Vanity Fair November 2025 : Charli XCX by Aidan Zamiri

[tigerrouge]

Just got my subscription copy, the UK version has 112 pages.

I don't know that much about her, so I don't have the compensation of being a fan, where you welcome anything with them on the cover.

I also don't hate the cover - I always like seeing someone new on the front of Vanity Fair - but because the cover image has a deliberate blurry or dreamy look, I feel it looks worse in print than as a scan.

Usually glossiness adds dimension to digital images, but when the original cover image isn't sharp enough, the glossiness only seems to emphasise the indistinct elements and makes them seem lacking.

I can see what they were going for, but it's just not going to be joining my VF Hall of Fame (also, the issue is so thin, you could probably push it through the side of a closed door).

I imagine there'll be many Charli XCX fans buying a copy for their collection, and not caring for any of the articles inside, which are mostly about the art world, a niche area at the best of times.

 

[Kimy Jo]

Just got my subscription copy, the UK version has 112 pages.

I don't know that much about her, so I don't have the compensation of being a fan, where you welcome anything with them on the cover.

I also don't hate the cover - I always like seeing someone new on the front of Vanity Fair - but because the cover image has a deliberate blurry or dreamy look, I feel it looks worse in print than as a scan.

Usually glossiness adds dimension to digital images, but when the original cover image isn't sharp enough, the glossiness only seems to emphasise the indistinct elements and makes them seem lacking.

I can see what they were going for, but it's just not going to be joining my VF Hall of Fame (also, the issue is so thin, you could probably push it through the side of a closed door).

I imagine there'll be many Charli XCX fans buying a copy for their collection, and not caring for any of the articles inside, which are mostly about the art world, a niche area at the best of times.

Can you tell me if all the images of the shoot is in the mag? And how many pages charli article has? Thank you!! 🫶

 

[tigerrouge]

Most of them are in there - but they're not necessarily full-page shots in the main feature, some of them are smaller versions used in the contents pages at the front of the issue.

I'm not seeing the one where she's sitting on the carpet anywhere in my print issue.

Also, the second 'art' cover shot isn't inside as an extra cover - there's only a smaller version of that shot at the top of an intro page for this issue's theme.

Her main feature is 12 pages, all told, including text and images, although the very last page of the interview only fills two columns on the page, rather than the full three.