V #79 Fall 2012 : Nicole Kidman by Mario Testino

[stereo]

source: facebook.com/vmagazine

don't know why I expected anything classy

 

[Deleted member 116957]

It kind of ties in with her character in that movie The Paperboy though. So, I don't think keeping it "classy" was the point.

 

[ChristyLeReveur]

great cover tho i dont like the hairstyle

 

[Fontastic]

I was not expecting this when I opened the thread... I love Nicole, but this is really bad.
And the headlines on the sides are not helping... "Keeping up with the Kardashians", "Lady Gaga flashes"... (and I stopped reading).

 

[testinofan]

by Mario Testino

 

[congacon]

i see saskia and laetitia on the cover

 

[marusenka]

blah ...

 

[cottonmouth13]

I think I like it. It's just the hair that messes it up a bit though.

 

[Alien Sex Friend]

a night in Bangkok with Saskia De Brauw
Kati Nescher adventures in Istambul

i assume it`s like report-photos, not a true photosessions, however would be cool if i`m wrong, coz Laetitia is mentioned on the cover too while she` s having an ed, so...

and by the way this is the first time when Mario Testino collaborates with stylist Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele. (she styled the cover)
i can`t remember them worked together before, correct me if i`m wrong

 

[testinofan]

Making Of.
Photographer: Mario Testino
Styling: Carlyne Cerf De Dudzeele

 

[penny609]

The headlines leave me cold at best or even sometimes would make me run away as fast as my poor legs can carry me...

I'm not a fan of Laetitia's work at all but for those who expect something amazing on this side, I'm afraid to read "Choupette" just next to her name so I think it has good ingredients to be quite lame.

 

[Srdjan]

I'm looking at this photoshop cr*p and I'm thinking yeah right.

 

[Deleted member 116957]

I'm not a fan of Laetitia's work at all but for those who expect something amazing on this side, I'm afraid to read "Choupette" just next to her name so I think it has good ingredients to be quite lame.

Of course it'll be lame, it's shot by Karl.

 

[VogueDisciple93]

... No

 

[mikel]

Unexpected. She looks interesting.

 

[Miss Dalloway]

Well huge kudos for being game to do this, she does look like her role from The Paperboy, even the wig! I certainly wouldn't expect Kidman to be willing to go this route for the magazine cover, but if the face was slightly better this would have been great.

 

[2ou3choses]

Laetitia's ed with Choupette was posted in her thread a week ago. Here it is:

V#79 Fall 2012
Glamour Puss
Photographer: Karl Lagerfeld
Stylist: Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele
Model: Laetitia Casta
Make-Up: James Kaliardos
Hair: Odile Gilbert

vmagazine.com via Melancholybaby

 

[penny609]

^Thanks for posting. As expected... Well, provided I'm not fond of Laetitia's work at all, I would have had troubles to like it anyway but when I strictly stick to the composition of pictures, the ideas behind etc. there is nothing I find interesting, inventive or even eye-appealing.

All in all, it made me think of the magazines I used to love and love to buy a few years ago. Most of them have become caricatures of themselves and I'm a bit sad of this. V Magazine's evolution is probably the most symptomatic but I've noticed it with 10 Magazine as well. I was first unsure about Love then warmed up but it turned out to be quickly a little repetitive for a publication released only twice a year. Then we had Dossier who followed the same route and 032c isn't as spicy and tasty as it used to. Dazed and i-D have interesting editorials quite often but haven't seen any complete issue that wows me lately.

I used to read V almost page by page and I say read not just look at the photographs. Now the topics and themes have flown away quite far from anything I like.

 

[Melancholybaby]

The whole cover is unexpected, I expected something more conservative for her, but the deep-fired blonde=brunette hair is all kinds of awful. Hopefully, the issue has some decent editorials.

 

[GIVENCHYlover]

Reminds me of Britney Speras.