Received my print subscription copy, in the UK, this comes with the On Time watch supplement.
The main issue is 120 pages, the supplement is 96 pages.
As something designed to bolster an interview about being a "family man", this cover shoot fits right in, but it's the sort of generic production that seems to get applause when it appears in a men's magazine, but derision when people see the same in a woman's one.
There's a gatefold Chanel campaign inside the cover (Brad & Penelope) as well as a Chanel Mademoiselle fold-out in the social section, with candid shots from the VF Oscars after-party.
The editor's letter talks about former VF contributor Dominick Dunne, as this issue contains an excerpt from another family member's account of the murder of Dunne's daughter, which was the event which propelled Dunne to start writing for the publication.
- The Vanities person is the singer Tyla;
- After the cover story, there's the traditional Mark Seliger Oscars portfolio;
- Then it's an article about the Catholic Church, female fertility and nuns' urine;
- Followed by a look at Zero Bond, a NY private members club;
- Then the book excerpt about Dominique Dunne;
- Then something about Jim "Fergie" Chambers, a US heir who's become "America's go-to radical communist";
- Back page Proust questionnaire goes to Alfred Molina, I remember first watching him on TV in The Accountant, let me appal myself by looking up the year... 1989.