US Vogue August 2024 : Jill Biden by Norman Jean Roy

[blueorchid]

I feel like Vogue has such a low cultural cachet these days versus what the average tFS user (and Anna lbr) thinks it has... that this cover won't be much in the grand scheme of anything.

 

[KoV]

I feel like Vogue has such a low cultural cachet these days versus what the average tFS user (and Anna lbr) thinks it has... that this cover won't be much in the grand scheme of anything.

I’m mixed on this. No print magazine cover means what it once did, that’s for certain. At the same time, people care about this, people are reacting. People I know who’ve never read an issue of this magazine in their life have an opinion. Huge engagement on social media and likely in the press about this. If she got the cover of Elle, HB, Vanity Fair, etc no one would have such reactions. People are pressed to this day about Melania not getting a Vogue cover during her tenure as First Lady - no one and I mean no one is butthurt about her not getting a HB or Elle cover, that’s for certain.

 

[FashionFanatico]

I feel like Vogue has such a low cultural cachet these days versus what the average tFS user (and Anna lbr) thinks it has... that this cover won't be much in the grand scheme of anything.

Of course you have a point here. The power of Vogue has faded a very long time ago. Only the very old guard of top dogs still think otherwise. And they try everything with all their last power to stay relevant - even it's obvious that most people just don't care anymore what they do or say or print. US Vogue during the Wintour era had always a very akward approach dealing with political or social issues: too driven by a personal agenda , very one dimensional, very cheesy and even amateur sometimes imo.

One more thing: Can you elaborate what in your opinion is the average TFS user? Because i have no clue about this. I really don't want to be thrown into the same bucket like some of the powerposting people here that only wait to make a counter attack as a rule and to their enjoyment after two seconds if the read a comment that might differ from their opinion.... lol

Why not wait a while and reflect a bit?

I like how witty and quick you are as you wrote already mutliple comments here in this thread in less than 24 hours (same for me now...lol), it still shows that we have a opinion about this cover and why it was published just now. Maybe we are just wasting our precious time to comment on something that is a lost cause anyway.

 

[blueorchid]

@FiLReD Well, I'm not going to wait to comment, because... I'm here now? By average tFSer (in the Magazine forums) I just mean... someone who still enjoys the dying art of fashion magazines. That's it. We might impart more importance on them than there actually is amongst people who aren't looking at magazines online. I don't know a single person other than myself who cares about fashion magazines and who's on the cover of them, in my daily life. I went through a period of like 4 or 5 years where I didn't notice a damn fashion magazine (or any magazine), until I got sucked into them again. If you're not interested in them, they're very easy to ignore. Even when you are online and on social media.

 

[tomtakesphotos]

anna wintour is a politician, im sure political office is the only thing she would leave the magazine before death for, and she has gone above and beyond to support this administration-- this cover seems poorly timed or very well timed, i dont know.. the blazer dress is odd to me, but her hair/makeup + the photography is nice enough.. i think 2 vogue covers per administration is enough, show us fashion pls

 

[FashionFanatico]

As my former post here was deleted, let's talk fashion only.. lol

Is it just pure coincidence that Robin Wright aka Claire Underwood wore the same white Ralph Lauren tuxedo suit ten months ago?? Is there something we should know? I am intrigued and confused.


Celebmafia / Vogue

 

[Deleted member 1957]

@FiLReD Well, I'm not going to wait to comment, because... I'm here now? By average tFSer (in the Magazine forums) I just mean... someone who still enjoys the dying art of fashion magazines. That's it. We might impart more importance on them than there actually is amongst people who aren't looking at magazines online. I don't know a single person other than myself who cares about fashion magazines and who's on the cover of them, in my daily life. I went through a period of like 4 or 5 years where I didn't notice a damn fashion magazine (or any magazine), until I got sucked into them again. If you're not interested in them, they're very easy to ignore. Even when you are online and on social media.

I used to be obsessed with magazines and would spend time scrolling through them at duty free, Giant and anywhere else that I would find them. Whenever I visited NY i would make a trip to that famous magazine store but nowadays I scroll through during checkout and theres really nothing just generic content.

 

[tigerrouge]

My lingering obsession with magazines is borne of old habit rather than reward.

I noticed an tfs thread from 2009 asking, "What do you do with your magazines?", where I said: "I find that once you cut them up - or start filing the contents away in folders - you need hours of free time to organise and maintain that collection; it's much easier to keep them intact."

In 2024, I'm lucky to find one page worth retaining in any issue, never mind keeping the entire thing.

 

[VanillaCrush]

US Vogue during the Wintour era had always a very akward approach dealing with political or social issues: too driven by a personal agenda , very one dimensional, very cheesy and even amateur sometimes imo.

This, all the time, and it is so blatant. I was hoping she would grow with age, but she has not.

 

[caioherrero]

I hope the content is good

 

[KoV]

I hope the content is good

Hope is a waking dream

 

[MModa]

I hope the content is good

I hope there are some great fashion editorials with new models other than Gigi, Bella, and Kendall.

 

[crmsn]

A good content for August when their cover story focuses on politics and their number of pages don't surpass 100? Hmm...

They really blemished her skin on that cover to the point that she looks unrecognizable.

 

[iriswills]

I absolutely love the serene ivory tones and the soft lighting of the cover. I also love that her hair and makeup is soft and pretty because we don’t always need to create a stiff uniform for women in the political sphere. I do wish her other arm was slightly visible, but the set style seems so unique for a Vogue cover that I don’t mind so much. I’m obsessed with the closer portrait in the editorial! 😍

 

[Drusilla_]

As a cover image alone - it's actually not bad, the white and soft tones are a good choice. Timing-wise, though, it's just not good and that is all I will say.

 

[Xone]

So what else is inside?…anyone knows?

 

[jeremydante]

Since 2021 they gave Kamala a cover and Jill is now getting her second cover.

A cover per term seems fitting. Remember Michelle Obama had 3 Vogue covers spread over 2 terms as First Lady.

I think, for an American Edition, representation of the current sitting president and first lady are the most important thing to capture. Regardless of what your politics are, it's history. I would even be understanding of 2 covers per VP or First Lady per team, to total 4 covers for 2 terms. Michelle had such a high style profile, so that worked well. Jill is more of a serious figure, I don't see her aligned as an iconic style type of First Lady. With that said, the cover is that much more effective in its clean, American styling. Again, love this cover for her. It's pure.

 

[tomtakesphotos]

michelle was more of a fashion plate / more interesting

jill biden is 73 yrs old

 

[Trust Fund Child]

This cover is gonna be so ironic if by August Biden has already bowed out of the presidential race.

 

[iriswills]

michelle was more of a fashion plate / more interesting

jill biden is 73 yrs old

lol… anyone in their 70s stops being fashionable or interesting? I’d argue that some of the most interesting people in the world, who I’d like to hear from, are over 70. Style icons also usually stay stylish to the end. In this case, I think that while Jill Biden is not quite a fashion icon, she is still a heck of a lot more interesting to me than many previous cover stars.