Harper’s Bazaar Australia & New Zealand January 2025 : Naomi Osaka by John Russo

[vogue28]

 

[Phuel]

LMFAO She looks like a chunky, shapeless and neckless 9yo in that cover select. I’d be seething if I were her when other shots showcase her athletic musculature. Pathetic.

 

[svpernova]

There is a reason why models are supposed to be on the cover of magazines.

 

[Phuel]

^^^ It’s not so much that athletes shouldn’t be on the cover of fashion rags, it’s more that the lessers producing these shoots nowadays don’t know how to dress/style/shoot athletes at all. One can’t shoot them as one would models, and a reason why as much as they attempt to hustle Venus Williams as some fashion icon, she always ends up looking like a reject from RuPaul’s casting call these days (compare that to 20 years ago when she was shot by Gilles Bensimon). Women don’t wish to look like run-of-the-mill drag queens, and when styled and shot by lessers with a clueless eye, women athletes look like hulking drag queens. And in this case, women don’t wish to look like a bratty tween posing for her smitten dad. She is hard to photograph because she has a natural b!tchdace (and that’s not a drag at her). She needs a skilled eye and a talented team to bring out the best in her. And sadly, these “creatives”are failing their coverstars, and that includes the models, these days.

 

[Lucien112]

Naomi is just not an expressive person in general. She's giving nothing in every photo but that should be expected if you've seen her in interviews. She's a dynamic tennis player but not a dynamic personality.

 

[GoldenPetals]

^^^ It’s not so much that athletes shouldn’t be on the cover of fashion rags, it’s more that the lessers producing these shoots nowadays don’t know how to dress/style/shoot athletes at all. One can’t shoot them as one would models, and a reason why as much as they attempt to hustle Venus Williams as some fashion icon, she always ends up looking like a reject from RuPaul’s casting call these days (compare that to 20 years ago when she was shot by Gilles Bensimon). Women don’t wish to look like run-of-the-mill drag queens, and when styled and shot by lessers with a clueless eye, women athletes look like hulking drag queens. And in this case, women don’t wish to look like a bratty tween posing for her smitten dad. She is hard to photograph because she has a natural b!tchdace (and that’s not a drag at her). She needs a skilled eye and a talented team to bring out the best in her. And sadly, these “creatives”are failing their coverstars, and that includes the models, these days.

But but dIvErSiTy!!1!

 

[blueorchid]

There is a reason why models are supposed to be on the cover of magazines.

Sports Illustrated is shook.