After seeing @blueorchid digital issue uploads, now I know what you mean about the masthead fading over Anok's head. I have not seen this cover version on the newsstand. I only saw the black and white cover with the artwork by Lorna Simpson. I like Simpson's colorful artwork but not this version. However, I hope that is not how the masthead will appear in print with the trio of models because it looks bad.
I'm so baffled by this revived feature... did anyone ever look in their archives and read the sh*t Diana Vreeland wrote in the originals? The current article is beyond lame: "Why don't you... wear a brooch?", ""Why don't you... treat your bath as a sacred ritual?", "Why don't you... dress for joy?"
Probably just contributing this month.
Artwork by artist Rashid Johnson who contributed to the "Right Here, Right Now" special inside of the issue.
Disappointing that Canada is getting this alternate cover when HB finally had a cover I really liked 😔
Yes, there is also a third black and white cover with artwork by Lorna Simpson.
Yep, in the past two years, I believe Samira has only put one Asian on the cover (Jennie, last year). It's disappointing and hypocritical when you consider how much American magazines talk about diversity....yet it feels like Asians are often left out of that discussion.What a diversity casting but no ASIAN face? Thats always the case
I see what you're saying, but if we are going to talk about percentages, we should also look at other POC cover subjects. For example, for this same two year period, there have been eight covers featuring Black models/actors/singers, which is 40% of covers (Black people make up 13% of the population in the U.S.). So if we are speaking of representation, then Harper's Bazaar is not really reflective of the country. Jennie's cover represented one single cover for Asians in two years, which is 5% (also not representative in the U.S).
Something I've noticed is that I haven't even seen Harper's Bazaar on the rack at as many stores as I used to up here. Maybe it's selling out lol, but Vogue, Vanity Fair, etc. are always there! Harper's Bazaar is nowhere to be found at the stores I'd usually get magazines from, even grocery stores and drug stores with big magazine sections! Let alone somewhere like Indigo!
hmm, that is concerning. I hope it's not a sign of them limiting their distribution here. I live in a large city so I haven't noticed it but will keep an eye on it.
