Vanity Fair 'The Hollywood Issue' 2021 by Maurizio Cattelan & Pierpaolo Ferrari

Hunter should've been the cover

 

The guy with the Buddy Holly glasses and Hunter look hot. This ed has the Meisel touch. Anyone remember the cover with multiple legs and arms? Hahahaha. Yeap, those were good times

 

Honestly I love it. It's fun, vibrant, something different. I really like the art direction, it's so stylised that it works for me and I'm glad they did that, embracing the fact they've (presumably) shot them all separately, and not trying to pretend otherwise.

 

I have mixed feelings about this cover and I feel that the 1st part (main cover) is the weakest, being Charlize’s styling the worse part. it’s completely out of place.

it’s funny coz while waiting for this edition to come out I was checking the previous ones and... even if I would like to give Ferrari’s creativity a chance it feels rather underwhelming.

 

On With The Show

Photography: Maurizio Cattelan & Pierpaolo Ferrari
Styling: Katie Grand
Hair: Adir Abergel (Theron), John D (Rudolph), Nathaniel Dogbey (Coel), Marcus Francis (Awkwafina), LaWanda Pierre (Lee), Ana Sorys (Levy), Ursula Stephen (Zendaya), Renya Xydis (Baron Cohen), Barber Jove (Jordan)
Makeup: Giselle Ali (Cohen), Kirin Bhatty (Awkwafina), Sheika Daley (Zendaya), Kelsey Deenihan (Rudolph), Kate Lee (Theron)
Cast: Spike Lee, Zendaya, Charlize Theron, Michael B. Jordan, Sacha Baron Cohen, Maya Rudolph, Michaela Coel, Dan Levy, LaKeith Stanfield, Awkwafina


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Calling The Shots

Photography: Michael Christopher Brown, Dana Scruggs, Jesse John Jenkins
Styling: Nicole Chapoteau, Wayman + Micah, Colomba Giacomini, Kelly Augustine
Hair: Angela Perrantes, Oskar Pera
Grooming: Brian Fisher, Jessica Oritz
Makeup: Latrice Johnson, Lucy Wearing
Cast: Lee Isaac Chung, Shaka King, Regina King, Emerald Fennell, Radha Blank


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Nobody's Ingenue

Photography: Gillian Laub
Styling: Nicole Chapoteau
Hair: Anthony Campbell
Makeup: Genevieve Herr
Cast: Amanda Seyfried


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Opening Act

Photography: Ethan James Green
Styling: Dara Allen
Hair: Sonny Molina
Makeup: Raista Flowers
Cast: Hunter Schafer


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Not their worst Hollywood cover, but right up there.
This one ticks all the pc boxes, so I'm sure it'll be lauded tho.
Also, Zebdaya is not a great actress, she's just pretty, and fits a certain "aesthetic".

Growing up I subscribed to this magazine, and it was glorious. Can't remember the last time I even glanced at it at the newststand.

 

Damn this is the magic we need to have Steven Meisel give us! Hunter is just so fun and interesting in both shots! Not gonna be mad if EJG becomes the next Meisel/Avedon copy-cat!

 

Criminal that they only used a couple of shots from the Hunter story, it deserved a 10+ page spread!

 

I feel like it could be so bad it looped back round to right? It’s weirdly camp and like a cut and paste job. It kind of amuses me.

I’m not sure that was their intention, but still. I’m amused...

 

Charlize has pretty wide shoulders and that top just highlights it.

 

God, the cover story looks like a bad copy from a editorial shot by Miles Aldridge.

 

Well well well

 

Do people still remember/care about the Hollywood Issue? It’s such a non event these days. Although even the SI Swimsuit Issue gets barely a mention in the news cycles these days so I suppose it par for course.

 

Hunter’s editorial is better displayed on EJG Instagram page and it’s terrific!

if Ethan is gonna be Avedon’s grandson I’m cool with it. Meisel won’t last forever...

 

It's giving me Paris Collections Issue vibes