UK Vogue April 2008 : Victoria Beckham by Nick Knight

[kurt vonnegut]

whoo freja is a sex goddess!!
and i love vic.

[mikel]

Originally Posted by tigerrouge

A postscript to this issue - the ever-pessimistic Daily Mail has this snippet in the Katie Nicholl column in their Sunday edition (April 6, 2008):

Meanwhile, British Vogue has received a record number of complaints after putting Victoria on its front page this month.
"Readers said that if they wanted a magazine with Posh on the front, they'd buy Heat," says my well heeled fashionista. "Some have even threatened to cancel their subscriptions."

Let's see if the sales figures relate to the number of complaints...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1773

Even though people may dislike it seeing her on the Vogue cover, I think the sales figures are very high.

[tigerrouge]

Yes, I can imagine this issue might have sold well - and if the subscription letter they sent me about March's issue being sold out is true, then opting for the celebrity of people like Kate and Victoria will have paid off two months in a row (time for a fresh face next month, then). I still see Kate as a model, first and foremost, but I'd also class her as a celebrity simply because of the constant media coverage she gets.

Though as for the complaints, I like the idea that Vogue's hard-core readership is writing in to complain about an always-immaculate married mother-of-three on the cover, but not a messily-dressed confirmed consumer of drugs. I have this vision of someone receiving their subscription copy over a breakfast of unfiltered cigarettes and gin, and exclaiming to their casual lover: "This is disgusting! Standards have fallen!"

[mikel]

^

[sethii]

Originally Posted by tigerrouge

I have this vision of someone receiving their subscription copy over a breakfast of unfiltered cigarettes and gin, and exclaiming to their casual lover: "This is disgusting! Standards have fallen!"

[vogue28]

I only buy UK VOGUE becasue I live in the UK, sometimes I dislike the coverstars/models but I feel that if i dont buy the issue I have let VOGUE UK down. I allways buy the UK edition and no other. But if I lived in another country, such as France. I would not buy UK VOGUE, I often think it is a little boring than VOGUE PARIS.

[Miss Dalloway]

Daily Mail needs to let go, the irrational hate they have towards this woman is ridiclous, it almost feels personal since they crossed all the lines even photoshopping her pictures to create a story.So i am sure they exaggarated here aswell.

But whatever, this was a truly lovely UK Vogue issue, i loved the content and no matter who was on the cover i would have bought it,that Elson edit alone was worth it.

[mikel]

Originally Posted by Miss Dalloway

Daily Mail needs to let go, the irrational hate they have towards this woman is ridiclous, it almost feels personal since they crossed all the lines even photoshopping her pictures to create a story.So i am sure they exaggarated here aswell.

But whatever, this was a truly lovely UK Vogue issue, i loved the content and no matter who was on the cover i would have bought it,that Elson edit alone was worth it.

Good points on both accounts.

[xenien_x]

I loved this issue so freakin much. Michelle Williams' shoot was soo cute.

[matsudaseiko]

not really a posh spice fan but hey, her skin just looks FRESH and lovely, and that's definitely (one of the reason for) what nick knights are famous for.......

[Miss Dalloway]

I guess celebrities really do sell more.

In April, his star editors produced some stellar celebrity covers. Victoria Beckham on Vogue upped sales 10% on last year.

Guardian.co.uk

[mikel]

figures.

Thanks for the info.

[tigerrouge]

So a cover star they resented has been a success for them, I wonder how that went down, when the results of the experiment came in.

[bluejeans]

Originally Posted by Miss Dalloway

But whatever, this was a truly lovely UK Vogue issue, i loved the content and no matter who was on the cover i would have bought it,that Elson edit alone was worth it.

slightly off topic but tim walker has an exhibition on at the design museum in london. you can see props from that shoot amongst other things. i went saturday, well worth a visit!

[- JMJ -]

Originally Posted by tigerrouge

I still see Kate as a model, first and foremost, but I'd also class her as a celebrity simply because of the constant media coverage she gets.

Though as for the complaints, I like the idea that Vogue's hard-core readership is writing in to complain about an always-immaculate married mother-of-three on the cover, but not a messily-dressed confirmed consumer of drugs. I have this vision of someone receiving their subscription copy over a breakfast of unfiltered cigarettes and gin, and exclaiming to their casual lover: "This is disgusting! Standards have fallen!"

Oh - B-R-A-V-O !!!!