OUT: Concept & Type Iterations

I'm going from one to the other without finishing one completely yet... I feel a little scattered. Anyway, for my Out Magazine layout, I wanted to do something fashion related. Only in NYC do men wear shorts so short as they do.. so, I figured, why not make my article about that: How Short is Too Short: The Urban Gentleman's Guide to the Perfect Summer Shorts.


I struggled with the type a little... I know I wanted to use something dramatic and Bodoni-ish and wanted to do something a little funny for the words "too short."

I tried adding knots as decoration to go with the summer theme

This is the one I think I'm going to go with