UK Vogue May 2023 by Adama Jalloh

[Deleted member 141523]

Maybe it will end in some random Vogue as the Elizabeth Debicki cover.

 

[tigerrouge]

My subscription copy has just arrived, with the Justina Miles cover. 242 pgs, so not a skinny issue, and there are lots of perfume samples inside. It's full of reprints, but I find the stories are sufficiently different in mood to each other, that I don't mind it.

For all the hoo-ha about the cover selection, the actual cover story does not seem dominant within the issue. Several of the fashion editorials/reprints are location shoots - and in a variety of locations - instead of a bland diet of studio shoots showing very little imagination or energy.

This issue includes a watches special, because nothing fits in more seamlessly with disability issues than the selling of £10,500 timepieces (page 107 if you're interested). I realised the other day that I've accumulated thirteen issues of Vanity Fair's On Time supplement, and do I really need to know that much about watches? Conde Nast seems to think so.

These days, buying Vogue comes down to 'what cover do you want on the front of a similar set of editorials'. Would I prefer the current US cover, even though I haven't bought that edition for years? Because you don't get 22 pgs of Annie's story in UK Vogue, you only get 10 pgs. Likewise, Pavarotti's editorial is condensed down to 9 pgs instead of a full 14 pgs.

 

[Deleted member 141523]

This makes me think Edward won't cut the number of 12 issues to 10 per year. There so many covers planned and seems there's no space for these since the Queen's passing, wich changed Edward's agenda at the end of the year and looks that even affected the issues for this year.

 

[Deleted member 1957]

I.kept looking for the Halle thread thinking she.got.a main cover especially considering that she's in one of the major movies of the year. Maybe she will get US Vogue coz it's a missed opportunity and the styling is too young I guess to appeal to the.movie's target audience.

 

[Zorka]

MAKING WAVES
Photography: Sharif Hamza
Styling: Law Roach
Hair: Homa Safar
Make-up: Homa Safar
Model/Celebrity: Halle Bailey



US Vogue Digital Edition

 

[Zorka]

OVER THE BORDER
Photography: Felicity Ingram
Styling: Julia Brenard
Hair: Anna Cofone
Make-up: Janeen Witherspoon
Models: Malika El Maslouhi & Tess McMillan



UK Vogue Digital Edition

 

[Ivancica]

Looking at the Halle Bailey digital cover / editorial - I'm actually happy that this wasn't the main cover (story).
Where are HF magazine covers and editorials these days?

 

[FashionMuseDior]

I really want to like all these covers but it looks like there is just little to no effort to them.

 

[LastNight]

Finally opened up my subscription issue (I got Selma’s cover) and I can’t express how disappointed I am by how much of it is reprints… I saw half of this in last month’s US Vogue. And I plan on getting the current US edition to see the full Karl tribute, so this issue just feels like a waste of paper. Thank god I didn’t pay full price for it. I might switch subscriptions, US Vogue was also much more enjoyable to read.

I enjoy the covers though, and I don’t have the same problem with the idea for the issue that many others do. Having said that, this year has been pretty tragic for Edward’s Vogue. From random cover stars, to bad image selections, to a noticeable uptick in reprinted content… I’m very much underwhelmed. It needs a redesign and an injection of creativity fast.