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i never see any asian faces in Vogue.. I dont buy US vogue every months , so forgive me if i missed it, but has Ujjwala Raut ever appeared in a Vogue editorial?indie said:
MarryMeTomFord said:i never see any asian faces in Vogue.. I dont buy US vogue every months , so forgive me if i missed it, but has Ujjwala Raut ever appeared in a Vogue editorial?
) to the comments about why Vogue is the way it is. I don't agree with the generalisation that Americans are stupid, so Vogue sucks. I feel like this is a cop-out answer, a broad stroke that is unfair. Yes, a crooked close minded twit is currently leading our country, and so his neo-conservative supporters get lots of attention for whatever psycho babble they are spewing on any particular day, but, how can people come to the conclusion that it means all Americans are stupid. Here we are, people from all across the planet, including thousands of Americans, on an American site, saying that we don't like boring actresses on the cover, that we don't enjoy the dumb-downed articles, etc. Obviously there are just as many Americans that are not seduced by J.Lo, so how can people so easily put over 300 million people in one tiny category, it seems to me that Vogue could do everything that has been suggested, and they would do just fine. Maybe if they didn't come to the same narrow conclusion that so many people reach, that Americans are dim, then maybe they could focus on being genuine, creative, entertaining, perhaps even a little fashionable? Maybe, instead of assuming 'people are stupid, so lets shove some more mindless crap down their throats', they could, instead, decide to reach out to the disenfranchised people who crave that yummy creative fashion goodness. I think maybe ( and I don't know who would be to blame, Wintour I suppose) Vogue and its current leaders, can't really see the big picture, like maybe there stuck in the mindset of blackest black, or whitest white. That because Vogue is a mainstream mag, it has to be so stripped down, lowest denomenator, as to try to appeal to even the most unfashionable 12 yr. old. That they equate creativity with some kind of anarchy, so if they tried to be creative, they would morph into an indie magazine. So maybe instead of dumming itself down, to appeal to every stupid person, they need to be more creative, more unique, intelligent, more into beautiful clothes, and maybe they could lift some of those people up, so the Americans, like those on this site, would be stimulated it by it again. 
smartarse said:Actually, Vogue US did attempt to put models on the cover few years ago and the sales were considerably down. Soooooooooooooooooooo... it's all about DEMAND and supply (versus Supply and Demand) for the American mainstream.
and it really stinks that i have to pay almost $15 to get a good quality magazine.This leads me to another point. A lot of people on the board is talking about how Americans dont want models on the cover and creative editorials and all they want is Celebrities. How about instead of thinking on a national scale why not think Internationaly.Do you think that some fashionista from Europe is going to be despirate for American Vogue NO!!!!. but why is it that all over the world people go crazy for French and Italian vogue?
Avant Garde said:
So true. What's worse is that half of the ads are for weight-loss supplements, walmart, payless, etc. From a buisness standpoint this makes sense considering a large portion of their market is middle-class U.S. women who aren't likely to be purchasing anything from the new Prada collection anytime soon. However, this accessibility isolates those interested in the true fashion-aspects of the magazine. Sure, they're making more money, but in the long run I don't think it'll help the reputation of Vogue as being a "fashion-bible". 
