I get the idea behind it - but for the cover, I wish they'd gone for the full-on face, because, yes, this looks like a child-clown to me, forced to dress up. It's like seeing a mild psychological breakdown performed through the medium of make-up.
It's not working for me, she looks like an ordinary child here to me, albeit a pretty one, ordinary as opposed to a young Brooke Shields or Milla Jovovich for instance or what we want or expect to see on a Vogue cover. When eyes are a little too close together closeups aren't flattering in general, especially from that angle.
And there is such a clash between the headline "Kaia A Star is Born" and the clownesque image. Where is the star? I don't see much star quality on that image.
This might have been an interesting image if the model was a woman, with a stronger face.
Instead it comes across as a bad Vogue Bambini Halloween outtake from the 80's.
It is for October, so maybe that's what they were going for.
This looks like something Dazed would produce, not Vogue Paris. I do think it has the potential to be a good cover without the make-up and, obviously the nose because the dress itself evokes a refreshing sense of festivity. Someone should tell Alt that "fun" doesn't always have to be on the nose.~
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