US Vogue December 2020 : Harry Styles by Tyler Mitchell

[MyNameIs]

Proof that gaybating is a lucrative game to play.

 

[WilliamsLe010919]

Love it! So refreshing to see something unexpected on Vogue US. Harry is a gorgeous man and can pull off any style of clothing.

 

[HeatherAnne]

So many other magazines have featured him in the exact same way, there's nothing exciting or groundbreaking about this. They should have featured him when he co-hosted the Met Gala, that was the right timing.

I also agree with those who say his style comes across as inauthentic, like Taylor Swift he's a great marketer and showing younger generations what they want and need to see (and hear).

 

[Deleted member 45369]

Proof that gaybating is a lucrative game to play.

A man in a dress = gay. Stereotyping much?

 

[Breathless]

Is this a sign Anna is about to exit? If so, the signal is loud and clear.

 

[KoV]

Is this a sign Anna is about to exit? If so, the signal is loud and clear.

Ambassador Wintour has a nice ring to it

 

[Fiercification]

I honestly have no problem with this LOL - I mean Anna has totally dragged this magazine to utter dirt in the last few years, to the point where most of the indies hire more talented/high-end, but also promising up and coming talent behind the lens. I mean look at how much classier the list of contributers (and content) in the latest Self Service compared to any issue from the F/W season from this once glossy "fashion bible".

It's a bad cover image, but it makes sense to have him from a marketing POV. People, particularly those with more traditional/conservative views on beauty will be up in arms (I mean look at some of the comments here), and his fans will go for it...maybe not purchasing the issue, but it will be shared and flinged about everywhere in the media. So long as we're not proposing that this is cutting edge or breaking boundaries, and to be honest I think that even Anna knows this isn't, even if they push the issue with that kind of tagline. She may be totally past it now, but she's definitely not dumb.

 

[dfl-001]

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Call me crazy but I actually like it. A subject like Ivana is the perfect reflection of the mood of the time. She represented a certain idea of a mass elitism, she was invited in Couture shows and she was that socialite that mattered in the elite world buy who touched everyday people.
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Oh...kay,
You are Crazy! lol

 

[KayKei]

As mepps put it, the pictures are nice, but very boring. We will forget about it when the next issue come out.
I don't see what Anna see in Tyler. She's pushing him so hard. Most of work look like they're from the same shoot.

 

[Lola701]

Oh...kay,
You are Crazy! lol

I think you clearly did not get my commentary.
Her being on the cover at that time is only great because we can have perspective today and look at it in a different way. It shows how far we have come as a society.

I don’t think Trump or his inner circle changed but we as a society, have changed. Gone is that simple glorification of success and excess. We have now more standard other than « financial success » to elevate public figures.

It’s insane to believe that all those years, the Trumps, because of the financial success had open bar in the fashion industry while at the same time believing, in their personal lives, in politics that would personally affect for the worse a lot of lives in that same industry.

 

[HeatherAnne]

A man in a dress = gay. Stereotyping much?

That's not what they said. Look up the defintion of gaybating "A straight person outwardly welcoming flirtatious behavior from homosexuals of the same gender in order to receive validation and entertainment".

I love Harry, but yes he definitely likes to be ambiguous in regards to his sexuality, when in fact he seems very straight -- dating Kendall Jenner, Taylor Swift, Camille Rowe, and on and on.

 

[KoV]

Even if we say him wearing dresses and such is inauthentic (I personally disagree with this theory), I don’t think it’s fair to say he’s courting a gay audience by doing so, or queerbaiting. I think his mostly female audience is *very much* into it, and he knows it. Also, dating Kendall and Taylor doesn’t exactly increase your “straight” cred.

 

[XxHigh_FashionxX]

Disgusting and foul. The absolute basest.

 

[dfl-001]

I think you clearly did not get my commentary.
Her being on the cover at that time is only great because we can have perspective today and look at it in a different way. It shows how far we have come as a society.

I don’t think Trump or his inner circle changed but we as a society, have changed. Gone is that simple glorification of success and excess. We have now more standard other than « financial success » to elevate public figures.

It’s insane to believe that all those years, the Trumps, because of the financial success had open bar in the fashion industry while at the same time believing, in their personal lives, in politics that would personally affect for the worse a lot of lives in that same industry.

Point taken.
and I don't think you're crazy, I was just being silly.

 

[Deleted member 141523]

Brad Pitt was going to be the first male solo on the cover of American Vogue

 

[honeycombchild]

At that time it would have made absolute sense for Brad to be there in terms of his popularity, but I think the reasoning would have been totally different to what’s happened here. Brad would have been there because he was seen as the ultimate pin up and desired by the female readers of the magazine (I’d assume) where as I feel like where we have arrived at now is Harry landing a cover because he’s part of the fashion conversation. Whether or not you agree it’s authentic or a puppet for one particular designer to play out his ideas on, Harry is part of that very current fashion conversation. And again, regardless of if you think it is authentic or not what he wants to wear a dress, I can’t help but feel it is in someways still very progressive for younger generations to see a guy, in the most mainstream magazine of them all, wearing what the hell he wants, owning it and not really giving a care about the fact he’s a man in a dress, it with nail varnish on, etc.
Whilst Vogue’s readership is of course predominantly female, there are a lot of young men who grow up idolising it as a magazine too.

I wonder if mainstream media had been this acceptable of things like this when I was growing up and reading Vogue as a young teen, would my experience have been different personally.

 

[tigerrouge]

Harry's on this cover because they've moved on to wanting to exploit the varied fan base he brings, because they feel the well has run dry elsewhere, and they're not even bothering to dress anything up as a dream anymore, the magazine does the bare minimum and hopes social media will do the rest for them.

 

[Les_Sucettes]

Awful! Who the hell thought that what we were missing this year in a cover of a female magazine was a guy? And this guy? He’s not even a talented musician to compensate for the stupidity , people are so hang up in gender norms that the only thing he needs to do is paint his nails that he becomes some “gender fluid icon”. He’s such an obvious pin up for people like Wintour. Let’s choose a guy that was never discriminated against to show how ground breaking we are. Clearly she’s counting the likes will come from people ignorant of glam rock or the new romantics. Even Kurt Cobain wore a dress.

Indeed if she wanted a man why not Joe Biden? Those Sorrenti pictures doing the rounds are actually quite good. He photographs well.

 

[8eight]

Harry Styles is probably the only person who can sell magazines right now. Fans are desperate for copies of Another Man and Beauty Papers etc.

 

[honeycombchild]

This forum has become so tiresome. We’ve gone from sharing opinions and view points to making grand proclamations that are passed off as unequivocal fact.

You can like it. You can not like it. Vocalise opinion about it, share your thoughts and opinions but never attempt to believe you own the exacting and finite view on anything, as you more likely don’t.

Don’t belittle what someone sees as being helpful towards those with gender curiosity or a need to approach things different. You may not find it any steps forward to gender neutrality or a modern way of thinking but some people will and it may help some people.

Where I grew up a male having worn nail varnish would have been a big thing. Seeing someone so popular doing it, would also have been a big thing. And I still believe it is today for some, regardless of what people believe is the intention behind it.