US Elle April 2025 : Daisy Edgar-Jones by Dan Martensen

[alwaysademo]

Even Sanchez? And Katy Perry? Really?

You don't get to pick them individually like a group of models.. These are real ppl in a real event. I honestly don't know half of these people, and always loathe Katy Perry, in short I don't care for them as subjects individually, but for Elle US, it looks good from an editorial perspective. Their audience is atypical to the compulsive fashion reader, they care about mainstream topics with mainstream appeal. I mean the whole world is talking about Musk and by extension SpaceX, anything that somewhat responds to that automatically generates eyeballs. you either go the cheap shot Teen Vogue route or this. And, the last time Vogue submitted their female empowerment cover, it was the Swift and Kloss shipping which was way cheesier.

^ Let’s be real, it’s Bezos-funded spon con. That’s fine, I suppose, but I don’t think it exactly qualifies as a coup for Elle or journalistic excellence.

What is an example of journalistic excellence to you in mainstream fashion? imo it's good timing, they manage to push and spin the lib agenda in a fresh way: female achievement ticked, diversity ticked, a pop star ticked, also having a futuristic theme in a realistic way. I'm not following any of this too closely but there was a NYTimes podcast the other day on 2 NASA astronauts coming home as well, going to space is a thing. Can't turn my nose up at that, it sounds cool. Just wish they wore Moncler Grenouble.

 

[Avonlea]

It's a Bezos world and you're lucky to be living in it

 

[vogue28]

Nina Garcia's ELLE has fallen (extremely) short over recent months - this cover included. Not quite sure who to blame but everything has just been a complete non-event, and a far cry from what the magazine has delivered previously. The spark and excitement has completely evaporated for me, personally.

 

[NYLA22]

too dreamy, fairy for my taste.
This magazine needs to take a few steps towards becoming more commercial again.
Little is said about the Roberta Myers era - but for me it was incredible, the editorial content, the articles. You could spend the whole month consuming the magazine and not be able to read it all. Nina's Elle is a failure, it looks like a shopping mall pamphlet.

I really loved the Robbie Myers / Joe Zee (as creative director) era. They made a smart, relevant magazine that had a lot of journalistic integrity. (Plus, for anyone from that era, who could forget Whitney and Olivia's internships on The City? lol).

 

[alwaysademo]

a follow up: virtually every news outlet picked up the story, also virtually every comment under elleusa's ig says "groceries". Olivia Munn (no idea who she is) went on her TV show to lament about eggs.
nobody talks about Daisy Edgar-Jones.

 

[Deleted member 167090]

Women empowerment in space! Once Lauren is back on earth, I bet she is going to inspire millions of women around the world!