US InStyle July 2017 : Nicole Kidman by Will Davidson

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[happycanadian]

Can't see anything in your first post, mate.

 

[Benn98]

Can't see anything in your first post, mate.

I also couldnt see it, but the spacing for the IG post was allowed which means there must be something wrong with the code. Here we go:

 

[dodencebt]

^ Thanks for that! Not sure what is happening with the original post, it was okay for me when I posted it.

Nicole is looking a little stiff on the cover. I think it has to do a lot with the abilities of her facial muscles and the type of photography + light. Something softer and less artificial would have done wonders in my opinion.

 

[happycanadian]

still can't see the actual cover, though. but i read the piece on InStyle's website. it's a great read.

as always, with Nicole, she manages to be completely open and engaging and sincere, while also maintaining some air of mystery.

truly one of most genuinely iconic movie stars of the last 30 years.

 

[SallyAlbright]

The cover photo is a little stiff, but I love Nicole and am happy to see her after months of bad or so-so cover stars for InStyle. She's a genuine movie star.

 

[magsaddict]

well done Laura on the exquisite timing! Hitting newsstands just as Nicole is crowned as the undisputed queen of cannes 2017! i don't think Nicole has been this much of a hot commodity since the early 2000s when she won her oscar. The cover itself reminds me of her Vogue Australia cover from january.

 

[narcyza]

It's quite scary.

 

[Handbag Queen]

I'm actually starting to enjoy what Laura's doing for US InStyle! Great cover!

 

[liaa]

She looks really ugly here.

 

[Bertrando3]

She looks really ugly here.

Yeahhh what have they done to her face??? retouching madness

 

[kokobombon]

same old same old except the extreme photoshop on her face...

 

[anlabe32]

Photoshopped? Yes. But ugly? Come on.

 

[vogue28]

Well.. apparently they never touched the cover with Photoshop. Laura Brown currently defending the cover on her Instagram, having replied to a few angry people complaining about the suspect airbrushing!

 

[happycanadian]

oh dear. I see the pic now. Really not a great cover AT ALL, in my opinion. Not a flattering pic of Nicole. I think it's the hair that's throwing me off more than anything else.

I believe it's not heavily photoshopped. Nicole's face in UHQ candids looks photoshopped. haha. That's just what her face is now. I actually think she's settled into a kind of augmented-but-still-attractive version of her face. On Big Little Lies, during the promotion for it, at Cannes. Yes, it's obviously a face that's been worked on - but she looks more and more like HERSELF than she has in recent years. So it's been a complete pleasure to see her.

 

[Deleted member 45369]

She literally looks like an alien on the cover... it's disturbing.

 

[KateTheGreatest]

She always looks the same, I have zero interest in her. She was beautiful once but she overdid it with plastic surgery, she looks frozen most of the time now. Too bad, she is a wonderful actress though.

 

[Benn98]

My issue is actually not the photoshop (photoshop? botox? what's the difference!). The autumnal styling with these bright colours just don't match. Very dissapointed that Will Davidson's name is attached to this. Either Laura Brown is keeping it Australian, or Nicole specifically requested him. Interesting.

Laura Brown have 9 covers to date, not one of them featuring a woman of colour. By July last year 4 out of the 7 were women of colour. Once again, this type of dismissive tactics is very US Bazaar, they've not had one woman of colour in all of 2016 (unless you count Kanye)!!

 

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