US Harper’s Bazaar November 2024 : Kendrick Lamar by Quentin de Briey

[vogue28]

 

[tigerrouge]

Well done on all the Grammys and good luck with the Super Bowl.

 

[matheus_s]

this is a great image for Harper's Bazaar MEN

 

[KoV]

I think it's an ok-ish photo but obviously does not belong anywhere near the cover of a women's fashion magazine.

 

[caioherrero]

No

 

[Lola701]

He is very cute and he looks good in his Celine suit!
He gets a pass for being on the cover of Bazaar.

Surprising that the cover is not Chanel…

 

[Kenny]

This might work for a Rolling Stone cover but I don't see it fitting for a women's fashion mag like Bazaar.

 

[MModa]

I can see the cover photograph with an American GQ or Esquire logo, but not Harper's Bazaar. There is nothing special or unforgettable about it. It is very safe and boring.

 

[MulletProof]

This might work for a Rolling Stone cover but I don't see it fitting for a women's fashion mag like Bazaar.

Same, I like Kendrick, he’s great live and I’m sure the SB will be a memorable one, but he has no relevance in womenswear. Magazines are just so starved these days, really doing anything to sell.. they’d feature underage Disney stars if they could.

 

[blueorchid]

It seems strange to promote the Superbowl so early??

 

[matheus_s]

 

[WAVES]

there’s a smooth rawness that the cover and editorial page evoke that I really really dig!
I’m surprised how US Harper’s pulled indie so effortlessly!

as always, thank you for posting @vogue28 and also @matheus_s

 

[VanillaCrush]

I don't like men on the cover of my fashion magazines, will never buy one.
Unless it's a designer of course. (Marc Jacobs is wonderful subject matter, imo!) 🥰

 

[A.D.C.]

Steve McQueen on the cover of Bazaar is one of their most iconic. This is not it. Samira at this point just has a personal vendetta against this publication and wants to drive it to the ground and I’m sorry but the Bazaar woman doesn’t care about hip-hop.

 

[Lola701]

Steve McQueen on the cover of Bazaar is one of their most iconic. This is not it. Samira at this point just has a personal vendetta against this publication and wants to drive it to the ground and I’m sorry but the Bazaar woman doesn’t care about hip-hop.

Interesting…
Who and what is the Bazaar woman in 2024?

 

[tigerrouge]

I think a lot of magazines face the same dilemma - do you remain blandly mainstream or do you start speaking to a niche audience?

US Bazaar often ends up flip-flopping between the two options, so even if it starts going down one road, you still end up with Paris Hilton or a K-pop star on the cover.

As an aside, looking through the past few months, Samira doesn't get enough credit for how often she puts models on the cover, Gisele, Anok, Naomi have all taken their turn recently.

You don't see that with US Vogue these days, you're lucky if you get Kendall or Kaia as your 'model' cover.

 

[MagFan]

^ probably no one buys this magazine no matter who is on the cover or how it looks so they are not even trying. Same with Elle. Samira will definitely get the credit for being one of the nails in print's coffin

 

[Lola701]

I think a lot of magazines face the same dilemma - do you remain blandly mainstream or do you start speaking to a niche audience?

US Bazaar often ends up flip-flopping between the two options, so even if it starts going down one road, you still end up with Paris Hilton or a K-pop star on the cover.

As an aside, looking through the past few months, Samira doesn't get enough credit for how often she puts models on the cover, Gisele, Anok, Naomi have all taken their turn recently.

You don't see that with US Vogue these days, you're lucky if you get Kendall or Kaia as your 'model' cover.

I don’t think there’s a niche audience for Harper’s Bazaar.
The niche audience goes D La Reppublicca, M le Monde…etc or very niche magazines.

The probably have enough advertising to exist however, the title is prestigious and is a nice business card for others ventures that generates incomes from adverstisers.

Having someone like Kendrick Lamar has more to do with cultural relevance. The same way that having models.

HB is not a leading voice anymore so, it doesn’t shift a career.

Vogue US is still the most important voice culturally and in terms of influence in the fashion industry. The relationship with celebrity is about co-dependancy and they can really have an impact on a model’s career.

Samira didn’t raised her profile enough to have some type of influence unfortunately.

 

[NYLA22]

Vogue US is still the most important voice culturally and in terms of influence in the fashion industry. The relationship with celebrity is about co-dependancy and they can really have an impact on a model’s career.

I wonder how Vogue's increasingly diminished relevancy will change once Anna is gone (she will be 75 next month). In America, at least, she has become an icon and (for better or worse) is completely tied to the brand, almost like they are the same thing.

 

[badgalcrush]

Isn't Kendrick a Chanel ambassador? Quite surprising