UK Harper's Bazaar May 2012 : Victoria Beckham by Camilla Akrans

[GlamorousBoy]

I think it is the best spring cover I have ever seen

 

[honeycombchild]

I had heard previously that Victoria has photo approval on when she does shoots, I remember it being mentioned in an article at some point saying she was of the only celebrities to ever get it. Personally she's just never been for me, I don't like the way she presents herself to the world at all, Lucy clearly believed she'd sell enough to forgo the usual editorial control I suppose. I loved Lucy's reign at HB, but I'm looking forward to seeing what Jennifer will do.

 

[Kanna]

I'm never a fan of Victoria's, but this cover is truly beautiful and feminine. Well done, Akrans! Love the background

 

[ForChicSake]

I have zero interest in seeing this woman, let alone reading about her

amen

 

[jal718]

HQ or LQ it will still be bad

 

[fluxxx]

such a nice cover actually, I don't like her but I love her work for prints thou I think I've seen this pose before also on the cover of 'big' magazine

 

[ALAUU]

Very beautiful cover.

 

[Pradable]

The background is lovely and Victoria looks awesome! as a goddness

 

[ohmycolin]

Ooooooooh! I love how romantic this is, and it's gonna be a big contender for a May issue, since it's nice and cemented in the weather-related season (a lot of HB's past few covers have seemed not very season-orientated), so I think this is quite nice, and the BAZAAR really stands out.

Looks like I'll have a nice purchase on my way through the airport

 

[Handbag Queen]

Beautiful cover!

 

[Northern Star]

Very nice cover indeed. I love that Akrans shot this, I love the new masthead.....which works great with this shot at least.
Victoria looks as good as she can, and certainly her best cover in a while.
Can't really say I'm interested in anything she has to say anymore, but if she talks more about her fashion work and less about how 'fabulous' her marriage is, then I might give it a read.

 

[tigerrouge]

It seems David Walliams does a KD Lang for this issue (dailymail.co.uk

 

[Deleted member 1957]

love the colours, styling and pose though i think it would have been more striking with a model on it

 

[RoseFreckles]

will there be editorials in the mag (With Victoria)? I hope it will!

 

[Label Basher]

Beautiful Cover. Love the "David Walliams does a KD Lang" shoot.

I just found out about Lucy leaving. She will be missed.

 

[tigerrouge]

Although for me, nothing could beat the original feature in Vanity Fair August 1993 (kdlang.net

 

[justaguy]

^Amen to that! Can't beat the original!!!

On another note, love the styling on Victoria's cover.

 

[blueorchid]

Here's a larger version of the cover:




mydaily.co.uk

I really like everything about the cover, aside from who is on the cover. However, I just wish that they would have chosen a "sexier" celebrity or model for this concept, it seems wasted on someone like her. She just looks dead in the last shot. She's not alluring enough to make the pose/expression on the cover really stand out.

I want to compare this to the June 2011 cover with Eva Green (shot by Akrans, of course), where she had just enough spark in her eyes and expression to make it work:

harpersbazaar.co.uk

 

[YourMonster]

I like the Romanticism that i'm getting from the cover, I just wish it was someone else on the cover, I've never been to keen on Mrs Beckham.

 

[RoseFreckles]

I just looove Victoria, wow! Love it ^^