US Vogue March 2021 : Gigi Hadid by Ethan James Green

[aracic]

Gemma!

Why they haven't made that spectacular image a cover is beyond me... I don't even mind the Gabbana. She looks magnificent, so good to see her!
That being said... the rest of the issue is a mess. The page count is criminal! Vogue Ukraine had more pages for a january issue! January! This is supposed to be the big spring fashion month. What happened?

 

[GERGIN]

That shot of Gemma is breathtaking and singlehandedly annihilated the rest...

 

[mikel]

That’s it? Only one proper ed and a collection of some random shots?

 

[Benn98]

US Vogue March 2021

New York City, USA

Photographer: Gordon von Steiner
Stylist: Jorden Bickham
Hair: Mustafa Yanaz
Makeup: Grace Ahn
Cast: Jordan Daniels, Tislarm Bouie



London, UK

Photographer: Nigel Shafran
Stylist: Alex Harrington
Hair: Stuart McGaffer
Makeup: Phoebe Taylor
Cast: Edie Campbell



Mumbai, India

Photographer: Ashish Shah
Stylist: Max Ortega
Hair: Flavian Heldt
Makeup: George P. Kritikos
Cast: Pooja Mor, Naayaab Sheikh, Arzoo Thapa

Lagos, Nigeria

Photographer: Daniel Obasi
Stylist: Gabriella Karefa Johnson
Hair: Olarotimi Hallimat Olamide
Makeup: Pinheiro John Omololu
Cast: Temidayo Sanusi, Adesuwa Aighewi, Rebecca Fabunmi



Shanghai, China

Photographer: Leslie Zhang
Stylist: Tonne Goodman
Hair: John Zhang
Makeup: Yooyo Kyong
Cast: Xiao Wen Ju

New York City, USA

Photographer: Gordon von Steiner
Stylist: Jorden Bickham
Hair: Mustafa Yanaz
Makeup: Grace Ahn
Cast: Mona Tougaard

Byron Bay, Australia

Photographer: Derek Henderson
Stylist: Tonne Goodman, Leigh Williams
Grooming; Amanda Reardon
Cast: Gemma Ward



London, UK

Photographer: Jack Day
Stylist: Alex Harrington
Makeup: Thomasin Waite
Cast: Akon Changkou

Los Angeles, USA

Photographer: via drone
Stylist: Max Ortega
Hair: Jen Atkins
Makeup: Mary Philips
Cast: Kendall Jenner



Mexico City, Mexico

Photographer: DorianUlises López Macías
Stylist: Max Ortega
Hair: Erich Clemenz
Makeup: Adrian González
Cast: Marilyn Monroy

Paris, France

Photographer: Fabien Vilrus
Stylist: Max Ortega
Makeup: Aurore Gibrien
Cast: Mika Schneider

Balneáriou Camboriú, Brazil

Photographer: Gabriela Schmidt
Stylist: Gabriella Karefa Johnson
Hair & Makeup: Henrique Martins
Cast: Caroline Trentini

London, UK

Photographer: Bibi Cornejo Borthwick
Stylist: Camilla Nickerson
Hair: Cyndia Harvey
Makeup: Lucy Bridge
Cast: Adut Akech

New York City, USA

Photographer: Daniel Arnold
Stylist: Alex Harrington
Hair: Tamas Tuzes
Makeup: Dick Page
Cast: Karen Elson



New York City, USA

Photographer: Gordon von Steiner
Stylist: Jorden Bickham
Hair: Mustafa Yanaz
Makeup: Grace Ahn
Cast: Bella Hadid

Los Angeles, USA

Photographer: Philip-Daniel Ducasse
Stylist: Gabriella Karefa Johnson
Hair: Edward Lampley
Makeup: Grace Ahn
Cast: Hailey Bieber

Shanghai, China

Photographer: Xiangyu Liu
Stylist: Gabriella Karefa Johnson
Hair: John Minghu
Makeup: Valentina Li
Cast: Xie Chaoyu, Tang He



New York City, USA

Photographer: Paul Graham
Stylist: Tonne Goodman
Hair: Mustafa Yanaz
Makeup: Dickk Page
Cast: Alek Wek



US Vogue Digital Edition

 

[Benn98]

US Vogue March 2021

Forces of Nature

Director: Julie Dash
Stylist: Gabriella Karefa Johnson
Hair: Rachel Lee Wright
Makeup: Sir John
Cast: Chloe x Halle






US Vogue Digital Edition

 

[Xone]

They managed to make Trentini out of proportion and not in a good way....

Curious nothing have been made in Italy...maybe pandemic issues? Strange specially i see all the italian magazines producing their issues normally during the pandemic.

Why so much Max Ortega? He is so overrated.

A flat boring issue, saving 2 or three pictures.

 

[aracic]

Balneáriou Camboriú, Brazil

Photographer: Gabriela Schmidt
Stylist: Gabriella Karefa Johnson
Hair & Makeup: Henrique Martins
Cast: Caroline Trentini

Jump Caroline, jump!

There's definitely some great stuff among this mish-mash they threw together. What was the concept? It isn't cohesive, it doesn't look well put together, and even the good images get lost and overlooked in the overall mess. Would've been a very solid issue if they broke down this long mixed editorial(?) into smaller but more elaborate editorials: Gemma, Alek Wek, Caroline, Bella, Mona, Xiao Wen and even Hailey all had potential to be interesting editorials. But instead we got... this. Choices.

 

[Benn98]

US Vogue March 2021

Bright Ideas

Photographer: Mous Lamrabat
Stylist: Alex Harrington
Makeup: Karima Maruan
Cast: Athiec Geng



Photographer: Jackie Nickerson

Photographer: Fabien Vilrus
Stylist: Max Ortega
Makeup: Aurore Gibrien
Cast: Mika Schneider

Photographer: Mous Lamrabat
Stylist: Alex Harrington
Makeup: Karima Maruan
Cast: Athiec Geng



Photographer: Jack Day
Stylist: Alex Harrington
Makeup: Thomasin Waite
Cast: Akon Changkou

Photographer: Lucas Lefler & NicBurdekin



US Vogue Digital Edition

 

[GERGIN]

Jump Caroline, jump!

There's definitely some great stuff among this mish-mash they threw together. What was the concept? It isn't cohesive, it doesn't look well put together, and even the good images get lost and overlooked in the overall mess. Would've been a very solid issue if they broke down this long mixed editorial(?) into smaller but more elaborate editorials: Gemma, Alek Wek, Caroline, Bella, Mona, Xiao Wen and even Hailey all had potential to be interesting editorials. But instead we got... this. Choices.

Agreed.

I am grateful that they used professional models and photographers (mostly) unlike Vogue Italia....

 

[mikel]

Jump Caroline, jump!

There's definitely some great stuff among this mish-mash they threw together. What was the concept?

Don’t you get it? It’s ‘CREATIVE’

Glad to see that some things never change. What would US Vogue be without a jumping Caroline Trentini???

 

[Benn98]

They managed to make Trentini out of proportion and not in a good way....

Curious nothing have been made in Italy...maybe pandemic issues? Strange specially i see all the italian magazines producing their issues normally during the pandemic.

Why so much Max Ortega? He is so overrated.

A flat boring issue, saving 2 or three pictures.

Aww, no! LOL. I like Max Ortega's work, in fact next to Jorden Bickham's it actually looks masterful.
He styled not only the Mexico shots but also some of the Paris and LA ones, plus that Vogue China cover under Anna. Looks like he's on his way to the US Vogue masthead and I'd only be too happy. It's the type of basic styling this magazine needs.

I don't hate the main editorial, many of the shots are stunning and as Aracic said had they been full edits it would have been even better. As with last month I think it's great that a lot of underrated photographers are getting shine.

The best ones for me are the shots in China (so now that Anna is in China she's all about that country, lol), Mexico, Australia, Senegal and Karen Elson in New York. All the London and Paris shots are terrible, and nothing from Italy and Japan, fashion's go-to countries for editorials?

US Vogue is officially no longer US Vogue. It looks like a glorified version of Dazed down to this very multi-photographer concept which is actually a cost-cutting measure because they can't have paid these photographers much for single/double shots. None of what I'm seeing is grossly awful but it's simply not Vogue.

 

[THD96]

Overall a solid issue. They can have a tighter edit with no IG gang (what with Kendall picture with the red top, does she know how to model anymore?) more Wek, Ward, Trentini, etc... Love the Chloe X Halle edit, they look like sea nymph (or mermaids ) dressed in gold and glitter. Is "Bright Ideas" inspired by M du le Monde accessories editorial? if so le Monde is still far more superior.

 

[caioherrero]

My least favorite thing is Gigi. The rest is good

 

[JPineapple]

Forces of Nature

Director: Julie Dash
Stylist: Gabriella Karefa Johnson
Hair: Rachel Lee Wright
Makeup: Sir John
Cast: Chloe x Halle

YASSSS QUEENS!!!!

 

[YohjiAddict]

Free tourism magazines are thicker and more carefully shot. I'm now sure that hack photographers are another global pandemic...my hometown couldn't look worse!

Xiao Wen Ju by Leslie Zhang would have been an amazing editorial with more shots...at least chinese magazines give her talent the exposure it deserves.

Thanks god for the Vintage Magazine subforum, this issue was just depressing!

 

[Serend1pity]

That Gemma shot is gorgeous!

amongst all these other portraits some of which aren’t good but mostly ok. The gigi Ed looks even worse, I still can’t believe they actually printed that expression for the cover I’m sorry she just does not look in the same league at all!

 

[Serend1pity]

Los Angeles, USA

Photographer: via drone
Stylist: Max Ortega
Hair: Jen Atkins
Makeup: Mary Philips
Cast: Kendall Jenner

having seen Kendall giving 0% yet again I promise to never complain about a Hadid or Lila moss again!

 

[Ghesquiere32]

It’s so crazy that Gigi and Bella are sisters their modeling is so polar opposite and especially for Gigi being the older sister you would think she would be the stronger model but she sadly isn’t even that one photo of Bella in that awful Givenchy dress is better than Gigi’s entire editorial

 

[Kiyoko]

Gemma Ward & Alek Wek … sublime. True Supermodels

 

[Benn98]

It’s so crazy that Gigi and Bella are sisters their modeling is so polar opposite and especially for Gigi being the older sister you would think she would be the stronger model but she sadly isn’t even that one photo of Bella in that awful Givenchy dress is better than Gigi’s entire editorial

Exactly, what's even stranger is that Bella doesn't have a US Vogue cover when she's twice the model Kendall and Gigi are....... combined, who have multiple US Vogue covers. Even Hailey's got a cover.