Justifying Design Choices.

The first two of these covers are 'Q' magazine. I have chosen these two covers as style models to justify my design choices as they both have a border around the page. I feel that this almost frames the cover and the main image of each artist.
The first cover of John Lennon is framed because of the special Anniversary edition of the magazine in memory of his 70th Birthday. You could say also that the premiere issue of a magazine is also a special Issue and therefore this could link.
On the GaGa cover of 'Q', her jeans that she is wearing are the same colour as the border and therefore they could be described to blend in with one another, just like the cover lines on my own magazine cover, lining up and being the same colour as the border.
The third magazine cover is the Pete Doherty issue of 'Spin'. This cover has very minimal cover lines, much like my cover.I feel that by doing this, the image of the artist speaks for itself and is not overpowered by cover lines surrounding,this is the same on my own cover and therefore I feel that this choice is justified and proven to be appropriate for a music magazine.