I too immediately thought of Meisel's wonderful Shape & Cut editorial!
The concept is a blatant ripoff, regardless of the mood.
I find this Cut x Paste practice in fashion photography, editorial content extremely disturbing. If our generation's magazines are still in circulation or digital archives survive, future generations will look back on these past few years and be left with:
thefashionography.com
Whenever trends gain enough buzz, I've noticed that bloggers, fashion magazine, Buzzfeed writers alike respond with a lazy, blanket list of Wikipedia-like citations of past revivals and of course the inclusion of the obligatory origin of said trend. Well no sh*t. We too know how to use Google.
We can't even be original in our observations of widely available online information, articles. (I won't even go there with the current state of fashion, editorial journalism in general).
What's usually missing are thoughtful, insightful observations of ourselves, reflection on our times, the social media & CURRENT cultural events which triggered this trend to come back around. (Online trend tracing is nearly impossible with no accountability and little incentive to properly credit or link to sources).
As a closeted, wannabe Trend-forecaster before "Trending" became trendy, it really excites me to observe NEW context for old concepts, especially in the digital/ social media age. Why do certain ideas, trends resonate in this over-saturated, competitive, tumblr teen-Age, youth obsessed culture.
I'm sorry but this Demarchelier regurge of Meisel adds nothing. This affinity to Throwback is only worthwhile if we innovate with an original comeback.
You're reaching for the stars here, this is Interview! In a way I'm not too bothered, they are masters when it comes to b&w photography. Even someone as mediocre as Demarchelier (of late!) seems to impress with his work for this title. 
