US Vogue April 2009 : Beyoncé by Mario Testino

[Label Basher]

Hopefully, Nicole Kidman don't have any movies coming out this year so we don't have to see them on the cover yet again.

Well you might be in for dissapointment then cause she's already been photographed to promote her movie Nine (but it's possible that she won't be alone on the cover) and the quote said it was for Vogue. Anna wouldn't not put her on the cover.

 

[XavierRaphael]

Hopefully her, Marion, and Kate get the cover together.
With Marion in the middle.

 

[Miss Dalloway]

Aw i third the Crystal Renn missing sentiment, i love that girl, and imagine what a kick a*s cover she could turn, in general she needs more mag love.

But seriously 14 pages? Bless Wintour's soul for always having a knack to piss people off, its why i love her, honestly.

 

[eternitygoddess]

Hopefully, Nicole Kidman don't have any movies coming out this year so we don't have to see them on the cover yet again.

Why? She's had some of the BEST Vogue covers. Remember the red Moulin Rouge one? Or that spectacular one with Irving Penn that was shot in black and gold with almost no text?

 

[eternitygoddess]

quoting lyrics now?? sometimes, well for me anyways it's not always about the lyrics it's the beat and she knows how to make you dance with her music! and people who are like shaking her but is what is disgusting, have you ever danced before? don't you shake your booty when you dance or is it just you can't do it as good.

I quoted those lyrics in reply to the poster who said that Beyonce's music sent out a "good message" and was all about "female empowerment".

It has nothing to do with "booty-shaking-dancing."

 

[Iloveyoutoo]

I dont care for Beyonce that much, but the outrage here seems really strange. Surely there have been far less "deserving" people on the cover.

 

[*ana*]

i'm just suprised more people aren't pissing themselves over Zac Enfron on the Interview cover.

surely that's far more blasphemous?

lol i guess people don't even have the patience to comment on that... (well i don't...)
i'm surprised with all these beyoncé hatred pages here too, i really thought the cover line was much more annoying and questionable than the cover "model" - it's US Vogue after all, and since serena van der woodsen got a cover i stopped questioning who (yes i know, i stopped pretty late) and started worrying more about how it looks like - do i recognize her? does she look human? is the styling reasonable? and even though i dislike beyoncé, i must admit that in this case all the answers are 'yes'.

 

[yalil]

I am just surprised that she elicits strong reactions at all. Because she's always been pretty blaaaahhhh to me, therefore very US Vogue, home of the cover girls with the most boring personalities (that's pretty much every US magazine, huh?). And the cover still looks like US Vogue so no strange reactions here. It's really what's inside that counts, as the case for most US magazines.

 

[reese06]

I guess US Vogue and Beyonce are doing something right. Her on the cover has really sparked a debate. I actually have a love/hate relationship with Beyonce and while I think she looks absolutely beautiful on the cover I think that most people can't stand her simply because she she doesn't seem very genuine. She always seems rehearsed and very boring.

It's great that Vogue is taking a risk with cover subjects though.

 

[ponytrot]

lol i guess people don't even have the patience to comment on that... (well i don't...)
i'm surprised with all these beyoncé hatred pages here too, i really thought the cover line was much more annoying and questionable than the cover "model" - it's US Vogue after all, and since serena van der woodsen got a cover i stopped questioning who (yes i know, i stopped pretty late) and started worrying more about how it looks like - do i recognize her? does she look human? is the styling reasonable? and even though i dislike beyoncé, i must admit that in this case all the answers are 'yes'.

very wise thing to do my dear! B)

and actually i too stopped caring at that point too. Mostly because i like Leighton better, but that's just my bias.

 

[ForChicSake]

I quoted those lyrics in reply to the poster who said that Beyonce's music sent out a "good message" and was all about "female empowerment".

It has nothing to do with "booty-shaking-dancing."

yeah, the person who wrote that was right her songs not all do represent that. she could not keep singing about innocent girly stuff forever, she grew up like everyone else, experienced things and through her experience put them into her music... who hasn't? that doesn't make her a bad role model.

 

[ForChicSake]

i'm just suprised more people aren't pissing themselves over Zac Enfron on the Interview cover.

surely that's far more blasphemous?

words have failed me with the Efron cover

 

[Vinciano]

Well, I have a passionate reaction........that's something similar to vomiting every time I walk past a US Vogue, so my reaction wasn't unique to Beyonce. It's just a little embarrassing that this is our Vogue chooses to represent itself to the world. Surely everyone is laughing and pointing!

I just think the Beyonce cover is adding to the increasing irrelevance of fashion in the US and it's upsetting, and a little sad.

 

[rh85]

I just think the Beyonce cover is adding to the increasing irrelevance of fashion in the US and it's upsetting, and a little sad.

you have a really interesting point, in the 80's and 90's we had Halston, Perry Ellis,Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Isaac Mizrahi, Todd Oldham, Bill Blass, Giorgio Di Sant Angelo ...

NOW we have The Jonas Brothers Couture, 'Hannah Montana' fashionista clothing line , P.Diddy, J.Lo, Gwen Stefani, 50 Cent, Hillary Duff, Beyonce's Dereon Atelier Line ....

 

[fiqary]

i don't like beyonce but ill give credit when credit is due and she looks really good on the cover.

my reasons for disliking her is because i find that she is very fake and egotistic that's beyond confidence imo. she talks about herself too much and i hate people with big egos. her music is not my taste but some are very entertaining.

the timing is off to me. she's not promoting anything right now and there's really no hype for her right now (i think the single ladies thing has died out).. actually that's a good reason for her to be on the cover, she's not too overexposed right now- exposed but not everywhere like a few months ago.

I'm sorry...but big ego? Then you must read this:

http://www.ballerstatus.com/article/features/2009/03/6470/

Excerpt

BallerStatus.com: For the fans out there, can you tell them the records you have done?

Makeba Riddick: I've been on every one of Rihanna's album. I've been on [Beyonce's] B-Day. I co-wrote songs on her last album like "Upgrade U", "Get Me Bodied", "Deja Vu", "Suga Mama". I've worked with Tony Braxton on her last album. I've worked with Jessica Simpson, JoJo, B2K and Omarion when I first started out. So yeah, I worked with a few people.

BallerStatus.com: That's a real diverse group. How big do you think diversity is in terms of being a songwriter?

Makeba Riddick: Well, I mean it depends on what type of writer you want to be. I can't be put into a box, and just be titled or tagged as an "urban" writer because I'm not. I listen to all types of music. I listen to John Mayer, The Killers, Pink Floyd, Faith Hill, Slim from 112, and Beyonce. So, I have such a broad range of music that I listen to that comes out in my writing. That's just the type of writer I am.

BallerStatus.com: Out of all the people you just mentioned, which was the most enjoyable experience?

Makeba Riddick: I've enjoyed working with all the artists that I've worked with. I think working on the B-Day album, it was so much fun. It was like a slumber party. Everyday it was like a party up in that piece, and it wasn't a lot of us. It was her (Beyonce) team that she wanted to work with, ultimately, and closely with. We had a ball. Like when you hear Beyonce, you think about the biggest artist alive of our generation, but it didn't feel like "I'm coming to work with Beyonce." It was just a lot of fun.

BallerStatus.com: You would think somebody of her stature would have such a huge ego.

Makeba Riddick: Oh my goodness. I think that's why we were able to come up with the fun records that we did because she was so cool. I mean, at the end of the day, all these artists are regular people. She's a regular girl just like me, you, or anybody else. Like her sister, her cousin, and anybody else. That's who came in the studio everyday. It wasn't Beyonce, the "superstar." It was Beyonce the girl who has feelings, who gets happy, excited, mad, and disappointed. So all of that came out in writing those records.

And she has a movie coming up this April and a tour will start real soon with Mugler designing her costumes and directing some numbers.

 

[rh85]

I'm sorry...but big ego? Then you must read this:
.

wow, you've opened my eyes Beyonce is the bling bling version of the
Mother Teresa of Calcutta

 

[simons]

I'm sorry...but big ego? Then you must read this:

that person being interviewed is writing songs for her, why would they say anything negative about the person paying them? watch interviews of her, she's phony and self-absorbed imo. anyways...

 

[Vinciano]

Beyonce actually wrote a song about how big her ego is. It's actually her next single. It's called "Ego."

I'm sorry, but anyone who has the audacity to wear a House of Dereon dress that her momma designed to her to the Oscars doesn't have a refined enough style to be worthy of a Vogue cover. I don't mind her inside the magazine, I personally love her, I just don't think she's cover material.

I also don't like the light blue lettering on the cover. It's kind of clashing with her dress. And the white lettering is getting lost in the background in a few spots. So it's not all Beyonce that makes the cover bad. Also, I am not feeling those sideburns, at all.

 

[rh85]

I'm sorry, but anyone who has the audacity to wear a House of Dereon dress that her momma designed to her to the Oscars doesn't have a refined enough style to be worthy of a Vogue cover.

I totally agree with that

I couldn't stop laughing when I saw her wearing that dress, she looked so terribly bad, and the laughing was because she felt that she looked gorgeous

 

[DevonDevore]

ooooooo
give it a rest people. lol. shes on the cover, were you not expecting it? it was bound to happen. at least unlike britney and miley and the rest of them beyonce actually has talent...even if she is rehearsed. i think she looks good on the cover, its not to in your face as we all know it can be and its not to understated. i just think its a little interesting...michelle obama THEN beyonce? can we expect liya or iman or some other model on the next cover? is vogue trying to appeal to the african american???? shocking...

btw
im sure there will be some sasha fierce in there somewhere lol
a mugler gown, some pugh, and probably balmain...