has 7.6M followers and over 14.1k posts. They post mainly fashion content, like fashion week. They also post their covers and other interviews. On TikTok, @ellemagazine has 1M followers. They post clips from in-person interviews and clips from their series on YouTube, "Phoning It In" and "Where Is The Lie". Phoning It In is where celebrities prank call other celebrities. Where Is The Lie has celebrities share a few facts, and other celebrities with them have to guess which one is a lie. They post the full videos on their Youtube that has 2.5M subscribers. The celebrites on tend to be whoever is in a promotion cycle for a show, movie, or music, so fans get really excited and hyped when people go on and do those games for Elle.
When doing this assignment, I learned more about the publications than I already knew. Cool facts, like it was founded by a woman in France, were pretty cool. I love learning more about magazines and the differences between the online versions and the printed versions. I love magazines and hope collecting the printed versions can come back because it seems like not many people do it anymore!
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LINKS:
ELLE MAGAZINE - https://www.elle.com/
INFORMATION ABOUT ELLE - https://ellearoundtheworld.com/index.php/the-brands/elle/
WHY ELLE STANDS OUT - Elle Magazine: Fashion, Trends, And Style Inspiration.
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