US Vogue June/July 2020 by Irving Penn

[Benn98]

Does it mean like VI, they actually have content saved for the next issue? Because I refuse to believe they've worked on this in January or even worse case, February.

 

[Melancholybaby]

It could have been more beautiful if they featured the average American. I mean the editorial is definitely not focused on fashion. You literally have Lucinda Chamber's "art" piece, a literal stack of toilet papers, and Harley Weir naked in her bathroom with her man. The average American in her jammies would definitely not be an issue. This could have been more meaningful if they featured ordinary Americans. Doctors, lawyers, bankers, housewives, engineers ++

But then that would beg the question: who is the average American? A country so vast and diverse, with a population of 330 million people, surely that would be an impossible feat. Is the average American a furloughed mother of 3 with no health insurance? An immigrant construction worker? A middle class millennial working from home? And then the most important question: did Vogue ever really cater to the "average American" (whoever that may be)? It has always catered to the Cindys and Lucindas of this world, who are currently self-isolating in their country homes, help staff in tow, filling up their days with questionable art ventures. I'd feel kind of insulted by the empty virtue signaling of such a deaf-tone gesture, pretending that we are all united, tackling this crisis in equal terms. The approach they went with is still more honest, in a twisted/f***ed up sense: still out of touch, but on brand and in line with the kind of content and people they have always featured and catered to.

 

[matheus_s]

Does it mean like VI, they actually have content saved for the next issue? Because I refuse to believe they've worked on this in January or even worse case, February.

Did you stop to think that maybe the editorials and any other "drawer" context is irrelevant to being published now? there is no way to be naive in thinking that they did not create content. They must have content for about four editions - only none of them to be published in the middle of a pandemic.start thinking realistically

 

[kokobombon]

^I personally think it´s irrelevant to have "shot at home" editorials right now because 1) everybody´s doing them and they´re all terrible and 2) I can get that from free from all the models/celebs instagram accounts. If I´m paying money for a magazine, then I want an escape.

 

[kasper!]

Enough Kardashians...

How about asking fashion illustrators (classic let's say David Downtown) to draw an ed call "New Collections Preview" sorta stuff like magazines used to do a century ago...

 

[YohjiAddict]

Alessandro Michele and Maria Grazia could spend this precious time going through Vogue Runway and seeing what real, talented designers used to present. At the very least watch that Marc Jacobs Masterclass on fashion design.

Maybe once we make it through we don't have to endure their mediocrity any longer, one can only hope.

 

[caioherrero]

This is not good, sorry.

 

[aracic]

Did you stop to think that maybe the editorials and any other "drawer" context is irrelevant to being published now? there is no way to be naive in thinking that they did not create content. They must have content for about four editions - only none of them to be published in the middle of a pandemic.start thinking realistically

Yeah, okay. But how exactly is a fashion magazine going to affect the pandemic? There are so many comments about those covers being appropriate/inappropriate right now but it's a fashion magazine. I really don't pay money to read about pandemics and world issues in Vogue. I want to see pretty clothes on pretty girls in pretty locations. Because after all, that's what this magazine is all about. I strongly disagree that such content is irrelevant now because when I'm dying of boredom inside my home, I'd rather see Gal Gadot in desert than another reminder that world s*cks right now.

Very disappointed that we're once again stuck with goddamn selfies for editorials. It was tolerable the first time (two times even) but now it's just plain boring. And this is a June/July issue... it's going to be a dry season for fashion.

 

[tigerrouge]

I wouldn't pay good money to see fashion magazines produce content that's centred around "ordinary" things, I can look to real life for that - or at any number of news publications which employ writers, reporters and photographers who excel at recording, interpreting and reflecting on what's happening around the world.

Fashion magazines have always been in the business of selling dreams about what's out of reach for most people - beauty, power, wealth - but now they're suddenly afraid of seeming out of touch with the ordinary person?

At the core, there's no need for this identity crisis - people will never stop desiring to be special, to be different, to be someone else - so there will always be a place for anyone who can package and sell those desires right back to them.

 

[RedSmokeRise]

lol @ Ghesquiere's smizing for the camera

 

[Benn98]

At the core, there's no need for this identity crisis - people will never stop desiring to be special, to be different, to be someone else - so there will always be a place for anyone who can package and sell those desires right back to them.

Thank you! These selfie editorials more than anything show just how low fashion media must stoop for validation from a demographic that isn't even their own. It's more important what a nameless follower (who doesn't even know who Steven Meisel is) or a newspaper like The Guardian thinks of Vogue than the person who actually buys the magazine. I'd pity them but when you think of it they've sort of gotten themselves in that position.

Where's Cathy Horyn and all the others who were so quick to pen think pieces about 'What's Wrong With Vogue' during the 2008 financial crisis? Now that Vogue ticks all the 'correct' boxes it seems very few news outlets are rushing to applaud them.

 

[Rigida]

Need to see the full issue to make my judgement but the previews doesn’t look exciting at all.

I agree with the comments above, i hope this issue have a good mix between reality and fantasy.

 

[Handbag Queen]

Very upsetting that they've now also taken to doing a June/July issue. I wonder if this would have happened if we weren't all homebound.

 

[Yohji]

I wouldn't pay good money to see fashion magazines produce content that's centred around "ordinary" things, I can look to real life for that - or at any number of news publications which employ writers, reporters and photographers who excel at recording, interpreting and reflecting on what's happening around the world.

Fashion magazines have always been in the business of selling dreams about what's out of reach for most people - beauty, power, wealth - but now they're suddenly afraid of seeming out of touch with the ordinary person?

At the core, there's no need for this identity crisis - people will never stop desiring to be special, to be different, to be someone else - so there will always be a place for anyone who can package and sell those desires right back to them.

Well they can't shoot any new editorials so I'm thinking it has more to do with that than anything else. Unless they find creative ways to make editorials in people's houses?

 

[aracic]

Well they can't shoot any new editorials so I'm thinking it has more to do with that than anything else. Unless they find creative ways to make editorials in people's houses?

All those people are so-called creatives. Most of them spent good money and years studying their art. I know creativity is weak these days, but I refuse to believe it's dead. Spreading a bunch of amateur selfies in the simplest of layouts across magazine pages isn't at all creative in my eyes. I tend to always bring up Meisel in these situations, but the man is a genius.

Vogue Italia 2007, Live On The Web:

Vogue Italia 2009, Meiselpic

W Magazine 2011, Fabulous Fakes
(shot on webcam)

The possibilities are endles... all it takes is a creative mind and some effort.

 

[vogue28]

Very upsetting that they've now also taken to doing a June/July issue. I wonder if this would have happened if we weren't all homebound.

Very much doubt it. I believe the merging of the June and July issues is purely because of the on-going pandemic and the lack of ability to produce multiple content across two issues which would have variation as a result of social distancing. Plus, I think it relieves the Vogue staff at a time like this.

 

[gatocosmico]

Some of you forget that Vogue is a lifestyle magazine with a focus in fashion and beauty. This is what's happening now, the cover choice is just right. The inner pages reflect our current culture: selfish and lazy. Yes, the covid-19 changed our lifestyles, but this issue talks to the current Vogue reader. In this moment people don't want clothes or make up, they want to stand out in tik tok and this issue is that reflection. This issue will be for sure a before and an after for lifestyle publications and how they reach this new wave of Insta stars claiming for public attention.

 

[EricGallais]

B O R I N G, really!

 

[amby]

Postcards editorial...

Postcards From Home: Creativity in a Time of Crisis

Those who are featured in the editorial:

Karen Elson, Florence Pugh, David Hurn, Francesco Risso, Marc Jacobs with his dogs Lady and Neville, Maurizio Cattelan, Cindy Sherman, Ed Ruscha, Xiao Wen Ju, Adesuwa Aighewi, Juergen Teller, Peter Van Agtmael, Kim Kardashian West with her children Chicago West, North West, Saint West, and Psalm West, Virgil Abloh, Erwin Wurm, Alessandro Michele, Sienna Miller with her daughter Marlowe, Anton Corbijn, Tierney Gearon, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Harley Weir with George Rouy, Daniel Arnold, Camilla Nickerson, Annie Leibovitz, Steven Klein, Nicolas Ghesquiere with his dog Leon, Adut Akech, Chien-Chi Chang, Lucinda Chambers, Hassan Hajjaj, Jackie Nickerson, Kendall Jenner, Hunter Schafer, Collier Schorr, Enri Canaj, Jonas Bendiksen, Lizzo, Gisele Bundchen with her daughter Vivian, Martin Parr, Ethan James Green, Maria Grazia Chiuri, Nicolas Party, Ashley Graham, Guido Palau, Ryan McGinley, Bella Newman, Donatella Versace, Paloma Elsesser, and Mayan Toledano

 

[iriswills]

I assume this issue is digital only? If it is, that’s a bummer. It would be a nice last issue to purchase and I wouldn’t miss out on an Irving Penn cover.