US Vogue December 2008 : Jennifer Aniston by Craig McDean

[vogue28]

From what I see of Catherine's ed it looks great. Nice and Bright B)

 

[fiqary]

Hermmm they replacing Daria now? hehe

 

[loladonna]

I don't think I'll ever understand the comments that inevitably come up when a celeb is on the cover of a mag. People are all up in arms if they feel that celeb doesn't "deserve" a cover, because she's somehow inferior to other celebs. Let's think about this, people want models on the covers, and that's fine, I do too. But what is it that models do exactly? They pose and look pretty. That's all. They don't have to earn a cover by being a talented actress, humanitarian, singer or style icon. They just have to look good.

So if celebs are filling in for the models, doing their job for this months magazine, why is it that some of them don't "deserve" a cover? Shouldn't the fact that they're attractive be the most important criteria? Don't get me wrong, I don't think this cover succeeds in making Jen look her best at all (I do happen to think there is something attractive about her), and as usual Vogue put a crap photo on the cover and left a much, much better photo for the editorial which is insane to me. But I think because we've become so numbingly used to seeing celebs on the cover of Vogue/Bazaar/W the criteria for what makes a worthy cover subject has been completely distorted.

As for the article, I'm honestly a little shocked by how nasty some of the "get over it" comments are. Yes, we're all sick of hearing about the break up (and that's the media's fault more than Jen or Brangelina's as far as I'm concerned). But my god, cut this woman some slack! She got dumped for a woman who's resume includes succubus/homewrecker under special skills with all of the accents she's learned. Regardless of whether there was a strain in the marriage before Angelina sunk her claws into Brad or not, that still has to hurt a LOT. And it's not as if Brangelina slunk into the shadows to live their life together like the case would be if the parties involved weren't famous. No, they shouldn't have to walk on eggshells because Jennifer is going to get her feelings hurt, but people have to realize that when the hurt/failure is constantly in your face it makes it that much harder to just get the f*** over it.

Excellent Post! Bravo! I feel exactly the same way about celeb covers and the Jen/Brangelina situation.

 

[clo]

Can't wait for Raquel now! Although her ed is by Sims, I clearly remember Luxx stating that her hair looked a lot better than last months. Well, as I think last month her hair wasn't that bad, this time it can only be a real treat!

 

[loladonna]

I would love to see more of Lakshmi Menon. What a beauty! I'm glad to see she is darker-skinned and not the typical popular fair-skinned Indian model who might as well be white.

 

[clo]

I would love to see more of Lakshmi Menon. What a beauty! I'm glad to see she is darker-skinned and not the typical popular fair-skinned Indian model who might as well be white.

I entirely agree with you. She is the typical Indian beauty, not the Bollywood type of beauty. Maybe this is only her first step to bigger things in Vogue. Catherine McNeil also started small and now she has an editorial virtually by herself, so who knows? I've got big hopes for Lakshmi.

 

[Luxx]

I have a few things scanned already but Imagevenue wasn't working for me last night. It appears to be working now so I'll start uploading.


Also in this issue there are a few other interesting things.


Models:
1. Rachel Clark accompanying an article on Bruce
2. Ali Stephens accompanying an article on Devi Kroell
3. Lakshmi article! How wonderful that they're embracing her!
4. Suzanne Diaz accompanying an article on unusual new accessories.

Actresses

1. January Jones article and picture
2. Paz Vega article and picture

Those were the things I picked out that I thought would be of tFS interest.

I appear to be using smileys as a rating system now...

 

[vogue28]

It's great to see Lakshmi in us vogue
I'm looking forward to seeing some of the eds.

 

[Luxx]

And were off!

Costal Blend
Ph. Mario Testino
Fashion Editor: Tonne Goodman
Model: Catherine McNeil & Jon Hamm



Image Credit | Scanned by Me from Vogue US December 2008

 

[bluedolphin]

woowoo, really great

 

[vogue28]

Fantastic editorial I love the vibrant colours
thanks for scanning Luxx

 

[_rumc_]

i love the ed!! thanks for scanning

 

[Luxx]

In the Line of Beauty
Ph. Prabudha Dasgupta
Model: Lakshmi Menon
Author: Sally Singer




Scanned by Me from Vogue US December 2008

 

[surrealseven]

Love the Coastal Blend ad, the colours are brilliant, McNeil looks incredible

Thanks for scanning, Luxx!

 

[dior_couture1245]

SOOOO happy for Lakshmi! A great article (she's a really intelligent lady!) and she looks so beautiful! It was nice to hear what Riccardo thinks about Lakshmi and it was also great to hear her compliment JPG (he deserves major props...all those articles that have talked about the whitewashed runways for the past year or so always fail to give credit to JPG, who's runway never lacks diversity and he's cast, for example, Lakshmi and Sessliee since SS 2006, and now the fashion world is finally accepting these girls as the some of the biggest newcomers in the industry)!

(on a side note, the article says she's 25...I thought she was in her 30's...or am I just totally off!)

 

[TREVOFASHIONISTO]

Catherine's ed is beautiful

 

[testinofan]

Really amazing this ed the color so glamorous i loveee thanks Luxx

 

[vogue28]

thank you for scanning Lakshmi's article Luxx

 

[clo]

Thanks for the scans, Luxx, you're a sweetheart! Still can't give you karma, though, damn! Coastal Blend is truly the perfect editorial! There's nothing bad that can be said about it! Catherine is perfect as a 50s diva.

 

[cesarcmma]

argh..I can't give you karma Luxx but thank you very much for the scans!

CAtherine looks stunning, love the colors!