US Harper’s Bazaar May 2025 : Linda Evangelista by Anthony Seklaoui

[MModa]

I love the first cover. The b&w one is atrocious. It looks like everything is being dragged downward, almost like wax melting. After what Canada got for April, we better not get the Dracula cover!!

I do wish this for you! Hopefully, the b&w cover version will not be avaliable. I love the first cover as well.

 

[versustito]

Stunning!! Amazing !!

 

[URIAH]

I recall when people would say Milla looked like Linda, but you could see differences if you looked...now Linda seems to have morphed into Milla in these images....some of them without any smile, it's very hard to not see both women ...it could be either

 

[blueorchid]

I love the first cover. The b&w one is atrocious. It looks like everything is being dragged downward, almost like wax melting. After what Canada got for April, we better not get the Dracula cover!!

I thought of your observations yesterday when I was at London Drugs (which I don't think exists in Ontario), anyway, it's usually has quite a big magazine section... but it also had no copies of Harper's Bazaar for sale!! What is going on with this magazine!!

 

[Royal-Galliano]

is may the official month of tired looking supermodels?

on another note, kudos for the tagline "beauty is something you earn", it got me really curious! in fact, i miss magazine covers with taglines, nowadays it's usually boiled down to "XY photographed by Z#" as if that's something a pedestrian at a newsstand cares about. or perhaps the editors have nothing to say? very often so.

that being said, the tagline could've been "where is my lorazepam?" not to be mean, but she looks really undone, maybe she spent her beauty. i believe there are better ways to photograph women of age in a flattering way.

 

[blueorchid]

I know some people hate Nadja's Vogue Germany cover for the "naturalness" but I will take that any day over this sh*t. Even the cover with Christy, who should probably also consider retiring, had so much more energy than what Linda is capable of producing these days.

She literally looks jaundiced:

 

[vavavinny]

is may the official month of tired looking supermodels?

on another note, kudos for the tagline "beauty is something you earn", it got me really curious! in fact, i miss magazine covers with taglines, nowadays it's usually boiled down to "XY photographed by Z#" as if that's something a pedestrian at a newsstand cares about. or perhaps the editors have nothing to say? very often so.

that being said, the tagline could've been "where is my lorazepam?" not to be mean, but she looks really undone, maybe she spent her beauty. i believe there are better ways to photograph women of age in a flattering way.

My eyes did somersaults when I read "Beauty is something you earn." That is rich coming from a supermodel who won the genetic lottery. Of course, this is the same woman who once said "It was God who made me so beautiful. If I weren't, then I'd be a teacher." Linda certainly has a way with words.

 

[tigerrouge]

Although that's one of the things I love about Linda Evangelista - she long ago embraced her inner b*tch. She's not here pretending to be your sympathetic best friend so that you'll buy flower sprinkles for your salads.

I started to look online to see how Linda Wells ended up writing for Hearst, when she spent so long at Conde Nast. I found the interview transcript on this page to be quite interesting, regarding the early years of getting Allure magazine off the ground, which ties into some of the things mentioned in Linda's interview for this issue of Bazaar: Linda Wells: “Beauty is a Word I Find Difficult” • The Grand Tourist

 

[blueorchid]

Although that's one of the things I love about Linda Evangelista - she long ago embraced her inner b*tch. She's not here pretending to be your sympathetic best friend so that you'll buy flower sprinkles for your salads.

Personally, I just don't find being a b*tch compelling. Like, what is it adding to the world? This quote from Toni Morrison comes to mind, lol: "Evil is just sort of ultimately boring. The good thing is just complicated. It's more provocative to me and more stimulating to me." (not saying that Linda is evil, but substitute it with b*tch)

 

[tigerrouge]

Evil can also come in the form of people pretending to be nice, at least a b*tch can entertain.

I await my future cancellation, when fifteen years from now, calling someone that word will be the worst thing you can ever do.

 

[blueorchid]

Evil can also come in the form of people pretending to be nice, at least a b*tch can entertain.

Yes, but that's not what Toni Morrison was referring to. It's weird, I can find Naomi funny who is like... more objectively evil (with her charities) than Linda. So, I don't even know what's going on...

Maybe it's the Canadian in me, whenever I see Linda acting haughty I just think "b*tch, you're from St. Catharines"

 

[Alquimista]

Oh no Milla, you don't need all that botox

wait.. 🧐

 

[Melancholybaby]

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What is this lighting? How is this guy getting jobs left and right?

 

[proseccotabis]

i LOVE it. I mean, in comparison to the car crash that we have with Loli cover/s, this is STUNNING.

 

[fashionsavvvvvy]

We need Robin Galiegue

 

[vogue28]

The lighting is indeed all sorts of awful, and very harsh. Linda looks completely washed-out, is a total blur but I cannot help but to love it. Linda Evaneglista on the cover of a mainstream fashion title will always get my vote, so I'm very much here for this.

That black and white portrait closeup in #18 is very reminiscent of the work of David Downton!

 

[oaklee91]

So blinding I may need sunglasses. Sorry but… No… Not good.

 

[blueorchid]

That black and white portrait closeup in #18 is very reminiscent of the work of David Downton!

Anyone can do that with a poorly shot overexposed photo... it's pretty insulting to compare it to the work of an actual illustrator.

 

[Zorka]

LINDA EVANGELISTA JUST WANTS TO LIVE
Photography: Anthony Seklaoui
Styling: Carlos Nazario
Hair: Mustafa Yanaz
Make-up: Dick Page
Model: Linda Evangelista


harpersbazaar.com

 

[blueorchid]

“She just wants to live”… who’s stopping her?