US Vogue October 2018 : Lady Gaga by Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin

[sixtdaily]

At least they are renewing their roster of models a bit (except for Gigi)

 

[tigerrouge]

And then to top the cake, you get a Gigi by Demarchelier (oh wait, it's not Patrick after all!) jumping or just doing nothing at all in some awful styling. God this is bad!

I was about to say we should give Vogue credit for moving on from Caroline Trentini... but on reflection, that was probably a mistake.

 

[fashionablymale]

She looks like Grimes, hahaha she don't even look like GaGa anymore, terrible cover and issue.

 

[apple]

• Sean Thomas - Photographer

• Katie Burnett - Fashion Editor/Stylist

• Tamas Tuzes - Hair Stylist

• John McKay - Makeup Artist

• Abby Champion - Model

• Lineisy Montero - Model

Instagram pony projects

 

[Rigida]

Lots of written contents but little fashion, the eds are very short it felt unfinished. Jamie's ed is the highlight of this issue, i wish it was longer.

 

[Perickles]

They always try so hard with her, but she never delivers. She always looks vulgar.

 

[MON]

That Lineisy editorial is a joke. What a waste of paper. Hope that’s an online exclusive and not on print, otherwise, printing that would put a tree’s death to waste. Thanks apple for the upload.

 

[Zorka]

That Lineisy editorial is a joke. What a waste of paper. Hope that’s an online exclusive and not on print, otherwise, printing that would put a tree’s death to waste.

Don't worry, dear MON, the mentioned feature DOESN'T EXIST in the printed issue.

 

[apple]

Don't worry, dear MON, the mentioned feature DOESN'T EXIST in the printed issue.

I feel so bad, I had seen it on instagram accounts of Vogue Magazine and the people who worked for it and assumed it was for the current issue. Please delete my post so it doesn't create confusion. I'm so sorry for my misunderstanding

 

[reesewu]

I feel so bad, I had seen it on instagram accounts of Vogue Magazine and the people who worked for it and assumed it was for the current issue. Please delete my post so it doesn't create confusion. I'm so sorry for my misunderstanding

No worries, though. But seeing photographs like that, whether or not they're being published on print, both angered and amused me because if that's what it takes to be a fashion photographer and a stylist nowadays, then I could do it right this second with my dirty laundry and iPhone.

 

[vogue28]

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[aracic]

Well, this thread was certainly more heated than this entire issue which is downright provoking a death of a magazine, but that's nothing new to Anna. Rip!

 

[Mathewthew]

Did I just saw Lucinda Chambers styling an editorial in US Vogue ?
I thought Lucinda and Vogue UK ends in bad term....
It's quite surprise or are they have so little budget for shooting that they need to use Lucinda's editorial ?

Haha

 

[dodencebt]

Did I just saw Lucinda Chambers styling an editorial in US Vogue ?
I thought Lucinda and Vogue UK ends in bad term....
It's quite surprise or are they have so little budget for shooting that they need to use Lucinda's editorial ?

Haha

Lucinda has styled quite a few editorials for Vogue US since her departure from the UK edition. I believe Mario is to blame for it.

 

[Mathewthew]

Lucinda has styled quite a few editorials for Vogue US since her departure from the UK edition. I believe Mario is to blame for it.

Thank you for telling me, I haven't check out Vogue for awhile. why would you say Mario is to blame for it ?

 

[dodencebt]

Thank you for telling me, I haven't check out Vogue for awhile. why would you say Mario is to blame for it ?

Mario and Lucinda are best friends and he is also very close to Wintour. I am certain he had a helping hand in this when Lucinda got fired to keep her career going, because I don't think Anna would have hired her on her own. And I say "blame" because I am not sure I like Lucinda's style for any Vogue, she is just repeating what she has been doing for the last who knows how many years - this editorial being no exception.

 

[JPineapple]

Did I just saw Lucinda Chambers styling an editorial in US Vogue ?
I thought Lucinda and Vogue UK ends in bad term....
It's quite surprise or are they have so little budget for shooting that they need to use Lucinda's editorial ?

Haha

Her first work with US Vogue was the cover of Pharrell with Imaan (december 2017), then she made 1 or 2 with Mario before his ban and -I guess- 2 with another photographer. Nothing relevant, btw.

 

[Benn98]

Having just flipped through this issue, I think it's probably clearer than ever that US Vogue has lost it's lustre. I should've known by the high stacks in the bookstore that this issue wasn't worth it. Yes it's been some time coming to be honest, but I'm just amazed at how hollow it is. There's no excitement or any image that make you go 'wow.' Maybe it's due to the sujects not being up my alley? Anna's banging on and on about Germanotta and Karlie in her editor's letter, but I'm not buying. Then there's Stormy. And if that's not enough, drivel in the form of longform text that is the food feature on eggs.

A mediocre puff piece about Margiela's new fragrance, and here not even the Leibovitz shot is anything to write home about, and maybe the Duckworth and Columba stories are vaguely interesting. It's just not enough. I don't know who this magazine is aimed at. Too politically mature for millenials, yet too immature in fashion content to appeal to anyone over 45+. I suppose this is what happens when you want everyone to be your audience.

How can she repair all this? Firstly, narrow down VLife! It's unnecessarily lengthy, and definitely make it more visual. It's way too heavy on text. Also, by visual I mean actual images. Leave the paintings for W and illustrations for Glamour. This is Vogue, there's no need for glamour to be that intellectualised. It looks out of place next to the cheesy Peter Thomas Roth and Disney ad campaigns. And while you're at it, brainstorm a new title because VLife sounds a lot like the title of an insurance scheme.

Sharpen you editor's eye! For many years Anna had a knack for balance of editorial styles. With this issue it clearly failed her. Stylistically speaking, the three fashion edits are too alike. While I did sympathise with Lucinda when she was so abruptly sacked, I can still admit that she's not a great fit for US Vogue. The problem is that she's doing precisely what she did at British Vogue. Cluttered layering in a dour setting! What makes it worse is this time around it's right next to equally dour images of Hawkesworth and Nickerson doing a lighter version of that. Once you exclude that gleaming shot of the model in glitter, with the sunlight shining through the window. Flip past a few more pages and you'll find Wetherell playing at being Demarchelier in a story styled by Bickham. While not another piling edit, the colourful styling doesn't quite set it apart from the former two. Where's that one 'to the point' filler edit styled by Bruno, just to lighten things up and offer some variety?

That same editor's eye should be applied to the photographer casting.

Pay your advertising department a surprise visit because all these cheap ads are slowly ruining Vogue's prestige. We all know L'oreal is a big spender, and I can somehow deal with Maybelline thrown in to amp up your income. But adding Garnier, Ponds, Neutrogena to it all cheapens the magazine to Cosmo level. I'm amazed at the lack of hf fashion campaigns in this issue.

 

[Miss Dalloway]

^ Not just this issue, the entire year worth of issues has been AWFUL! I am a long term reader of US Vogue, i appreciated it's commercial high gloss, and most things people here resented (if i want something edgy, or super high fashion i go to others like VI or some indie magazines), but the way Wintour has drastically changed this title is really jarring! Honestly, i ask myself the same freaking question, who is she aiming at? Who is her target audience these days? It's so try hard, and unappealing, and my god the art direction is just terrible! SO many sections need a major overhaul!

Wintour seems to prefer being a business woman these days, so i wonder why she didn't leave this year, and just be CN AD!