UK Vogue April 2023 : Jill, Precious & Paloma by Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin

not a fan of the group cover and Paloma’s the best solo cover imo.

new supers? far from it, sorry. if Edward really wanted to do a cover with the nowadays super we know very well who would be fronting this cover.

but no, let’s make covers for clout and rEpReSeNtAtIoN…
 
No one has to love or advocate for seeing plus sized models on covers, but this cover said nothing about health. You see a plus sized model and your mind jumps to and you start posting about diabetes, early death, and f*cking cancer? Are you a physician? Respectfully, get a grip. Lila Moss has diabetes. Tatjana Patitz just passed away from cancer. Many models died young for various reasons. Are people with illnesses not fit to be seen in your world?

edit: the comment I was responding to has been deleted, but my point stands.
 
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To the comment "All we know who are the actual supers", I think they are Vittoria, Rianne, Imaan and Mica. Those are the girls that can be close in terms of quality of the OG supers. Also is a diverse group, so don't get why Edward didn't go for them. It was truth the cover rumor post about Vittoria as a non option for a cover and now we know why.
 
Well, these covers look good, some of them are even great. And I'm the first to be glad we see more plus-size models get coveted jobs. But what about models who are neither really skinny nor frankly curvy? We don't see many of them, neither on the runway nor in high-profile magazines. And the shameless demagogy I can feel reading the editor's "letter" is killing me, seriously. Come on, Vogue, give us beautiful covers with talented models (it is the case here) but spare us the lies.
Jill fits the mould of mid size model to a tee tbf
 
I love all three but I agree I wish the background was brighter. Regardless I will still go out and buy for the girls!
 
Happy to see all three here but why is it so dark and glum for April? Gloomy AF.
 
My manifestation needs some work apparently... :melting:

The term 'supers' has no meaning today. Curvy models breaking the mould, someone's famous and remotely pretty children, minorities from third world countries, all those delusional people naming themselves something they are not took away the meaning behind the word. We all know who they are, we all know what the word represents. These women are not it. And I'm not saying that out of hate, I love the work of all three of them. But it upsets me that the Vogue brand has to stoop so low for an attempt at a brief viral moment that they have to pull stunts like this. There was no need for labels - and no need for that hideous group cover. The solo covers speak for themselves. I'm not overly impressed, but all three are quite beautiful. Inez & Vinoodh appear to be at their weakest when they work for British Vogue, this is now the second month in a row where their work is underwhelming when I usually tend to enjoy them.
British Vogue needs Meisel, as many before me have already stated. He is what set this magazine apart from the rest from the very start, his contribution is what makes British Vogue desirable - but I guess that's something the Twitter folk can't see so it doesn't matter. What matters is attempts at viral sensations and retweetable covers. Pathetic, but hey - At least this month it's not as bad to look at.
 
The main cover feels like the ending scene in Top Model after a contestant is eliminated (fades out) and they’re showing the Top 3.

These poses tell you instantly why these 3 are not the new supers. Actually, who in this industry is?

I see through the gimmick though. We all know why they're suddenly the "NEW" Supers for UK Vogue. If their point was to really highlight the new supers, it should've been a group cover with ALL who they think are the new supers..

If other editions hang on by a thread, this edition hangs on by validation in the form of likes.
 
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Don’t waste a single breathe upholding the meaning of “Super”… In an era where the latest 15-minutes-of-fame recipient is christened “Icon”/Diva/“Visionary” to hype their 15 seconds of fame, only to flicker away that next instant, words don’t quite hold their impact as they once did— and definitely not for Vogue UK, which is on the same aesthetic level as any given influencers’ standard for the majority of their issues.

What grates is the on the cheap level of aesthetic that’s become I&V: WTF happened to them…??? Yes, these covers are Tyra’s ANTM opening, circa 2005 level of mass-pandering. Annie’s shot of these 3 women together was stunning: Simple, timeless and effortlessly high fashion. This… is Mariah Carey standee meet-and-greet realness mid-2000.

(Super or not, Jill is a classic beauty, any way she’s styled or shot.)
 
Yeah, makes me sad that Meisel didn't made the cover again. At least his Zara campaign is around the bend. The other day I thought CN wants to please their social media base. I remember the days of Vogue Mexico using classic models for their covers, but the comments on facebook were "she's so thin, so Euro, not Mexican at all..", and since the woke movement took every industry in response to the Trump brutal years and the preasure in media, the result turned this way, no matter the quality of the fashion content, if social media put their idols or more real people on the front of these magazines, even if they don't buy them, they feel more represented by their icons. It's another audience that took the place of fashion. It would be nice if it has more quality in terms of photography or style, but looks so forced and rushed. I always think about what Franca pushed from her magazine and it was made in the best possible way. A curvy issue, an age one, a black other. It's the proof you can be more inclusive without loosing the quality and glamour. I don't know if sales for Edward are better going this way, but he could do better. Vogue in general has the direction of social media comments, not by serious and strong editors.
 
America’s Next Top Model: British Invasion. :rolleyes:
 
British Vogue needs Meisel, as many before me have already stated. He is what set this magazine apart from the rest from the very start, his contribution is what makes British Vogue desirable - but I guess that's something the Twitter folk can't see so it doesn't matter.

I believe it's starting to become more and more apparent that British Vogue's budget is getting tighter and tighter, with every passing issue (especially with the absence of Steven Meisel).

May be reading too much into things here but we encountered a total of six Meisel-shot covers last year. We're four months into 2023 now and haven't received one. Not to mention, the level of reprinted content shared with American Vogue over recent months has been on another level - practically a mirror copy minus the cover stories.

For me, the gimmicks of Enninful giving us the likes of an 85-year-old Judi Dench as cover star and grand gestures like declaring Jill Kortleve, Precious Lee and Paloma Elsesser as the new supermodels across four covers has never and will never been enough. From day one, Enninful has needed the magic and allure of Steven Meisel.
 
I was never a fan of I&V, for me they have more misses than hits... In addition to having nothing against these models, they are indifferent to me, so this cover is totally pointless for me!

What happened to British Vogue? Out of money for Meisel or M&M? Bring them back ASAP.
 

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