US Harper’s Bazaar November 2020 : Liya Kebede by Christopher Anderson

[Benn98]

US Harper's Bazaar November 2020

A Study in Contrasts

Photographer: Collier Schorr
Stylist: Matt Holmes
Hair: Akki Shirakawa
Makeup: Dick Page
Cast: Julia Nobis







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[Benn98]

US Harper's Bazaar November 2020

The New Classics

Photographer: Jody Rogac
Stylist: Samira Nasr
Hair: Tashana Miles
Makeup: Frank B
Cast: Mayowa Nicholas







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[aracic]

So it's the same old boring Bazaar, with a slightly different layout? Meh.

 

[caioherrero]

@Benn98 can u post the digital masthead?

 

[reesewu]

What happened to Julia Nobis? Did she forget how to model during her pseudo-retirement?

 

[kasper!]

Happy to see Ludivine Poiblanc but the cover story is too blah

 

[Benn98]

@Benn98 can u post the digital masthead?

US Harper's Bazaar Digital Edition

 

[mikel]

Thanks for posting the eds. It all looks very boring and basic.

 

[Miss Dalloway]

This is such a disappointing debut issue, sigh!

 

[liberty33r1b]

I always loved harpers bazaar because at least it had fashion and glamour in it. this is just boring and average. guess I won‘t be buying anymore

 

[Srdjan]

Just looking at the Samira's portrait from the Editor's Letter, one already learns of her attitude towards the oldest fashion magazine in the world. Reminded me of the new GQ editor who was photographed in those dirty sneakers.

 

[caioherrero]

I think her true vision will be in the March issue with the new design

 

[tigerrouge]

I always loved harpers bazaar because at least it had fashion and glamour in it. this is just boring and average. guess I won‘t be buying anymore

I fear many more issues in the future with images of tired-looking women, because glamour is 'frivolous' and 'bears no resemblance to real people's lives'.

But it's why I buy a fashion magazine. For everything else, well, I already have a mirror.

 

[Deleted member 45369]

Who would pay for this? And, in a world where clout on social media counts just as much as magazine subscriptions, what kind of impact will this have on that front? Besides the goodwill most fashion people have for Liya this issue offers nothing. Not a single redeeming shot.

 

[tigerrouge]

There's certainly a place for a more thoughtful women's fashion magazine - US Elle has abandoned its commitment to decent articles, and while those articles were never prize-winning pieces written by literary superstars, they were well-written, reflective and honest accounts of all the things women go through in life - appearance, identity, illness, divorce, infertility - and reading them had meaning.

If this version of Bazaar picked up where US Elle left off, and contained that type of writing, I'd probably buy it every issue, no matter how boring the fashion editorials were. And decent writing probably isn't that difficult to commission, especially if you want to give space to new talent. But right now, it seems no fashion magazine wants to focus on the quality of its written features, let alone Hearst, where it seems everything is run on an ever-tightening shoestring of a budget.

 

[VogueGirl8910]

The whole issue is so boring, it seems that the Bazaar wants to keep the same layout.

 

[Fiercification]

A very dull issue that takes itself too seriously - ugh. At least there are a few good shots in Liya's editorial, but then again Ludivine is usually not basic, so hardly an achievement.

I'll give Samira a chance, but I have a feeling the new Bazaar won't be for me.

 

[kokurox]

There's no subscribers cover???

 

[Benn98]

I for one hope she put an end to it. It hardly serves any purpose.

 

[justaguy]

Mayowa brings some life to this lifeless issue with that beautiful smile. You'd think they'd a least brighten up things with at least one smile per edit.