US Vogue December 2008 : Jennifer Aniston by Craig McDean

[Luxx]

It's hard to be on the side of Vogue US lately. As much as I try to be an optimist (and fashion magazines are the only realm of my life wherein I even make such defeatist efforts) you can't help but wonder if they simply want to fail. They have no interest in innovation whatsoever, the cover choices aren't merely celebrity pictures they are unflattering, uninspired celebrity pictures. This year we've seen one bad cover after another - the only covers that weren't completely horrific were the Kate Moss and Kate Bosworth ones and those were drowned in a sea of text to the point where they were waterlogged with adverbs.

They hire the best (read: most expensive) photographers, have the ability to snag the top tier models and actresses yet they cannot for the life of them pull together a cover that isn't completely horrific.

It would be one thing if editorial content made up for it but lately it just hasn't. At all.

And every time I hear someone say Vogue needs new blood I imagine a ravenous Anna Wintour over a pile of corpses.

[Bahiyya]

Originally Posted by liberty33r1b

^well, what has Renee Zellweger done, for instance?? I'd rather see Jen on the cover than her, Renee is the most boring as far as i'm concerned.

Zellwegger just came out in a movie with Viggo Mortensen and Ed Harris which was poised as being Oscar-bait, although it hasn't gotten much of that kind of buzz, post-release. But I'm not sure why this matters unless she was rumoured to get the cover...? I do agree that she's boring and has awful style. She's ruined countless Caroline Herrera dresses and I still can't figure out how she did it.

As far as the BranJenLina thing goes, for me it's not a matter of who was nicer/classier than who post-break-up and who deserves to get bashed. I don't know enough details to judge conclusively on that score but based on what little I know they all come off bad (some for the cheating alone, others for peddling their misery to the public). I'm solely talking about image here which is what counts most in Hollywood -- on that playfield Jen has scored an epic fail which she continues by, I'm assuming, "finally" speaking out about a yeaars old break-up. Kind of like how she's "protective" about her present relationship; a move that involves blabbing about it to Vogue. Honestly. I try to be sympathetic to this woman and she just....

One good thing is that she's convinced me not to consider that Michael Kors dress. The back with all those band just don't look right. And she does have "Marley and Me" coming out next month, my mistake . Since IMDB had it in her list as "post-production" I didn't know it had a release date yet. That's a lot better than "30 rock".

Natalie Portman has had her share of Vogue US covers. She's a fine subject but she's also as predictable a choice as most other young, established actors. Maybe she just hasn't been profiled recently...

You know who should get a cover? Frickin', Meryl Streep! Or Helen Mirren! Emily Blunt. But I pick Streep because she had one of the biggest movies this year and she has an Oscar-bait movie coming out. Give her some love Vogue .

Or how about a model? That might raise some eyebrows.

[The.Rock.Inc.]

when will the ed preview be out??

if you forget about the cover and everything, the eds are the only thing worth looking forward to

[Miss Dalloway]

Originally Posted by Bahiyya

You know who should get a cover? Frickin', Meryl Streep! Or Helen Mirren! Emily Blunt. But I pick Streep because she had one of the biggest movies this year and she has an Oscar-bait movie coming out. Give her some love Vogue .

Or how about a model? That might raise some eyebrows.

Its quite shocking Streep was never on the cover, if you look at Vogue under Wintour, there were some VERY random cover choices from Clare Danes to Jewel.But the most insulting thing for me is that they started featuring the same 10 + women over and over again, the fact that this is Anistons 4th cover is mind blowing to me, or that someone like Renee has 6 covers. Because there is so many fantastic choices out there, why be so boring?And at least do something different and innovative instead of the same bland awful even dreadful cover images.

So i pretty much feel like Luxx, its hard to defend US Vogue anymore, this year has been an absolute disaster for them, one terrible cover after another, so i'm buying it only because of articles and fantastic contributors in the actual magazine instead of fashion, which is sad.

[mikel]

that cover line is really bad. The pics of Jennifer look okay.

[Eccentricity]

Jennifer you are beyond sad.

You and John Mayer will not work.

Your "film career" is sparodic and virtually non-existent

you are simply anna wintour's pawn to sell some copies after a lackluster year.

Go away.

Plus you have man face

[eternitygoddess]

Maybe Vogue likes to keep using the same actresses to promote an "exclusivity" that the magazine is famous for. A circle that you have to break into.

As much as Bazaar is nice, I don't take it seriously when they put Nicole Richie and any other star on its covers.

You'll never see Lindsay on Vogue.

[Miss Dalloway]

^^That is certainly part of it, but that circle should be broader simply because there are other out there that are worthy of their so called "exclusivity"!!

But it is ridicilous, because i never ever condone elitism or think its cool, we live in different times and i dont see nothing wrong with seeing someone like Richie or Olsen on covers, because its a nice change its when they are used to the point of overkill like Lindsay at HB that it gets ridicilous.

[tarsha]

I couldn't find cover in topic pages And i posted it

[kimair]

Originally Posted by tarsha

I couldn't find cover in topic pages And i posted it

the cover was posted here...

also, you need to post a credit for your image...

[Fiercification]

Meh her expression is not good at all, I just hope to see some good editorials from Meisel, Klein, McDean or whoever, usually December has a bad cover but good editorials

[vogue28]

for some reason.. I really adore the cover.
looking forward to seeing the content

[ckgirlbr]

posted before?

spfw.com.br

[fiqary]

^Yup.

[Gaultier_Bandit]

Does anyone know if they will do a story theme edit like they have done with other December issues. A la Natalia/ Alice in Wonderland and Beverly Peele/ Snow White?