V #56 November/December 2008 : Beyonce by Bruce Weber

[Ed..]

ALL FOR OBAMA: Newspapers quickly capitalized on the election of Barack Obama as the 44th president and it was, of course, only a matter of time before monthly magazines got into the game. V magazine was already at the printer when Obama was elected, but editor in chief Stephen Gan had 50,000 “Obama’s in the House” red, white and blue stickers printed and affixed to magazine covers at the last minute.

Bruce Weber shot Beyoncé for the cover, and the songstress arrived at the shoot in an Obama state of mind, wearing an Obama T-shirt and with the president-elect’s surname manicured on her fingernails. “The issues are on their way to newsstands and is our own small way of commemorating the moment,” said Gan. Also in the issue is Steven Meisel’s take on a recent U.K. trend, “dogging,” in which young couples engage in explicit activities in parked cars and public parks. Meisel shot 28 pages and the model-filled images represent his first shoot for the magazine.

— Amy Wicks

WWD

I'm very looking forward to "dogging"!

[Bengt]

Wow, she looks like she's hugging the V!

[Annu]

blaah.. same black and white as her new album covers. I wouldn't mind see her around, actually.

[Starry]

Not a fan of the cover, but look forward to Meisel's ed.
And is Meisel an exclusive of Conde Nast?

[FashinKid90]

I don't like it that much

[yellow-submarine]

^Me neither, she looks weird. SO not sasha-fierce.

[Francis]

meisel for V? curious to see him on something which is not VI cover! wow
do not like so much beyonce, but cover is very dynamic

[edwac]

BOOOO!

[j'adorekapusta]

not a fan, but i guess Meisel will change that in a way

[style_expert]

isnt the meisel ed the one that was meant to be published in VI but was too sexy or something.......?
sounds like it

[helmut.newton]

OH MY GOD so the 'sex' editorial was allocated to V. I'm so buying this!

But on another note. Beyonce by Bruce Weber?! Ewwwwwwww....

WORST V cover EVER. It's so bad I want to cry. I can't believe it. What is societies fascination with Beyonce? There are 10 million other more talented more INTERESTING singers out there. Why choose her? She's neither original, interesting or a fashion icon.

[VogueElle Addict]

I just hope V girls such as Raquel, Stammy or Hils are on this issue

[j'adorekapusta]

She's neither original, interesting or a fashion icon.

is it me or does the very title of 'fashion icon' sound extremely ridiculous nowadays?

[TREVOFASHIONISTO]

this cover sucks

[VogueElle Addict]

hoping the content is better