72 Magazine Issue #1 Fall 2025 : Julia Roberts by Craig McDean

[marines]

 

[TomBlanksFullFatMiuMiu]

What a random choice! Adwoa for his first British Vogue had grit and reason
Julia is here but why?

 

[Avonlea]

The graphic design is awful.

 

[blusheels]

Perfect Magazine 2.0

 

[Yohji]

This looks like a newspaper supplement, I am confused.

 

[NakedAndAfraid]

She looks like she's about to shut down plants and fire thousands. But not in a good way.

 

[DK92]

The font is HORRIBLE! And Julia Roberts again? She was one of the last subjects he featured in Vogue UK when he left. I hope they have better covers to come!

 

[tigerrouge]

I'm not saying that women should always be grinning like idiots on the front of magazines, but seeing Julia Roberts without even a hint of a smile is like seeing the sun blanketed by layers of clouds. You know the light could break through at any moment, but it's not shining right now.

 

[mikel]

What a random choice! Adwoa for his first British Vogue had grit and reason
Julia is here but why?

Because she has a movie to promote…


Anyways, I don’t like it. It looks like her eyes are on the verge of squinting.

 

[GivenchyAddict]

W layout with cheap graphic design and an uneventful cover. Perfect debut. 10/10

 

[Lucien112]

Suddenly grateful that he is wasting his time with this and therefore couldn't be in the running to replace Anna.

 

[Kimy Jo]

Looks like a supermarket panflet with this fonts

 

[Lola701]

Julia Roberts in Phoebe Philo photographed by McDean sounds better than it looks…On the cover at least.
Terrible layout.
Hopefully the content will be satisfying.

 

[amby]

 

[Bertrando3]

OMG It looks BEYOND amateur:
- the bad logo
- the horrible fonts
- the bland layout

So I imagine all the budget went to finance his salary but lol couln't he pay someone to work on the ACTUAL design of the magazine??? Even people on their worst days here at the cover challenge make 100 times better covers than this. I'm shocked and I'm not kidding. And the choice of Julia for his fashion magazine after all his choices? Weird, unless other models and people were forbidden to work with him from Anna Wintour and Condé Nast just like it happened with Carine Roitfeld when she started her magazine...

 

[grimesisnotmymother]

Can Edward not afford Meisel?????

 

[mteb123]

I don’t like any of this!! In the first instance I didn’t like the title so it’s almost fitting that this is the first cover based on the title name!!
The graphic design is beyond bad it looks like it was created using windows 98. The lacklustre drab colours, the styling?! Or lack there of should I say!! Julia Roberts as the cover star! If you are going to use her at least use her in a memorable way!! The hair the facial expression I could go on!! Piss poor on Edward’s part and I actually like him as an editor but this gives nothing!! Considering this is his own project no excuse for it!! I will still be interested to see what will be inside and to see where he goes with this!! But I’m sorry this will not inspire me to buy it!! I hope he has other covers to come!!

 

[mteb123]

Also like someone commented there is a million so called top creatives in the credits for this, for them to not only come up with this and then to think this was it?! Really?! Too many yes people in this industry!!

 

[aa2005]

What a terrible picture he made her look horrible and she’s so easily photogenic. What is that corpse makeup too. I also hate when magazines list a ton of random “famous” people they have in the book like it makes it more interesting. Can’t say I am surprised this looks cheap given it’s Edward.

 

[MModa]

I'm not saying that women should always be grinning like idiots on the front of magazines, but seeing Julia Roberts without even a hint of a smile is like seeing the sun blanketed by layers of clouds. You know the light could break through at any moment, but it's not shining right now.

I always love your perspective. You are spot on.