US Elle September 2023 : Zendaya by Steven Klein

[vogue28]

 

[KoV]

Zendaya looks good as she always does, but I don’t care for the cover image. The rest of the shoot looks much more promising.

 

[avonlea002]

This girl is painfully boring. Second photo from the IG post is the best because you can't see her face in full view. Wasn't the roach supposed to retire?

 

[Bertrando3]

Love her and it looks good

 

[GERGIN]

How awesome would it have been if they used the 3rd photo (with her in the red lingerie) as a cover?

I’m sure it would trigger all the “woke” folks and that really satisfies me!

 

[caioherrero]

I wish it was styled by Alex

 

[Benn98]

It's giving budget limitations. I don't think a rooftop was the right setting for this editorial. It needed a villa, something unapologetically lavish to really amplify the sex and excess. Also the last shot is skew, which I doubt is intentional.
The cover isn't good either. I've been noticing a lot of full-body covers lately but even that aside, there's too much clashing of design elements.

It's what you get when you allow a petty, overrated celebrity stylist to do your September cover.

 

[Ivancica]

I like her, not sure on the cover.
I would go with the second (or even third) photo from Nina's IG post.

 

[Kimy Jo]

I love Klein but not really feeling it
At least reminds of his older work

 

[MON]

"Powerful on a budget"

Lol. The art direction is also a mess. Zendaya. Guides to Fall Fashion Serves.

Guides to Fall Fashion should have been placed elsewhere.

 

[DK92]

I generally like Klein's work, but he really annoys me with this filter that makes everyone look like they haven't showered in a month.

The editorial is very classic coming from him, something we've seen a thousand times and it seems like something Vogue Italia would do, but I don't know if the choice of the famous favored the result... Zendaya is boring!

 

[BlueRuin]

How awesome would it have been if they used the 3rd photo (with her in the red lingerie) as a cover?

I’m sure it would trigger all the “woke” folks and that really satisfies me!

lol what are you on about? It’s the non woke religious zealots that would be up in arms.

 

[Benn98]

"Powerful on a budget"

Lol. The art direction is also a mess. Zendaya. Guides to Fall Fashion Serves.

Guides to Fall Fashion should have been placed elsewhere.

Taken straight from the Glenda Bailey playbook of coverlines lol. Actually now that I look at the cover again, it's taking me back to those awful Terry Richardson years at US Bazaar.

 

[Rigida]

218 pages. Flicked it in bookstore, the eds inside are actually good. It kinda gives Alt Vogue Paris’ vibe. 2 eds styled by Anastasia Barbieri, my fave one is by Ezra Petronio featuring Felice N.

 

[Kerg]

Steven Klein is part of the good photographers who are not made for the cover (like I/V, Juergen Teller...)

 

[Lola701]

The shot of her in the Mongolian fur and red lingerie is fabulous…
I’m not sure about the cover. She is the face of Vuitton and the cover had to be Vuitton but I wonder if Law Roach couldn’t have chosen better options…

‘Maybe it’s the photo itself that is weird. She doesn’t embody the power she is supposed to portray.

You really need some intensity and strength to really mesh with Steven Klein’s universe.

I’ll wait for the whole ed though.

‘It seems like Zendaya and Law Roach comes as a package now. He is styling her campaigns, editorials and RedCarpet appearances…Not too bad as she is the face of Lancôme, Vuitton and Bulgari.

The issue here is that it’s all quite one-dimensional…

 

[Kenny]

I like Zendaya and sure this cover is powerful but you can't even see "ELLE" unless you come near it. It would have been nice (in my opinion) if they shot her in the pool kinda like Hailee Steinfeld's Cosmo cover just to avoid that background she's in on this cover.

 

[kokobombon]

I hate the pose on the cover, she´s not even flexing but I like everything else...

 

[Zorka]

ZENDAYA HOLDS COURT
Photography: Steven Klein
Styling: Law Roach
Hair: Kim Kimble
Make-up: Ernesto Casilla
Model/Celebrity: Zendaya



elle.com

 

[Zorka]

Signature Steven Klein, LOVE IT!