Muse #24 Fall 2010 : Anja Rubik by Sundsbo, Zhang Ziyi by Yu Tsai, Eniko by Davidson

[LizzyF]

Pics look great!

Shame about the cover. Not good imo. Im not fan of magazines with plain colors as background (a la Cosmopolitan). The photoshop always look terrible on a plain background.

 

[ALAUU]

She's barely recognizable on the cover.

 

[tanii94]

I've decided I like the cover and Anja's ed looks fab but the fact that Liu got completely screwed over makes me barf.

 

[ForChicSake]

don't like it at all

 

[Festat]

It somehow reminds me of The night porter.

 

[afterrhours]

china girl...? i don't get it

 

[agee]

What the possessed them to put "China Girl" on the cover?????? I am not saying that the cover would be universally liked (I like it a lot sans text and the preview shots are fab) but I would be willing to bet that those two words are going to automatically downgrade the cover for a good chunk of the people who come across it.

What does it even mean? Is it an acknowledgment / celebration of the Chinese fashion consumer? Are they saying that Chinese girls / women are the muses of the fashion industry? Are they just being random or whimsical?

 

[justaguy]

Love Anja's pose.

 

[MON]

The cover shot is gorgeous is seductive indeed. But the TAGLINE is beyond cheap and irrelevant to the image. If they chose a CHINESE theme they should`ve given the cover to Liu

 

[Rigida]

Beautiful cover!

 

[Starry]

Are they serious? China Girl? Then why there's a blonde European girl on the cover?
I can only hope it features more Chinese or Asian girls inside the mag.

 

[Faith Akiyama]

^I actually feel like the cover would be even more insulting if there were actually more Chinese models in the issue

 

[-AmericanDreamer]

"China Girl" is a David Bowie song. Anyway, It looks a bit spacy, most likely could've been assembled through Microsoft Word. This type of cover will probably look a lot better when you see it on the newsstands, in real life.

 

[agee]

"China Girl" is a David Bowie song.

With (ostensibly) a Chinese girl in the video.

 

[[Piece Of Me]]

The cover is absolutely amazing. Anja and Liu both look sensational in their editorials aswell.

 

[VogueGirl8910]

Gorgerous cover.

 

[Luxx]

Just heard there is another cover. So there are two.
More on this as I sift through emails lol

 

[elsaskywalker]

I like the cover!
And i don't get what the problem is if that's not a chinese girl on the cover... i can easily remember the cover with "made in usa", and magdalena was the covergirl...

 

[Phuel]

What the possessed them to put "China Girl" on the cover?????? I am not saying that the cover would be universally liked (I like it a lot sans text and the preview shots are fab) but I would be willing to bet that those two words are going to automatically downgrade the cover for a good chunk of the people who come across it.

What does it even mean? Is it an acknowledgment / celebration of the Chinese fashion consumer? Are they saying that Chinese girls / women are the muses of the fashion industry? Are they just being random or whimsical?

I agree.

I don't find the tagline offensive-- just rather awkward and inappropriate as the term "China Girl" seems like one of those outdated references like "oriental" used as a verb to describe all Asians. And to put a non-Asian girl on the over to accompany that title? Really, WTF? I don't get it.

Having said that, Anja is beautifully photographed, and the overall design and production of this glossy is impressive.

 

[Phuel]

I like the cover!
And i don't get what the problem is if that's not a chinese girl on the cover... i can easily remember the cover with "made in usa", and magdalena was the covergirl...

Because "Made in USA" does not imply a Caucasian person-- that's a very open-ended term used to describe anything, and Americans are not all Caucasian. Whereas "China Girl" implies specifically Chinese female, and I don't think Anja is Chinese...