Harper’s Bazaar France March 2025 : Rihanna by Luis Alberto Rodriguez & Lulu Tenney by Johnny Dufort

[svpernova]

So many gorgeous editorial photos and they decided to put Rihanna on the cover. I’m sorry to any Rihanna fan but her presence in Hf is simply vulgar. It’s like taking a girl from the slums, dress her well and expect that she will exclude elegance. It gets on my nerves how she landed that J’adore campaign and now this vulgar cover.
Mind you it’s not like she has unimaginable talent and is incredibly photogenic. Where are they even getting with this? I myself as a fashion fan would buy a magazine because I feel inspired by the beauty of a model and creativity of the team, not because an average celebrity is on it. It’s giving I want to be a model.

 

[blueorchid]

So many gorgeous editorial photos and they decided to put Rihanna on the cover.

Considering that practically every international Bazaar has her on the cover, I doubt it was their "choice" in the way that we'd assume it was. Probably has to do with licensing and contracts.

 

[Avonlea]

It's all really technically solid and well styled but doesn't move me in any way. I find it quite soulless.
I can't believe I am writing this, but I prefer Samira's issue. It's not as strong but feels much more organic, especially the ed by Josh Olins. Its atmosphere beats anything posted here.

 

[blueorchid]

@Avonlea I still think this edition is a bit too smug for what they (barely) offer. Granted, they don't have to try very hard considering the state of Vogue France.

 

[Legolas]

There's no angle she can't handle. Lulu is lowkey becoming the most modelesque model of her generation. Saying something like this might have sound redundant a decade ago, but these days is a necessary affirmation.

 

[Alien Sex Friend]

Super basic low budget studio shots in each editorial, despite a-list contributors, it looks safe and flat. A lot of content but apart from teller who shot his wife and I can’t stand her, everything has white/grey back. Bazaar France also made this super basic street shootings now they finally ceased and we enter a studio era. Nothing impresses me here, even anja/alt/galiegue. Galiegue shots in the studio look super pedestrian and I am quite fed up with anja everywhere nowadays, plus she doesn’t have any real good works and that ysl everywhere meh. I prefer her to pop up sometimes. Even wigs in her editorial aren’t saving the story to provide diversity in this boring story and these grimaces and jumps look just stupid, and do not reveal her modeling potential.

 

[blueorchid]

I am quite fed up with anja everywhere nowadays, plus she doesn’t have any real good works and that ysl everywhere meh. I prefer her to pop up sometimes. Even wigs in her editorial aren’t saving the story to provide diversity in this boring story and these grimaces and jumps look just stupid, and do not reveal her modeling potential.

Just glad to read this and not feel like a single crazy person.

 

[mikel]

I’m sorry to any Rihanna fan but her presence in Hf is simply vulgar. It’s like taking a girl from the slums, dress her well and expect that she will exclude elegance. It gets on my nerves how she landed that J’adore campaign and now this vulgar cover.

I wonder if Rihanna would be described in such terms if she wasn’t a person of colour.