what is she wearing ??? noo this is not serious
^Alexander Wang? Really?
yeah, at least in the shot where she's sitting on the grass with the gray dress/leather shoulder pads
It all comes down to personal opinion afterall, Karlie's been on a Teen Vogue cover before and I guess it didn't make so bad on the newsstands that they're now giving her a cover of her own, her story (average girl from the midwest taking over the catwalks) is the kind any middle/upper-middle class girl in America can relate to and even get inspired by if they've bought a couple of Teen Vogue issues before and are familiar with their very light-hearted aesthetic and take on fashion.. which contradictorily isn't really aimed at everyone (like Cosmo or Lucky), they make clear several times in every issue how is better to have not-so-known socialites or models as fashion icons instead of Hollywood celebrities or how a Balenciaga knock-off is better than imitating the Juicy Couture look. To me, Karlie sums up well the frequent ideals portrayed by the magazine in their content (not necessarily covers or editorials) and even though I don't think the shot on this particular cover is flattering, I think Karlie, the YSL blouse (next-door look except it's over a 1000 dlls), the simple hair and makeup and outdoors lighting is very much what one would expect from Vogue's little sister publication, it's more representative than putting someone like Lindsay Lohan again on their cover when inside they're preaching how it's good to be the entire opposite of that.I don't like Karlie: her face is not as photogenic as I'd love it to be, then she seems way too young to do spreads where she looks weird and not age appropriate most of the time (I know the industry loves the eternal youth feeling but it's not good with Karlie, for me at least), then her walk is crazy bad and personnality wise it's a nice girl but I can't seem to like her anyway, having said that, I think Teen Vogue may be one of those mags where it's "O.K" to have an A-list celebrity and not a model (yeah other models than Karlie should be on the cover but still the title and stuff inside makes me think it's not a high fashion mag, it's more like Cosmo, Lucky or that type of mags you know). Here the cover is weird, the styling also and Karlie doesn't have the "grab-reader look" for the newstands. So yeah lol in the end I'm not impressed at all by this cover.