US Vogue March 2023 : Erykah Badu by Jamie Hawkesworth

[Deleted member 141523]

I think Alt had more trouble with diversity than Anna and that could be the reason that pushed her exit from VP, and Alex Shulman in her last years was pointed every month about lacking of representation.

 

[crmsn]

Just One Thing
Photographer: Sean Thomas
Fashion Editor: Tabitha Simmons
Hair: Johnnie Sapong
Makeup: Holly Silius
With Adut Akech



Vogue

 

[crmsn]

Unfinished Business
Photographer: Zoë Ghertner
Stylist: Alex Harrington
With Kendall Jenner

Vogue

 

[Kimy Jo]

Unfinished Business
Photographer: Zoë Ghertner
Stylist: Alex Harrington
With Kendall Jenner
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Literallly unfinished

 

[mikel]

Beyond depressing

 

[tigerrouge]

If Vogue doesn't bother, why should I bother with Vogue?

 

[crmsn]

Spoiler

Isn't she rumored to have an Italian Vogue cover next month? If this is her rumored cover shoot, then I do agree that it is...

Beyond depressing

 

[Kenny]

Photo from ebay.

236 pages. That's it.

 

[sanssoleil]

I hate Kendall Jenner far more than other nepo baby models (maybe I am forgetting about someone). She has no presence, no spark, so boring, there is nothing striking about her. Just lucky to have been born into the Kardashians. There are two beautiful editorials (Tomorrowland, the "asian" one in particular and the one with Adut). is 2023, Vogue was very very white for a while and dare I say at the very least passively racist, and the discussion on lack of inclusion of people like Lauryn Hill and Alicia Keys should mention that Anna frequently mingled better with white stars lol. Erykah is underutilized given that she was quite fashion progressive at times but this is Vogue, Vogue is status quo, Vogue is boring (mostly, sorry for being a hater, I cannot help myself, I am so angry about fashion these days). Now they're trying to make it up for that but it's mostly tokenism, a trend, an attempt to stay relevant (it says so on the cover!).

 

[crmsn]

The Contents section is on page 80 and this issue's only 236 pages thick. It looks like there's not much to see here for their so-called Big Spring Issue.

 

[Bertrando3]

OMFG ahahahahaha did they forget or not have to time to BRUSH HER HAIR or put MAKE UP on Kendall ????
She looks even more dreadful than usual ahahahah gosh Anna, just go away.
It's yet again another bad issue from cover to cover.

 

[Rigida]

I think this is quite a solid march issue. Unlike Vogue UK, all the editorials flows nicely and as a whole it looks cohesive. Even the Seoul ed doesn't look out of place.

The features photographed by Norman Jean Roy, Annie Leibovitz and Tina Barney gives a little bit of old school US Vogue gloss and glam to counter balance the more current "indie~simple~natural" eds such as Erykah's and Kendall's.

 

[Kenny]

I'm so happy to see some familiar names back on the masthead. But still this issue is a complete disappointment.

Photo: Screenshot from US Vogue March 2023 Digital Edition

 

[lagerfeld]

if anna wanted to put a black singer on the cover it must be sza i can't mention a song by this woman if it depended on my life

 

[Lola701]

I actually like this issue a lot…
It’s very cohesive and I feel like even when the model is weak, great styling and photography kinda balance the whole thing.

It’s a good issue of Vogue US.

 

[Jacque Marcel]

Terrible. Each editorial is trying to top the other with its awfulness.

 

[Fiercification]

I have to say that Adut's editorial is quite lovely and lifts my spirits somehow; it's the combination of the LA sunshine and her megawatt smile. 'Tomorrowland' has some beautiful images as well, but there are also some really pedestrian ones that disappoint and drag down the overall impact. No doubt these two editorials are edited better than they are in the UK edition, where they don't mesh with the other content at all.

Overall I feel that the days of US Vogue containing breathtaking, high-quality photography is just over though. That's not necessarily down to the newer photographers, but the lack of precision from the new cohort of editors, who are all pretty dire and just don't have the eye for creating powerful imagery in the way that Grace, Tonne, Camilla and Phyllis did. Anna just really doesn't care now I guess. Has there even been a Creative Director on the masthead since Grace left the position around six years ago?

 

[reesewu]

Unfinished Business

In the tone of that Gossip Girl meme:

Serena: "What did you give?"
Blair: "Nothing, Girl."

 

[KoV]

I like the issue, including some of the images from Kendall’s ed and Lila Moss’ ed. And 236 pages is downright monster-sized for an American monthly at this point. It was like twice the size of the other March issue I received in the mail the same day. Fight me!

 

[THD96]

Overall I feel that the days of US Vogue containing breathtaking, high-quality photography is just over though. That's not necessarily down to the newer photographers, but the lack of precision from the new cohort of editors, who are all pretty dire and just don't have the eye for creating powerful imagery in the way that Grace, Tonne, Camilla and Phyllis did. Anna just really doesn't care now I guess. Has there even been a Creative Director on the masthead since Grace left the position around six years ago?

They had that chance to make Tonne a new CD but instead, they gave her a Sustainable editor title for a fashion magazine (okay, whatever that means). Though maybe it working because I have no desire to buy new clothes when I'm looking at Vogue right now.

I don't if she is aware of it or if she is just comical, but the best thing about Vogue right now is Anna herself, not her magazine. Because her style, her demeanor, and her clothes still show that she has her standards and she will not lower them (just like you won't see her in those poorly executed crap of NYFW) so I don't know why can she apply that to her magazine.
I don't mind young photographers or stylists at Vogue because you always have to nurture new talents. But why not push them to meet your standards, why give them a pass and lowered yours? Time changes but quality should not.
Vogue US used to be exciting because if you want to be featured in Vogue your work has to look like Vogue. Like when Carlyne or MAS was regular contributors for Vogue, their work has their POV but it was still very Vogue.
I can say that in 2007 that Kendall ed will never be inside Vogue US.

The weight of Vogue is still there, it's still the most important fashion magazine right now, but it's just not the same anymore