Vogue Italia May 2008 : Eva Mendes by Steven Meisel

[sassyposh]

i don't like the eva mendes edits.

[Miss Dalloway]

Natalia's edit is simply stunning.

[Royal-Galliano]

omg. a must have

[gr77]

Eva's ed is a bit oversexed for my taste but still gorgeous.I prefer her over some bland teenage model.

Natalia's ed is perfection.Too beautiful for words

[Nouvelle_Vague]

I wish Vogue Italia wasn't so expensive where I live. By the time they get it here, the issue is about 3 months old and it costs about $40 US dollars an issue. I already have to pay about $130 US a month overall for airfreighted Vogue UK, Vogue US, Nylon, i-D, Dazed and Confused, Elle UK, Elle US etc. so I don't really think I can add Vogue Italia to the list as well, which kills me as the editorials always look so good.

I'm so annoyed, Natalia's ed looks fantastic, but the magazine is just too expensive to start buying. Word of warning: Don't move to New Zealand if you like Fashion magazines at reasonable prices.

[bun-bun]

As much as I hate to admit it (because I honestly despise Eva), this was a great ploy on her part. Where else can an actress who wants to get ahead with her looks and body bare it all and be praised and called a risk taker and artistic? Why, Vogue Italia! What a brilliant idea she had to pose topless, and in disgracing wide-open leg shots, in what is considered an artistic magazine? If she were to pose like this for Playboy, she would lose all respect, but here it is considered brilliant. Hell, not even Playboy would let a woman get her breasts squashed like she is getting them here.

And as far as Natalia yet again in this magazine... YAWN... seriously, I'm going to sleep now.

[Inaya]

Despite the fact that I am not really that familiar with Eva, for some reason, I was hoping it would be a good ed. But she looks so uncomfortable to me personally, which is weird because I guess she is known to be a sex symbol. The styling is really cool and lighting are nice here, but I think she fell short of the potential.

Siri's ed... lifeless, and not in the good way.

Ali S. pics are nice

thanks for all the images

[rollagasper]

Eva looks like a drag queen. Her face and body can't handle the whole all out sexy get-up. Just very unattractive.

I can't wait to see Gemma and Lily's ed. I think they make a good pair.

[shotguntolove]

eva's editorial is a bit oversexed for me...whats with the shot of her foot in her mouth?

ali's editorials is really pretty though, and i'm excited for lily+gemma and tanya! thank you for all the scans jadabelle!

[doloresjames]

I would argue that eva's editorial expresses irony in that as a female actress / pin-up she is supposed to be sexy and her primary purpose is to visually please the viewer, but her "sexy" poses fall short of being sexy because their awkwardness shows a level of self-consciousness. She fails to be sexy because that is not meant to be her defining quality; she is first and foremost an actress, and that is why she is more suited for this editorial than a model.

[cestmagique]

Originally Posted by bun-bun

As much as I hate to admit it (because I honestly despise Eva), this was a great ploy on her part. Where else can an actress who wants to get ahead with her looks and body bare it all and be praised and called a risk taker and artistic? Why, Vogue Italia! What a brilliant idea she had to pose topless, and in disgracing wide-open leg shots, in what is considered an artistic magazine? If she were to pose like this for Playboy, she would lose all respect, but here it is considered brilliant. Hell, not even Playboy would let a woman get her breasts squashed like she is getting them here.

I agree completely. The blunder here is that even though VI can pull off editorials like this, they just absolutely TRASHED it here. Eva is such a complete bore and the edit says 'I'm an attention whore!' more than anything. The toplessness was especially unappealing; I think if they had played up the glamour and her shape is could have been okay. Instead it's nasty and cheap.

[SnejanaIsMyMuse]

I'm anxious to see the rest of this issue.

[unipine]

i'm surprised by the reactions to the main editorial, but then again, not really. everyone would love it if it were Lara Stone instead.

[*ana*]

^i actually would. for me the problem isn't the concept or the styling, but the model. i think eva looks too porn-ish in it, it's her face, as i mentioned before, she's looking like a transvestite. the first person i thought would make this ed work was lara stone, she's a great model.

[SnejanaIsMyMuse]

Now that I think of it, Lara would have looked super in this.