29-04-2012 | |
V.I.P.
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I think Vogue Italia throughout the years tried to change it's aesthetics so it could be a little bit more appealing for the american public (they even made a way into America's Next Top Model), but they still wanted to stay controversial and influent, and in the end they got lost in the middle.
For me VI continues to be one of the most fashion forward magazines, one of the few that I long every month to see what they have in their issue, but I do agree that they shold go back to their old formula, and stop trying to be polemic at every cost.
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29-04-2012 | |
V.I.P.
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Two of the most striking covers and editorials in fashion in the last couple of years have come from Vogue Italia, imo.
The August 2010 issue, with the Kristen McMenamy "Water and Oil" editorial, photographed by Miesel was SO STRIKING, not just visually, but because it combined environmental and political commentary with fashion - it was utterly brilliant and breath-taking. http://www.fashionising.com/pictures...28-108621.html And of course the September 2011 issue with Stella Tennant as an homage to Ethel Granger. It was striking for the transformative power of fashion, the indirect references to body modification, the mood, the way it generated discussion (especially at a time when designers everywhere were making references to the 1950s and that waisted and girdled "lady-like" look), and so on. Very smart and captivating. Also photographed by Meisel! http://www.vogue.it/en/magazine/cove.../09/avantgarde So to get to the point, maybe it just needs variety and a few more ground-breaking moves like this.
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