Since the demographic is 16-25, I do not think the original style of a real-life magazine is going to appeal to this type of audience. Therefore, I will change the style of the magazine to something sleeker. However, I will still try to keep the shock value of the stories portrayed in the magazine and the charismatic image that real-life magazines like "That's Life!" have in order to fit the brief.
I am going to take inspiration from:
These are still real-life magazines but their style is a lot more subtle than a traditional real-life magazine. The "happiful" one especially, I think, is the best example since it still has a lot of cover lines around the photo which give it that "real-life magazine feel"