UK Elle December 2016 : Daphne Groeneveld by Kai Z Feng
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This doesn't interest me at all, and it's not because it's the feminism issue. Just all that negative space. And she may not be wearing make-up here, but they've certainly retouched her skin, which is akin to wearing make-up.
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It's good to have articles about all sorts of issues, but when fashion magazines try to sell feminism to us, who are they trying to kid?
Squashed between the airbrushed big-money ads and the back page listings for aesthetic surgery, somewhere amid the pages full of young, skinny people encouraging you to spend more than you earn on items that'll be dated in a few months' time, there'll be a feature or two that'll inevitably conclude that feminism is all a matter of "choice".
In other words, the magazine doesn't want to own up to the bigger picture - that they're a deliberately-constructed vehicle for creating all sorts of insecurities and purchasing behaviours, but if a publication puts enough motivational rhetoric about 'choices' on their pages, they get to pretend they're a cheerleader for modern women and women's right to infantilise themselves through clothing choices and to ignore their bank statements at the end of the month, because spending all the rent on shoes is a way of saying we're worth it.
Personally, I prefer to enjoy fashion magazines for what they are - glorified catalogues offering varying levels of visual experimentation. If there are thoughtful written features, that's a bonus. But I don't need magazines to pretend that they have my best interests at heart.
Squashed between the airbrushed big-money ads and the back page listings for aesthetic surgery, somewhere amid the pages full of young, skinny people encouraging you to spend more than you earn on items that'll be dated in a few months' time, there'll be a feature or two that'll inevitably conclude that feminism is all a matter of "choice".
In other words, the magazine doesn't want to own up to the bigger picture - that they're a deliberately-constructed vehicle for creating all sorts of insecurities and purchasing behaviours, but if a publication puts enough motivational rhetoric about 'choices' on their pages, they get to pretend they're a cheerleader for modern women and women's right to infantilise themselves through clothing choices and to ignore their bank statements at the end of the month, because spending all the rent on shoes is a way of saying we're worth it.
Personally, I prefer to enjoy fashion magazines for what they are - glorified catalogues offering varying levels of visual experimentation. If there are thoughtful written features, that's a bonus. But I don't need magazines to pretend that they have my best interests at heart.
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^Many thanks for bringing Daphne's cover to our attention, sixtdaily!
I've always been an advocate for models on the cover of fashion magazines, and applaud British Elle for running with a Daphne Groeneveld cover but I must admit that I'm not jumping and down over the rather mundane outcome here. Elle have done far superior model covers in the past. Who remembers the Karolina Kurkova, Karlie Kloss and Candice Swanepoel covers? Those are how it's done.
I've always been an advocate for models on the cover of fashion magazines, and applaud British Elle for running with a Daphne Groeneveld cover but I must admit that I'm not jumping and down over the rather mundane outcome here. Elle have done far superior model covers in the past. Who remembers the Karolina Kurkova, Karlie Kloss and Candice Swanepoel covers? Those are how it's done.
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Sanne made a great video about their Feminism Issue in 2014, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu01NChHzMs.
I'm not sure what the linking protocol is, but I'll leave that there.
Alicia Keys is a great cover choice for the Feminism Issue but I agree with the commodification of feminism, it's tiresome and weakens the movement, sadly.
I'm not sure what the linking protocol is, but I'll leave that there.
Alicia Keys is a great cover choice for the Feminism Issue but I agree with the commodification of feminism, it's tiresome and weakens the movement, sadly.
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I really like the cover, and i would buy this if it didn't had the "feminist issue" tag. Feminism as a commodity is one of those things that I simply cannot abide.
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I believe this is Lorraine's second last issue, truth be told I'm quite surprised she decided to go with such a random model. Whether she's got a manifesto or not, how many people in the UK will pick this up? And the child-like styling is even more unsettling.
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Pretty Reckless
PHOTOGRAPHER: KAI Z FENG
MODEL: DAPHNE GROENEVELD
STYLING: ANNE – MARIE CURTIS
HAIR: LOK LAU
MAKE UP: NAOKO SCINTU
NAILS: EMMA WELSH
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Not a fan of the cover but kudos to ELLE for putting so many models on their covers this year!
PHOTOGRAPHER: KAI Z FENG
MODEL: DAPHNE GROENEVELD
STYLING: ANNE – MARIE CURTIS
HAIR: LOK LAU
MAKE UP: NAOKO SCINTU
NAILS: EMMA WELSH
visualizing.fashion
Not a fan of the cover but kudos to ELLE for putting so many models on their covers this year!
