Franca was more commercial at L'Uomo. Most of her issues were with celebs/personalities. She almost pulled fashion stories, and it was close to American/British magazines. L'Uomo maybe was a better magazine to read than to look for inspiration as her Vogue Italia. I take Franca over Anna though, no one in the last 30 years can be compared to her (maybe a bit Liz Tilberis, but she wasn't in the same place too long as Franca). Anna is commercial, she's the editor of American Vogue, the heart of pop culture. In my last response, knowing the admiration of Anna to Franca, she can take inspiraton from her, but not copying all she did. That was the biggest mistake of most of the Vogue's from 2017 to now, doing their own version of Italian Vogue. When it's literal, is a total disaster. That level is too high and unique, that no one can do it as Franca/Meisel did. Anna and Franca shared Meisel during the 90s and 00s. He did covers for both at the same time. There are clear difference about the market in US and Italy, one more commercial and the other more avant garde. You can say the same about UK with their class and glamour (look at Edward now) and France, with the sensuality as identity. Of course this is almost gone because the global deal is happening, and the woman behind that is Miss Wintour. I tried to say she's not Cruela Devil, not at all. She has problems of adaptation and creativity in current times. She ruled the 90s and early 00s. Her Vogue was the big deal, different but at the same level as the other 3 of the big 4. Since 2014 it's been a disaster. Social media, the new icons, the digital era when no one reads print, destroyed this magazine. I'm pretty sure she's aware about it and she's trying to make a change.
