Vogue UK August 2009 : Sasha Pivovarova by Patrick Demarchelier

[tigerrouge]

For me, the high point of this issue is in the cover credits, which state that Sasha's embroidered silk dress costs £42,900. But the rest of the content is rather flat. The ingredients are there - ideas, models, clothes, photographers - but nothing really comes alive.

I'm wondering if it's the sequence the editorials come in; if we had the Milan (Sasha) or Paris (Lily D) one as an opener, would it make more of an impression, rather than that New York one - which is the weakest, in my eyes. The weakness of the New York editorial followed by Karlie's fairly simple studio one perhaps sets a half-hearted tone to the issue which doesn't lift when you come to the better sections.

[pajonk]

I'm very curious about suplement Vogue loves..

[tigerrouge]

Well, it's about 64 pgs, properly bound with a spine (no staples) and opens with a 2 pg Kurt Geiger ad, followed by SUGAR RUSH, a 6 pg advertorial for Kurt Geiger with Daul Kim, shot by Benjamin Alexander Huseby.

Then its a 24 pg look at the catwalks, by theme - velvet, leather, shoulders, the colour indigo etc - with catwalk images large and small.

Then another 6 pg feature about Kurt Geiger with more shots of Daul Kim. Accessories from the catwalk gets a 4 pg look, then it's 4 pgs more Kurt Geiger stuff with Daul Kim again.

Then at the back of the supplement, a 7 pg feature "Vogue loves..." which looks at other details from the catwalks, like what hotels to stay in, the music of some shows, a few model 'off duty' shots... then it's another Kurt Geiger ad, an Ugg ad and FINALLY the beauty section, 3 pgs of small shots, it's more a list of products than it's a guide to what the make-up looks were.

The last page is the wish list of Vogue editors and boutique directors.

In short: half the supplement is Kurt Geiger advertising and a lot of the other content feels like blatant 'product placement' which is fine when there's a lot of images to look at, but the main catwalk section is only 24 pgs long.

[pajonk]

tigerrouge thank you

[mikel]

Who is the girl in the Kurt Geiger ad?

[Crying Diamonds]

Originally Posted by tigerrouge

For me, the high point of this issue is in the cover credits, which state that Sasha's embroidered silk dress costs £42,900

Awwww I was gonna post this

But yeah - definate highpoint of the issue.

[Crying Diamonds]

Yes, all of the photography and clothes chosen are pretty dull. And if the clothes weren't dull the photography made them look it.
But I am very glad Richard Nicholl got featured

[chanelnumber5]

£42,900

I've noticed they've also started to give out make-up credits in the editorials, in the form of "make up tips", or have they always done this and I've not noticed?

[tigerrouge]

They used to credit perfumes in the editorials, as an absurd form of advertising.

[iluvjeisa]

Originally Posted by tigerrouge

For me, the high point of this issue is in the cover credits, which state that Sasha's embroidered silk dress costs £42,900. But the rest of the content is rather flat. The ingredients are there - ideas, models, clothes, photographers - but nothing really comes alive.

I'm wondering if it's the sequence the editorials come in; if we had the Milan (Sasha) or Paris (Lily D) one as an opener, would it make more of an impression, rather than that New York one - which is the weakest, in my eyes. The weakness of the New York editorial followed by Karlie's fairly simple studio one perhaps sets a half-hearted tone to the issue which doesn't lift when you come to the better sections.

The whole magazine is really surprisingly boring. I don't know how they manage that with such great models cast, but...there it is.

[fffashfag455]

daul's ed is really cute, and i love jourdan's interview as well. the casting is really amazing this issue, like sasha, freja, jourdan,daul very edgy !

[JordanB]

the editorials are fantastic. Especially Lily's.

[tanii94]

Just got this yesterday! I really liked this issue. I am officially in love with Karlie and Lily's eds. I kinda disliked the Freja and Sasha ed. I liked the piece on Alber as well.

[allure2058]

i loved the italian desinger edtiroail but freja's face looked weird in that story.

[iriswills]

Originally Posted by MissMagAddict

Well... there wouldn't be any WORK without the MAN.

Well the man could be a complete ******* for all we know, so it's the work I'm going to judge and value. Just saying "man" implies that I should respect his character. It's nitpicking, but still an important distinction to me.