Fashion Through a Contemporary Lens
The Classy Co-Ed was created as a fashion and lifestyle publication for the modern student, bringing together runway references, campus style and cultural influences within one expressive editorial system.
The Fall 2024 issue explores seasonal fashion alongside the lasting influence of 90s icons including Kate Moss, Jennifer Aniston and Gisele Bündchen. Each feature was given its own visual personality through shifting typography, colour, scale and composition, creating a magazine that feels collected and layered rather than overly uniform.
Editorial Experimentation
The visual direction draws from fashion magazines, archival imagery and collage culture, combining oversized typography, cut-out photography, contrasting layouts and unexpected colour.
Rather than following a rigid grid across every spread, the publication uses layout as part of the storytelling — moving between dense editorial compositions, image-led moments and quieter pages to reflect the subject of each feature. The result is a playful exploration of how art direction can give different stories their own voice while still belonging to one publication.
