UK Harper’s Bazaar September 2023 : Soo Joo Park by Boo George

[Bertrando3]

^I quite like the clothing credits on the cover. This used to be a thing in the 2000s.

Ok maybe not September cover material, but this would definitely be a solid cover for a quiet month. I like it. Cathy Kasterine will always be a top-notch menswear stylist in my mind. You can see that in the stripped back simplicity which takes me back to Tonne Goodman's 90s era. She's just so effortless and I'm obsessed with her work for Esquire.

A better photographer would've lifted this. A different model too, quite frankly. Why Soo Joo?
Was Liu Wen or Fei Fei Sun busy? They have a stronger brand to carry an important September cover in the West. Or maybe Lina Zhang? I believe this might be the first time UK Bazaar is giving an Asian model the cover. And after Gemma Chan covered last year's September cover. Progress.

Soo Joo is actually an excellent model : very modelesque, tons of great runway shows, many blue-chip covers, she has presence and has a lovely voice and also has power when she makes beauty commercials, she's also a L'Oreal ambassador, is widely known in South Korea etc. therefore I am very happy to see her on the september cover but I agree in terms of photography: this is drab level 3000. Bad photography and bad retouching + let's be honest for september their stylist pulled THAT ??? black and white looks ? That's it ???

 

[kokurox]

There's no icons without icons editorial??

 

[Rigida]

I wonder what happened between Boo George and Conde Nast

 

[SLFC]

This could have easily been more dynamic. I love to see Soo Joo on a cover, she didnt deserve to be treated like this.