UK Vogue July 2023 : Miriam Margolyes, Janelle Monáe & Rina Sawayama by Tim Walker

[Zorka]

Celebs and "diversity and inclusivity" is all he has up his sleeve. Negative zero creative vision. And he's been part of the system since he was 18yo. Let that sink in: Over 40 years of "experience" and this is the result. He just doesn't care.

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[vogue28]

My subscription arrived a whole two days after I saw it sat on the shelves in Tesco, and I certainly wasn't missing much (with the firm exception of Lachlan Bailey's story). The Rina Sawayama cover is atrocious is person, so dark, dreary and gothic for a month like July.

I've sat and leafed through the issue twice in a hope to find something remotely engaging, but there's just zero soul to this issue and little to no signs of Edward Enninful. The art direction nowadays feels sterile and devoid of creativity - tons of white space. I'm starting to feel as though British Vogue is very slowly but surely being stripped of its identity, and genuinely feel like I'm looking at a copy and paste issue of Italian or French Vogue.

Needless to say, Sacha Quenby by Lachlan Bailey is the absolute saving grace of this whole entire issue for me. The whole feature is the epitome of summer (a la the pages of Emmanuelle Alt's Vogue Paris) and I am 100% here for it. A shame about the other 222 pages, though.

 

[tigerrouge]

The magazine feels badly in need of a refresh. It's become so formulaic, which has been the fate of many a magazine over the decades, but usually that's because the editor has been there for a decade or two.

I am bored by the magazine. The last three issues of UK Vogue are sitting in a pile, because I have little reason to go back to them, after flicking through them. I'm having far more fun going through my old issues of Glenda Bailey's US Bazaar before I recycle them. Whatever anyone thinks of her tenure, they're a reminder that it's OK for fashion to be fun, frivolous and for you to enjoy it.

 

[Mr Yayo]

So disappointed that it wasn’t Grace Elizabeth on the cover given that Edward posted a pic of her on his ig

Please all help me manifest this! Grace E for BV cover!