Tatler September 2021 : Cindy Crawford by Victor Demarchelier

[vogue28]

 

[Deleted member 1957]

Beautiful cover though the composition with the horse would have been better. The lady boss business suit is also a little misplaced

 

[KoV]

^ gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss

 

[GERGIN]

Caitlyn Jenner looks great, can a moderator fix the thread title though, this is definitely not Cindy Crawford.

 

[Ghesquiere32]

Caitlyn ??

 

[tigerrouge]

I saw some of the editorial shots on the Daily Mail... perhaps not an issue to keep in the collection.

Cindy was their cover star for the September 2018 edition, they seem to like her. But if they're going to recycle supermodels, there are others I'd like to see more than getting second helpings of Cindy.

 

[VogueGirl8910]

I don't like this cover, looks like a simple spread of Hello! Magazine.

 

[bluestar]

The styling is questionable here. There's a disconnect between what she's wearing and what she's doing.

 

[mepps]

Her eyes are strange, and the styling is way off.
Why is it so difficult to photograph this still gorgeous woman, like the supermodel she is?
Victor Demarchelier is not as talented as his legendary, and sorely missed father.

 

[tigerrouge]

Years ago, Cindy had something done to her eyes that made them look cold and hollow, and nothing since has added back any softness.

With age, people gather wrinkles, and gravity comes calling, but you can still appear warm and expressive.

 

[vogue28]

I'm absolutely loving the fact Cindy's wearing the Chanel suit (albeit misplaced) because it's instantly took me back to all those covers of American Vogue styled by Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele during the late 80s and early 90s. Everything is working for me... even the clashing blue Tatler masthead!

 

[Zorka]

I'm absolutely loving the fact Cindy's wearing the Chanel suit (albeit misplaced) because it's instantly took me back to all those covers of American Vogue styled by Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele during the late 80s and early 90s. Everything is working for me... even the clashing blue Tatler masthead!

Totally agree with you, our precious @vogue28, however what extremely bothers me here is the fact that we "traded" one brilliant fashion photographer (of course I'm aware of the all sexual misconduct accusations, but certainly not in the mood to play the judge nor the jury here!) for his mediocre photographer son who literally ruined Cindy for this particular issue.

Okay, she is 55, I get it, and although being a professional retoucher myself, my personal approach is also the less is more, but sometimes you have to go an extra mile in order to make someone look natural AND appealing!

Credits: an original image from Tatler and my retouched version.

 

[aracic]

Tatler September 2021



Riding High

Photography: Victor Demarchelier
Styling: Tracy Taylor
Hair: Teddy Charles
Makeup: Lisa Storey
Model: Cindy Crawford







Tatler Digital Edition

 

[aracic]

Tatler September 2021

Fashion Statements

Photography: Luc Braquet
Styling: Sophie Pera
Hair: Oskar Pera
Makeup: Jose Bass
Models: Tosin Olajire, Zelda Attard







Tatler Digital Edition

 

[caioherrero]

Fashion statement is divine

 

[Bertrando3]

Her eyes are strange, and the styling is way off.
Why is it so difficult to photograph this still gorgeous woman, like the supermodel she is?
Victor Demarchelier is not as talented as his legendary, and sorely missed father.

I actually think Cindy has lost her magic. She used to be good and interesting when she was posing in high fashion mags and even in her US Vogue super campy covers but nowadays she simply poses all the time with this commercial / look at me I'm perfect wife-smiley-face and it simply does NOT cut it with high fashion concepts or even here in beautiful outdoorsy settings. It does not feel natural. Like, when I see Karen Elson or Shalom Harlow or Carolyn Murphy or anybody from this era, they still know how to use their fashion muscles lol but Cindy always poses in a forced way. When you compare her posing skills to Naomi Campbell or Christy Turlington, it's actually painful to see it. I wish Cindy either had stopped modeling or learn new tricks. These days it looks like a one-trick-pony, and she used to be good (I wouldn't say great though, Linda Evangelista or Kristen McMenamy in their heydays worked better posing wise in high fashion) Cindy was great to sell makeup campaigns and covers but on runways and in high fashion she was struggling.

 

[Phuel]

^^^ Frankly, Cindy was never a model of the Christy/Yasmeen/Naomi calibre in her versatility even at her prime. She lost the vitality of youth, she never possessed that brandy of magic that the best of the Supers effortlessly radiated. She was— and is still, a beautiful woman. She's like another version of Christie Brinkley/Cheryl Tiegs/Kathy Ireland: Commercially beautiful but not ideally high fashion. I remember the hysteria around her when I was little and she did her mall appearances, and the masses came out for her— not fashion types. Seeing her walk for someone as big as Armani back in the early-90s still seemed off; I’d imagine it would be like seeing Christie Brinkley walk for YSL back in the 70s: Too commercial for even these high profile brands.

And she’s never improved as a model— unlike someone like Carmen Dell’Orefice, who only got better and better as she got older. But back then, Cindy had the advantage of Greats from Avedon to Herb, shooting her. These days, it’s this guy, whom but for his father’s name, would be shooting products for mid-range department store flyers. That, and the weird retouching that seems to have stripped off any warmth she may still have when posing. The weird eye are absolutely a result of this subpar retouching that’s zapped any dimensions she may still have (… and the surgery wouldn’t help either…). She can’t carry an image where she’s the sole subject. She works much better with a co-star— like the horse, and surrounded by a nice setting. This shoot is admittedly decent, and at least not as forgettable as I'd anticipated given who’s shooting.

 

[Gonzalo]

No Cindy is so ninety...

 

[MagFan]

Black Marie Antoinette. Groundbreaking! What's with them, styling black models in blond wigs as european blue blooded ladies again and again?

 

[KoV]

Black Marie Antoinette. Groundbreaking! What's with them, styling black models in blond wigs as european blue blooded ladies again and again?

It’s laziness + thoughtlessness. They want points for diversity and inclusion but don’t have the creativity or passion to do it right. I guess they think people are gullible enough to think “Black model styled as Marie Antoinette” is bold or interesting or something. It feels, to me, like a similar mindset that Hollywood currently has, thinking they’re really doing something by casting Black actors as characters previously established by white actors or casting a female in a role originated by a male. Masquerading as woke and daring, it’s actually lazy and shows a lack of confidence, trying to rely on established branding and essentially just giving a more diverse “look” to stories and characters created by white people. What would be more equitable and would no doubt yield better results, would be to allow room for more diverse storytellers and talent to create from scratch.