Just saw it....And I did like it. But it's hard to believe it will be that successful. Mostly because Anna remained inside her shell completely and still did not offer up some more entertaining b*tch antics. So the take home message is that this woman is driven by, first and foremost, a strong business sense and an iron will to push forward fashion's place in the world. It makes good business, but is, unsurprisingly, not entertaining.
And my heart broke when she discarded the all-Galliano shot from the 20s editorial. It was so exquisite, perhaps it would have been the best shot from 2007 coming from American Vogue. Her reasoning appeared to be that there was already enough Galliano in the editorial. So either that was just an excuse to cut an image she really disliked, or she simply prioritizes the art so little that she almost worries that one glorious shot with Galliano dresses that far outshines all the other shots in the bunch would make the other designers jealous somehow.....Or she doesn't communicate properly with Grace what her motives are. On the other hand, you would think with this tendency to want to honor each designer equally, Grace could work out the permutations to get the best pics with an acceptable combination of garmets.
Something has happened with the image selection that is different from the 60s and 70s. On those rare occasions when I have seen the unpublished shots from a shoot, it has always been the photographically superior photos that have been published.
It's frankly disgusting to see photographic masterpieces be thrown out not so much on account of business, because naturally the magazine would sell just as well with these in print, but because of petty ideas about which designers *must* be represented in each editorial. And instead of that spread that would have delighted and inspired so many, we got another two pages of Caroline Trentini jumping around....
And my heart broke when she discarded the all-Galliano shot from the 20s editorial. It was so exquisite, perhaps it would have been the best shot from 2007 coming from American Vogue. Her reasoning appeared to be that there was already enough Galliano in the editorial. So either that was just an excuse to cut an image she really disliked, or she simply prioritizes the art so little that she almost worries that one glorious shot with Galliano dresses that far outshines all the other shots in the bunch would make the other designers jealous somehow.....Or she doesn't communicate properly with Grace what her motives are. On the other hand, you would think with this tendency to want to honor each designer equally, Grace could work out the permutations to get the best pics with an acceptable combination of garmets.
Something has happened with the image selection that is different from the 60s and 70s. On those rare occasions when I have seen the unpublished shots from a shoot, it has always been the photographically superior photos that have been published.
It's frankly disgusting to see photographic masterpieces be thrown out not so much on account of business, because naturally the magazine would sell just as well with these in print, but because of petty ideas about which designers *must* be represented in each editorial. And instead of that spread that would have delighted and inspired so many, we got another two pages of Caroline Trentini jumping around....
I'm gonna see it in a couple of hours, hopefully it won't be a let down!
