US Elle August 2022 : Ana de Armas by Christian MacDonald

Ana looks great, as she always does, but it’s hard to celebrate the fact they didn’t take the obvious Marilyn route when instead they made her wear that hideous LV rugby shirt/dress. Looks juvenile, like an American Eagle ad or something.
 
Very boring coverstory, both the cover and story look like a catalogue. When you open Harper's Bazaar Singapore and now this, gosh... it's embarrassing.
 
Love the colours but the cover looks like it was snatched off someone's Instagram feed with the hashtag #weekending
I wish they had gone with the mood of the editorial. The picture of hers in the same yellow outfit in the ed looks alot better.
 
The cover looks super refreshing. Stunning editorial as well.
 
The whole cover story looks like a GAP catalogue, but a few photos are fine.
 
Gorgeous! A return to form for American Elle after two consecutive unimpressive covers. Ana de Armas photographs beautifully (will never forget how well she photographed by Thomas Whiteside for Vogue Spain) and this is no exception.

The colours here are gorgeous, love the laidback attitude for August, how clean and direct the cover photograph is, the Louis Vuitton and how the art direction compliments the Louis Vuitton look. Zero complaints from me!
 
Got this in the mail. 188 pp

Review, in addition to the cover story:

"House Proud"
Photographer: Nathaniel Goldberg
Stylist: Alex White
Models: Beauise Ferwerda, Luoyi, Jadi Wegener, Puck Schrover, Laura Reyes
20 pages (!), with one look from 20 of "fashion's biggest names"

"Eiza Rising"
Photographer: Greg Williams
Stylist: Charles Varenne
Eiza Gonzalez

Also: Phoebe Robinson, Mikaela Shiffrin, "What I Wish I'd Known Before Getting a Facelift," fertility specialists accused of using their own sperm
 
A cover that stands on its own while being organic to something bigger. A consistent editorial that doesn't seem redundant nor repetitive. Zero gratuitous shots. One amazing Armas. Win after win after win.
 

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