US Vogue August 2019 : Ariana Grande by Annie Leibovitz

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Senator Amy Klobuchar, Representative Tulsi Gabbard, and Senators Kirsten Gillibrand, Elizabeth Warren, and Kamala Harris by Annie Leibovitz

The cover photo is awful enough itself, but if you needed any convincing Annie is a terrible photographer these two will do it. An amateur would do a better job. The light shining through the window like that... and everyone is squinting! It's an embarrassment!

 

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Jorja Smith by Tina Tyrell


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[Benn98]

Oh my word, Jorja looks lovely! So glad to see her in American Vogue. I hope it's not just some Moment of the Month edit, but a proper one.

 

[gazebo]

Madam President? Wintour really is demented.
How you shatter that glass ceiling? Not with you clowns.

 

[mikel]

Oh my word, Jorja looks lovely! So glad to see her in American Vogue. I hope it's not just some Moment of the Month edit, but a proper one.

With “a proper one” you mean one those eds with a bunch of celebs/artists/socialites/influencers/whatevers each getting a single page? Because I feel that’s all we’ve been getting at US Vogue lately.

 

[Perickles]

That hat is not for her she looks like a mushroom

 

[Joromana]

This is Vogue US in complete auto-pilot mode: Annie Leibowitz photographing a tween popstar with hideous, boring styling. And to give Ariana Grande a cover for August when she covered August for British Vogue last year? Anna isn't even trying anymore, is she?

And I'll never accept Ariana Grande as a fashion forward/relevant celebrity - not with those Vogue covers, not with that Givenchy contract!

LOL. Only on TheFashionSpot is a 26 year old called a 'tween popstar.'

And it's fine if you never accept Ariana Grande as fashion forward/relevant celebrity; I feel the same way about Sienna Miller. But at the end of the day, she has 160 million followers and is a huge name. Neither of our opinions matter in the grand scheme of things.

I'm not sure what we’re allowed to discuss on here, but am I the only one that finds Ariana's dark tan and the hair styling on the cover to be a bit suspect? I might be overthinking it because of the accusations of blackfishing against her already, but this rubs me the wrong way.

It doesn't seem like 'blackface' to me, seems more like... Latina-face? Is that a thing? I get that Italians can tan strongly (one of my Italian friends just tanned an insane amount after we went to the beach just once) though I wonder if this is indeed overboard. I know they are very tan in Sicily; maybe that's where her family's from?

 

[LastNight]

It doesn't seem like 'blackface' to me, seems more like... Latina-face? Is that a thing? I get that Italians can tan strongly (one of my Italian friends just tanned an insane amount after we went to the beach just once) though I wonder if this is indeed overboard. I know they are very tan in Sicily; maybe that's where her family's from?

Totally get what you mean and I don't want to be overly sensitive about someone having a tan, it's summer after all and she's on the beach! I think it's rubbed me the wrong way because she's been called out for this type of thing in the past. I don't know if Latina-face is the correct terminology but I completely understand what you're saying and Ariana has actually been accused of that too.

I wouldn't call this cover blackface but people have used the term 'blackfishing' to describe the way she presents herself; not just her tan, but her hair, her music and the accent she's been using recently. Is this another example of that? It was definitely my first thought when I saw the cover.

There are some really interesting articles out there about all of this, specifically about Ariana but also about a current wider trend of white women presenting as racially ambiguous or as a person of colour.

Also, I was very nervous when I saw someone had quoted me because I know it's a sensitive subject and I was scared someone might jump down my throat about it, so thank you for being open to having a dialogue about it! I might be completely over-thinking things, but it's great to actually be able to discuss it

 

[MulletProof]

I'm so glad someone brought that up because I saw a tiny pic of that on twitter and was like 'oh lord who did this to you, girl'.. I did a screenshot and studied that for long minutes, naturally . It will go down as the 2010s equivalent of the orange makeup in the early 00s.. such a mess but also.. so "iconic"..


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[Joromana]

There are some really interesting articles out there about all of this, specifically about Ariana but also about a current wider trend of white women presenting as racially ambiguous or as a person of colour.

Also, I was very nervous when I saw someone had quoted me because I know it's a sensitive subject and I was scared someone might jump down my throat about it, so thank you for being open to having a dialogue about it! I might be completely over-thinking things, but it's great to actually be able to discuss it

Oh, no worries! It's an important conversation, especially now that everyone has a voice on social media. We see a lot more topics being covered that POC have finally brought up. And yes, I've noticed that trend. Kylie Jenner is a good example.

 

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They’re all wearing clothes designed by female designers.
Models: Amber Valletta, Fran Sunmers, Anok Yai, Vittoria Ceretti, Liu Wen, Carolyn Murphy, Ugbad, Adut Akech & Jill Kortleve
Photographed by Zoe Ghertner
Styled by Camilla Nickerson



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[VogueGirl8910]

God, what a awful cover , it seems than Ariana was playing dressing her mom's clothes. Disspointed than Leibovitz's job is in downhill on these days. Through, the Gherther's ed looks ok.

 

[GivenchyAddict]

I need explanation on why shooting outside if at the end they settled a white background ...

 

[dior_couture1245]

Am I supposed to be impressed by the clothes in the all-female designer editorial?

 

[TommysBaby]

I like the Ed by Zoe Ghertner.

 

[dodencebt]

What a sad time it must be when you feel the need to center an editorial around clothes designed by women instead of, you know, just well designed clothes.

 

[GivenchyAddict]

^ AMEN

 

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Aisling Franciosi by Tina Tyrell

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[mathiaskatz]

Never thought Liu Wen could look bad in any picture yet they've managed it.

 

[liberty33r1b]

that ed is such a waste of good models