Harper’s Bazaar France April 2025 : Rianne van Rompaey by Carlijn Jacobs

[newton91]

very interesting crop I find! love the colorblocking and it feels timeless to me.

 

[blueorchid]

It's hard for me to enjoy the 70s feel of the cover when I've been buying 1970s magazines lately, especially ones that have a lot of Helmut Newton's work (that Carlijin is attempting to reference with the green wall like Nova and Marie Claire). It just doesn't work for me. It's lacking the real aura of the time and it feels flat. There's too much flash, the shade of green isn't that great... Even the photos from Helmut's later years where he was phoning it in during fashion shoots have more energy than this cover:


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I feel like Harper's Bazaar France is only a *good* magazine when you look at it's closest competitor: Vogue France. But it's not offering anything that's... great. It's a bit too self-satisfied/smug for it's own good. I'd like to see it TRY something, instead of producing tragic covers of the same ol' same ol' stand by French celebrities (Laetitia, Charlotte) and referring back to past glory days. I don't think it's enough for this magazine *not be* as bad as Vogue France, or be the remnants of Vogue Paris, it's just... Not good enough. I've been subscribed to this magazine since it's debut for some dumb reason and I think I have to let it expire.

I'm so tired of everything being a reference to something better.

 

[oaklee91]

What a refreshing sight!

 

[MModa]

It's hard for me to enjoy the 70s feel of the cover when I've been buying 1970s magazines lately, especially ones that have a lot of Helmut Newton's work (that Carlijin is attempting to reference with the green wall like Nova and Marie Claire). It just doesn't work for me. It's lacking the real aura of the time and it feels flat. There's too much flash, the shade of green isn't that great... Even the photos from Helmut's later years where he was phoning it in during fashion shoots have more energy than this cover:

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I feel like Harper's Bazaar France is only a *good* magazine when you look at it's closest competitor: Vogue France. But it's not offering anything that's... great. It's a bit too self-satisfied/smug for it's own good. I'd like to see it TRY something, instead of producing tragic covers of the same ol' same ol' stand by French celebrities (Laetitia, Charlotte) and referring back to past glory days. I don't think it's enough for this magazine *not be* as bad as Vogue France, or be the remnants of Vogue Paris, it's just... Not good enough. I've been subscribed to this magazine since it's debut for some dumb reason and I think I have to let it expire.

I'm so tired of everything being a reference to something better.

Looking at the two photographs above, I do not find them better or more inspiring. They are just ok.

 

[caioherrero]

What were the sales figures last year? Were they better than Vogue France?