(I mean, going to Gigi Hadid for advice, ANY advice???)
Or telling James Corden he's her 'favorite human being ever created'
. She's 23, btw.. I think it's more celebrity culture than naivety at play here. And don't get me wrong, I have no reason to doubt she's talented.. I haven't read her any of her books, just the poetry that has been publicized and.. just not the style I'm into.
I suppose dsmag's point is about the good ol' center of the universe complex that's common among Americans, but, I'll just say that this seems like a continual complaint in US Vogue threads "does she merit a cover? never heard of her here in Italy!". Just like Vogue Arabia will feature characters that are relevant to their society and that most of us have never heard of, American Vogue is no different and
needs to be able to communicate to potential readers (the kind that see this while waiting to pay for their groceries..) by featuring people that they might know not necessarily because they're huge international stars, but through domestic.. hype.
Now, entering pedantic territory here but as someone who's binged on the news in pretty much every continent, I've (loosely) concluded every country seems to harbor some obsession or irrational fear/interest/grudge/rivalry towards another country, usually their neighbors, and they will cover that far more than any other country (the US included). Obviously the elections of a powerful country like Germany or the US gains significant coverage, but the inauguration? I don't think that is something a national television network can afford to broadcast at its entirety in most countries, it's too expensive, not to mention mega cringey unless you are from that country yourself (what non-Brazilian person could stomach a 2-hour bombastic, chauvinist and pentecoastal-ish event featuring a bunch of Brazilians singing and screaming
'whoa woo woo Brazil, the land of the GREATEST!!'? ..exactly). So I wouldn't expect
anyone outside of America to be familiar with one of the participants in the ceremony, but I would be surprised if someone with an interest in American Vogue is not
at least vaguely up to date with American pop culture.