Perfect bound

If I print with Mixam I should have the choice of either perfect bound or saddle bound. As most high end magazines are perfect bound I am hoping I can pick this, however the page count is 60 and on some websites the lowest page count for perfect bound is 68. It would be great to have a spine on the magazine, it would make it feel even more glossy than if stapled down the middle.

More inspiration

Got these from Benji today as the look he really wants the magazine to have... These are different to my initial idea and I have researched images like thins previously...

High-end magazine layouts

Been looking at high-end magazine layouts, bit concerned as my clients images are and editorails are not like this...

Lookalike layouts

Looking at high end fashion and culture mnagazines with Benji to find the right balance of look. He wants it to be glossy and we are both really keen on having 2 dps for each lookalike with one being a intro to the article... We have also discussed how information on the photographer, model, makeup artist, stylist, retoucher can be shown.

Boundaries

I don't want to copy an existing design so I have found other high end magazines which I could adapt the layout to make this brief more interesting and push the boundaries as the lookalikes do.

Inspiration

I asked Benji what kinda of look he was after and he sent me some images... I will make my design based on a high quality glossy magazine feel.