UK Vogue December 2024 : SZA by Nadine Ijewere

[oaklee91]

A bit dull but the colors are nice

 

[iriswills]

The dismissal of the idea that anyone who has a visual impairment couldn’t possibly want to consume fashion content is enraging to me. Yes there is a lot of performative inclusiveness in the world BUT there are many people who want more access to creative content. To assume otherwise is just ignorant and lazy.

Now back to what I originally wanted to say before I read through the comments:

The cover is phenomenal! The styling, the pose, the overall aesthetic… 💕

 

[mepps]

I think British Vogue should be renamed London Vogue...
Also, SZA is someone whose name I hear a lot, but if a gun was held to my head, I couldn't name single song by her.
I think she's beautiful tho, and the green looks great on her, but a model she's not.

 

[90sfan]

Had no idea the tragedy called British Vogue is still being published?!? Edward ran it to the levels if tackiness that noone can recuperate from… This is not tacky but maybe dine by AI?!?

 

[tigerrouge]

I think British Vogue should be renamed London Vogue...

It was understandably London Vogue during all the decades when - pre-internet - you had to be located where things happen, in order to be a part of them.

These days, it's less 'London Vogue' and more the relocated London office where they produce Conde Nast's UK supplement to US Vogue. You aren't going to get any content in that magazine that's not been passed through an American lens and then fed back to you as British, and that's been the case for years now.

 

[tigerrouge]

I'll have to stop my whinging for a moment, because my print subscription copy has just arrived. The front cover is very glossy, and the page count is 288. Inside front cover campaign is Dior.

The editor's note talks about the magic of "this time of year" - which is clearly communicated through the cover.

If, by this time of year, you mean the grey November sky I can see through my window, then that's possibly more accurate.

"Though she might not be British, our cover star SZA, made UK history this past summer as only the second Black woman to perform at Glastonbury solo".

We're not even dealing with "firsts" anymore.

At the front of the issue, there's an editorial/interview with Lila Moss, Lily Allen talks trainers, plus an interview with Love Island's Mollie-Mae Hague. Imagine my joy.

The interiors article is a look at Trino Verkade's riad in Marrakesh, plus a Forces for Change/Ebay advertorial with Alva Claire, and a Next advertorial with Eve Vince-Odozi and Ariish Wol.

In the main editorial section, the cover story is followed by Feel the Rush, shot by Jack Day, styled by Kate Phelan, with Lulu Tenney. Don't be rushing to see this. Then interviews with Bill Nighy and Indhu Rubasingham.

That eyelashes-and-nails editorial from current US Vogue has been reprinted here, plus a shortened version of some of that dancing content.

Back page is 'what would Emilia Wickstead do?'

This issue of FULL of advertising of every level, that side of UK Vogue is working hard and seeing results. At close to 300 pages, you're not getting a skinny magazine.

 

[Drusilla_]

I thought the Lily Allen trainer piece was charming, people need to be reminded that the later 00s styles existed too! It's like the last vestige of the kind of specific pov that made British Vogue distinct from the US version in the first place even if they don't want that now because it's now effectively just a supplement to US Vogue.

 

[Rigida]

Flicked through this issue and I think this is a dull December issue. Call me old fashioned but I love a little bit of cheer and escapism for December. The 2 reprints from US Vogue is the only eds that I feel offer a little bit of holiday / fantasy vibe. Lila & Lulu's ed is very pedestrian. Sza's ed is also lacking energy. Chioma probably thinks that festive holiday issue is not modern.

 

[Zorka]

FEEL THE RUSH
Photography: Jack Day
Styling: Kate Phelan
Hair: Franziska Presche
Make-up: Thom Walker
Model: Lulu Tenney


UK Vogue Digital Edition

 

[Zorka]

HIGH & RISING
Photography: Luis Alberto Rodriguez
Styling: Tonne Goodman
Hair: Sonny Molina
Make-up: Kuma
Models: Kyra Coco & Cassandra Trenary


UK Vogue Digital Edition

 

[Zorka]

WORKING IT (Reprint from Vogue France November 2024)
Photography: Pablo Sáez
Styling: Dan Sablon
Hair: Diego Da Silva
Make-up: Morgane Martini
Model: Lila Moss


UK Vogue Digital Edition

 

[Zorka]

UNDER COVER
Photography: Charlie Gates
Styling: Hanna Kelifa
Hair: Naoki Komiya
Make-up: Claire Urquhart
Model: Alva Claire


UK Vogue Digital Edition

 

[Zorka]

COMING UP NEXT (Advertorial nobody asked for!)
Photography: Juliette Cassidy
Styling: Eniola Dare
Hair: Teiji Utsumi
Make-up: Crystabel Efemena Riley
Models: Eve Vince-Odozi & Ariish Wol


UK Vogue Digital Edition

 

[MModa]

Love the fashion editorial "Feel the Rush" by Jack Day. Street photography done perfectly. Feeling the rush to get the issue just for this story.

 

[Deleted member 45369]

A Lila Moss editorial in December is the equivalent of waking up to a lump of coal on Christmas Day.

 

[tigerrouge]

It's a resounding reaction to this issue when the discussion stalls right after the actual contents get posted.

Beyond mention of the name, I wasn't that aware of SZA, but I went away and watched, and what I saw and heard has NOT been done justice by the images in this cover story.

 

[kasper!]

#49 Is this first time Phoebe Philo's collection on the pages of Vogue?

 

[MModa]

It's a resounding reaction to this issue when the discussion stalls right after the actual contents get posted.

Beyond mention of the name, I wasn't that aware of SZA, but I went away and watched, and what I saw and heard has NOT been done justice by the images in this cover story.

Perhaps people rushed to grab a copy.

 

[vogue28]

Flicked through this issue and I think this is a dull December issue. Call me old fashioned but I love a little bit of cheer and escapism for December. The 2 reprints from US Vogue is the only eds that I feel offer a little bit of holiday / fantasy vibe. Lila & Lulu's ed is very pedestrian. Sza's ed is also lacking energy. Chioma probably thinks that festive holiday issue is not modern.

Absolutely zero sense of cheer or escapism. None. Zilch. You're 100% correct. Long gone are the days of Alexandra Shulman's rich, vibrant, and celebratory year-end issues of British Vogue. The magazine is a shadow of its former self, and this issue is a complete BORE. The only positive I encountered leafing through the issue was the Margot Robbie Chanel No.5 campaign on the back...

 

[WAVES]

what a lacklustre issue.