US Vogue December 2025 : Timothée Chalamet by Annie Leibovitz

[alwaysademo]

Concisely, yes- it is necessary to cite credible sources in discussion of facts and documented history. Much like the TFS forum rules require, sources are always necessary. Also, I included the link for it's publishing date of 1999, this is a marker of foresight, as The New York Times has always been a pioneer of presenting facts and observations for culture ahead of others.

You can say this is obviously true, by today's standard. My sharing of facts was in direct response to @Patricio, so as to back things up and not just present opinion with no documentation. Which we often see throughout the forum with shared opinions.

We can be clinical about it or we can speak how we feel. Although he might or might not be factual, I agree with his sentiment.
Vogue lost touch with its core readers.

 

[jeremydante]

But at what cost?

Parsing this out completely separate; the 'cost' is commerce over art. Which is why all of us are so bothered by this cover, because it is pure commerce, and not art. Granted, this hideous cover will not and should not sell - Anna has long been condemned as commercializing fashion in a way that washes it out. Conde Nast should have forced retirement on her, it is time and the magazine has benefited from her vision, but now can stand on its own because of that history without her.

Fashion is about moving forward and embracing change, yet Anna will not budge? Go figure.
Influential? Yes, once upon a time- that time has passed.
Necessary for Vogue's survival? I don't think so.

Fashion always moves on. It's what we do. We move things. We evolve futures or meaningfully look at the past.

Timothee does not deserve this cover. I don't think he's as big a star as he thinks he is, or that PR machines want him to be. he is not "one of the greats". He does not interest me, has very poor personal style and appears boyishly unattractive, like a struggle through puberty. A novice, awkward and uncool. Maybe sellable to Gen Z, but not to me and my peers- I am certain. He had a spark of a moment alongside Armie Hammer until we found out that he was a cannibal. We're done.

I am ready for the reduced frequency concept that Chloe has, where Vogue isn't as accessible and is viewed as more of a collectors item. Not something you can laugh at and shake your head at the check-out at the grocery store.

 

[mepps]

I remember when I received my mint copy of Anna's first issue from ebay. My hand was shaking and I was wearing plastic gloves from KFC to touch the magazine lol.

Now this I can just dump it into trash can.

This took me out.

 

[ah ah]

Oh, Anna, the time has clearly come.

 

[ah ah]

I remember when I received my mint copy of Anna's first issue from ebay. My hand was shaking and I was wearing plastic gloves from KFC to touch the magazine lol.

Now this I can just dump it into trash can.

Looks like it’s time to put those plastic gloves back on. Best not to touch the trash bare-handed. 😉

 

[Ribs666]

It’s just bad and lacks taste. What a poor way for Anna to end her run. Vogue is girl world and is so iconically feminine. I’m a male reader—and I like Timothée—I just don’t want men on the cover of Vogue. I have GQ, Esquire, and Vanity Fair etc for that.

Men on a Vogue cover should only be used as an accessory

Disappointed, honestly.

 

[Creative]

They clearly did it for people to talk. It’s intentional so it’s boring. I honestly couldn’t care less about it.

 

[steeltoe]

The way I see it is that Anna did this on purpose to set the bar really low for Chloe. So that when she releases her first issue as EIC, there's no way for it to be deemed as ugly.

 

[Yohji]

It’s just bad and lacks taste. What a poor way for Anna to end her run. Vogue is girl world and is so iconically feminine. I’m a male reader—and I like Timothée—I just don’t want men on the cover of Vogue. I have GQ, Esquire, and Vanity Fair etc for that.

Men on a Vogue cover should only be used as an accessory

Disappointed, honestly.

I have to say, I think it's rather amusing that they would sooner make this terrible cover with a male subject than one to, say, Cynthia Erivo. The Harry Styles cover and editorial were infinitely better.

 

[NYLA22]

The way I see it is that Anna did this on purpose to set the bar really low for Chloe. So that when she releases her first issue as EIC, there's no way for it to be deemed as ugly.

If only Anna were that charitable lol

 

[jeremydante]

Men on a Vogue cover should only be used as an accessory

Precisely. This is female domain, allow it to be that and only that.

 

[Rigida]

Might be the minority here, questionable photoshop work aside, I think the cover is striking. The editorial has far worse photoshop work in my opinion lol

Also maybe Timothee is a last minute cover switch? Because the Vogue media kit stated that this issue supposedly feature an "Infamous mother daughter duo".

 

[MModa]

Might be the minority here, questionable photoshop work aside, I think the cover is striking. The editorial has far worse photoshop work in my opinion lol

Also maybe Timothee is a last minute cover switch? Because the Vogue media kit stated that this issue supposedly feature an "Infamous mother daughter duo".

Yes, what happened to the "mother daughter duo" theme? I was dreading but expecting this!

 

[VogueDisciple93]

This is hot garbage and anyone that worked on this, even the intern that got the lunch order, should be banished from employment.

That said, I will be buying because it’s HISTORICALLY awful and hilarious. My grandkids will not believe me from description alone.

 

[theshadedgaze]

Beyond terrible. The work of evil. A sign of the apocalypse to come.
What is everyone at Vogue smoking? Everyone should be fired from the top down. This kind of crap wouldn’t have even been considered as an editorial 15 years ago. And where is the fashion in the rest of his shoot? He’s wearing stuff that looks like it came off the clearance racks at Kohl’s.
Can Condé Nast forgive Mario Testino and Bruce Weber already? If the US can be run by a bunch of worse horrible men I don’t understand why they can’t hire a talented photographer again. And it’s really showing how much their glamorous images relied so heavily on them and others. Hell I would take Terry Richardson again too.
Just beyond exhausted how easy it should be to run a publication like Vogue but apparently everyone involved is brain dead stupid. I would say worse but probably would be banned from the forum. These idiots deserve to be smacked around for the waste of money they just printed.

 

[alwaysademo]

On the photography front (because I track this assiduously) Vogue still has occasional hits. Jamie and Ethan in a way are both platformed and nurtured by US Vogue. They got good assignments to showcase and perfect their craft consistently throughout the past decade. Especially Jamie, I think he really has been deemed in some circles to be reminiscent of a modern Penn (Anna's all-time favourite, everybody's really) Even Issey Miyake, Penn's powerhouse client seems to think so, they've been shooting everything under the sun with him for a few years now continuing their winning streak with a true master.

But I'm fuming mad at Annie. The Vitz was grooooooooomed by literally everyone since the 80's from Rolling Stones to Vanity Fair to be the next great American photographer and this horrific picture is what she decided to honor her working relationship with Vogue and the readers who put her on that pedestal? I mean I know I'm in the minority here but I stiil look at Vogue first and foremost for the pictures. Without strong images, I don't feel motivated to read what they have to say. Annie always got the best budget and the best subjects to work with... She represents American Culture in all areas: high fashion, music, cinema, the arts, politics, sports, even royalty.... in such a wholesome way. In that her career is irreplaceable, I understand why Anna gave her the last cover, she's a great asset. What I don't understand is why can't she muster up some courage and inspiration for this last outing with Anna? Why can't loyalty in such an ephemeral field be rewarded with an appropriate amount of reciprocal excellence? Annie has "a tendency to waver at crucial moments" is how Fitzgerald put it, Tender is the Night. She smears her own legacy and Vogue's with this. I was, before this cover came out, thinking of saying sth about how Chloe should keep Annie a US Vogue staple for high-end reportage pieces. Not anymore. Nowadays I run for the hill when I see her filters, it's like Braille.

 

[alwaysademo]

also pov: the most toxic person in Anna's circle is Baz Luhrmann.

 

[Patricio]

On the photography front (because I track this assiduously) Vogue still has occasional hits. Jamie and Ethan in a way are both platformed and nurtured by US Vogue. They got good assignments to showcase and perfect their craft consistently throughout the past decade. Especially Jamie, I think he really has been deemed in some circles to be reminiscent of a modern Penn (Anna's all-time favourite, everybody's really) Even Issey Miyake, Penn's powerhouse client seems to think so, they've been shooting everything under the sun with him for a few years now continuing their winning streak with a true master.

But I'm fuming mad at Annie. The Vitz was grooooooooomed by literally everyone since the 80's from Rolling Stones to Vanity Fair to be the next great American photographer and this horrific picture is what she decided to honor her working relationship with Vogue and the readers who put her on that pedestal? I mean I know I'm in the minority here but I stiil look at Vogue first and foremost for the pictures. Without strong images, I don't feel motivated to read what they have to say. Annie always got the best budget and the best subjects to work with... She represents American Culture in all areas: high fashion, music, cinema, the arts, politics, sports, even royalty.... in such a wholesome way. In that her career is irreplaceable, I understand why Anna gave her the last cover, she's a great asset. What I don't understand is why can't she muster up some courage and inspiration for this last outing with Anna? Why can't loyalty in such an ephemeral field be rewarded with an appropriate amount of reciprocal excellence? Annie has "a tendency to waver at crucial moments" is how Fitzgerald put it, Tender is the Night. She smears her own legacy and Vogue's with this. I was, before this cover came out, thinking of saying sth about how Chloe should keep Annie a US Vogue staple for high-end reportage pieces. Not anymore. Nowadays I run for the hill when I see her filters, it's like Braille.

I'm the same I still look at Vogue for the pictures but mostly fashion editorials.

 

[NYLA22]

also pov: the most toxic person in Anna's circle is Baz Luhrmann.

Funny to read this, because I just re-watched "The First Monday In May" and it was noticeable how asinine and banal his comments always were. Was asking myself, 'WTF does he bring to the table?' the entire time.

 

[alwaysademo]

Funny to read this, because I just re-watched "The First Monday In May" and it was noticeable how asinine and banal his comments always were. Was asking myself, 'WTF does he bring to the table?' the entire time.

Right??