Une Fille Un Style - Paris Vogue

[tigerrouge]

The world is full of young women with amazing style, but there's something tremendously boring about the privileged young women that Paris Vogue is featuring at the moment. So if we have to read about connected people, they do tend to get more interesting with age.

Someone aged 16 who manages to create a daily wardrobe from a minimal amount of money, sewing her own stuff based on hours of research would be interesting to read about - but that girl will never get into Paris Vogue, because she lives in Huddersfield and no-one knows her parents.

 

[JunyaSchick]

Yes ... because you can only have personality if you are over thirty

i didnt mean that... just said that with 16 you have done much in life... actually you dont know a **** what live is about... specially if you're been under your parents arms...
plus, with 16, no matter your life experience, your personality is formed yet and therefore your own lifestyle isnt very developed...

this girl' style isnt very different from any rich kid in LA... balenciaga, hippie items and vintage tees and dresses...

 

[june gloom]

I agree with a lot of the statements being made here, and while this girl's style is rather young and nothing we haven't seen before, the audience of Vogue Paris isn't just twenty-something plus women. I don't think there's a problem representing teenagers every once in awhile, especially since they don't seem to do it in Une Fille Un Style that much. As for nepotism, a lot of the women they feature have ties... so I don't really see how that is much of an argument. But to say she's too young to have a personality, I don't see how that can be! She might not dress or be the way she is in a few years, but so what?

 

[Gincat]

Interesting, they featured the daughter of star-f**ker extraordinaire, Amanda de Cadenet. She's a very pretty girl, though.

this girl' style isnt very different from any rich kid in LA... balenciaga, hippie items and vintage tees and dresses...

I agree, it's kind of boring (although, probably not for her). Does anyone have a translation of what she says? Maybe she has personality and that's why they chose her?

 

[Gincat]

Before anyone says it, I know that was a rude and catty thing to say about her mother and I'm feeling sorry that I wrote it. Came back to edit but was too late. (I don't know what came over me)

 

[rox_yr_sox]

^ well it's true, even if you did say it a bit harshly. amanda was known for a long time only for her relationships. nowdays, she is known for other things too. i haven't seen any of her photos but i here they're not too bad. she doesn't seem so interested in being seen out and being photographed. i guess she's too busy with the twins!

after seeing atlanta, all i can think of is how old is nick valensi & how weird would it be to have him as your stepfather?!

 

[Diorette]

May 2009
Lady Gaga


scanned by Diorette

 

[Thefrenchy]

Merci pour les scans, I think that's the worst Une Fille Un style they've ever done.

 

[MissMagAddict]

^Oh good... now Atlanta is off the hook

 

[GasolineRainbow]

I find Lady Gaga rather fascinating. Her style is loud and gaudy, but there's something about it that feels genuine, not manufactured. Still, she is somewhat too famous right now for that feature, I'd prefer to see more under-the-radar personalities. As for Atlanta, I think both the arguments, pro and against her, raised valid points.

Personally, I am weary of nepotism in general, it's just more obvious when a teenager is featured. I don't at all mind the doors that nepotism opens when someone proves their mettle as an individual, as with Charlotte Gainsbourg. But otherwise the feature mainly highlights privelege, no matter how great a style (or full-bodied personality) the selected girl may have. This is Vogue, not Tatler.

 

[tigerrouge]

I agree about the timing - if they'd featured her when no-one really knew her, that would be an interesting profile about a mad-looking girl. She puts a lot of effort into her image, but she's interviewed everywhere now, so that sense of intrigue has gone.

 

[songbirdsel]

lady ga ga? what were they thinking?! I cant help but be reminded of a spoilt child everytime I see her!

 

[newprincesita]

This section is going down...it used to be one of my faves....oh no

 

[vavavinny]

Aye, the person doesn't have to be an intellectual, but to have a sense of style, it helps to have lived a life. A privileged teenager simply has access to someone else's credit card.

This is one fashion feature where older women come into their own, because of how they've formed their own style - the evolution of their visual identity, their self-awareness that's come from experience, the long history they might have with particular pieces - all of that is interesting to me. Not a teenager who can shop or fit into her mother's shoes.

Tigerrouge, this is SO beautifully said! Being 19, I can't help but agree. Being a teenager is all about cultivating one's style and experimenting. One's style constantly evolves and changes, and there is no way someone at 16 has a style that suits them best as a person, because many 16-year-olds don't even know whom they are as people in the world to begin with (notice I say most, I don't want to throw every teenager in the same group ) Someone may love the same pieces just as much at 30 (or 40 or 50 or 60) as they do at 16, but that doesn't mean they will wear it the same way. Atlanta may be quirky and have a fun sense of style, but what privileged, beautiful, young girl doesn't, especially with unlimited access to all of the hippest, trendiest, latest designers? In fact, from the photos, she looks one of the million Kate Moss drones running around the world. And there is nothing wrong with that, seeing as she is 16 and is learning about herself and the world. Plus, many teenagers style is dictated by magazines and trends anyway, so it is difficult for someone at that age to have their own PERSONAL style, what "Une Fille Un Style" is about. In my opinion, "Une Fille Un Style" should be about recognizing women with their own unique (and that qualifies Lady Gaga), personal, developed relationship with fashion OVER TIME. It is nice to get a sense of what a young girl likes and her take on fashion, but the more mature women who are profiled are always the more interesting stories to read.

 

[Eleanor7]

I didn't mind, I prefer seeing him inside the magazine rather than on the front - I'd always want to see a model on the cover - but I have no problem reading about his style, it's all about the individual, and Paris Vogue especially likes people who tend towards the transgressive.

And a man who chooses to dress as a woman is still a person. If someone referred to a woman as 'it', it wouldn't be nice at all - to me, the simple option is to show the same respect to others as I'd like shown to myself, even in such small gestures.

Beautifully stated.

 

[vavavinny]

^Agreed! You have a way with words tigerrouge ! And Andre J's style certainly highlights him as a person and a personality. He would not be who he is if it were not for the way he outfits himself. I think the same goes for Lady Gaga as well.

 

[gian-franco]

thats one of the best feature a magazine could have. and VP always do it right

 

[XavierRaphael]

Was Lou Doillon ever featured?

 

[ChloeFrancoise]

Yes, it was in the issue guest edited by Charlotte.

 

[XavierRaphael]

Thanks!
Was Charlotte ever featured