Vlada Roslyakova

[pavonine]

OK, so she believes men shouldn't cross-dress. Well, that's her opinion, I guess, though it does give one the impression that she may be not be as liberal and as accepting as we generally expect people working in fashion to be.

Then again, she Russian, and whilst I'm not generalising or suggesting that this applies to ALL Russians, Eastern Europe as a society is in general less accepting and liberal than, say, the UK or France or Scandinavia or Canada or the more liberal states of the US. I'd say it's easier to be LGBT in London or NYC than in Omsk. Although, one would've thought that years of travel and exposure to tolerance would've rubbed off on her and made her rethink her stance.

Still, I like her, and I truly hope that any redeeming nuance was lost in translation.

 

[pavonine]

It's misogyny at its best: femininity is viewed as being weak while masculinity is accepted as being a powerful, admirable trait by the majority of the world.

Precisely!

Almost all societies in this world - even supposedly equal ones like the Western ones - are still varyingly patriarchal. It's OK for a woman to dress like a man as that's not considered degrading, but for a man to betray the slightest suggestion of femininity is tantamount to laying himself open to scorn and sneers and judgement, both by men as well as women. These are regressive and bigoted attitudes which need to be confined to the dustbin, not made excuses for.

 

[Psylocke]

She has an editorial in the March issue of US Elle!

#8 - The Seeker
PH: Laurie Bartley
Model: Vlada Roslyakova

via kroqjock (US Elle March '12)


And about that Andrej comment: TBH I just find it refreshing when a model expresses her opinion at all about something controversial, whether I agree with it or not. I certainly don't understand how she can think the way we have to dress is determined by our sex/gender but if she just happens not to like seeing men dressed up as women, so what. Many people don't like it, sadly. But Andrej owes his whole success to the fact that people are still shocked by the sight of feminine boys so he can't even complain much. But hopefully he will warm people up to the fact that it's completely fine to dress just the way you want regardless of what other people think.

 

[visualoptimism]

elle us march 2012
the seeker
model: vlada roslyakova
photographer: laurie bartley
stylist: kate lanphear
hair: bok-hee
make-up: ayami nishimura





vampirehorde @ fashion scans remastered

 

[maimon]

WoW VLADA looks incredible in this ed

 

[Lifeispeachy]

I'm loving it, this is exactly the kind of ed in which I love Vlada

 

[jiaqi]

is it the first time she is on us elle?

 

[Greenway]

elle uk march 2012
marry the night
model: vlada roslyakova
photographer: david slipjer
stylist: anne-marie curtis
hair: tomohiro ohashi
make-up: mary-jane frost



my scans

 

[The Moon]

The seeker campaign in Elle is incredible. Unique, modern, interesting.. and Vlada looks absolutely amazing in it.

 

[maybelaterblue]

The US Elle ed is not something I would have expected but it's beautiful, I love the lighting. Love seeing her in Elle UK too, one of my favourite models in my favourite UK magazine.

 

[ad041715]

That US Elle editorial is beyond beautiful. Haven't seen her do such a visually stunning ed in quite a long time. I'm also glad she is in a US magazine

The styling is also impeccable.

 

[Lifeispeachy]

Thanks for the scans Greenway btw I think you forgot one picture of the ed ^^

 

[kostadinka]

There are two shows which Vlada never done: balmain and emporio armani..she did 824 shows (rtw+hc+resorts), its record i guess,great for her..f.e poly did 757 shows, kasia did 525 shows
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[jiaqi]

kasia and poly are hardworkers too, but it surprises me that vlada has done that many more shows than even these two

 

[Greenway]

@Lifeispeachy that is all 9 of them, there is one that goes with the last one but its a slither of black and the rest of the page is white so i didnt know if anyone needed that

 

[atooomic]

Her editorial for american Elle is stunning, absolutely stunning. It could be just another beautiful editorial, but that one is breathtaking. And the ed for british Elle is beautiful as well.

 

[fonghay]

'The Seeker' is something that you would not expect from Vlada.The melancholy mood,the background and the expressions she gave...everything complements with one another so well.

Also thanks Greenway for scanning the ed in UK Elle. It looks fabulous as well

 

[Lifeispeachy]

@Lifeispeachy that is all 9 of them, there is one that goes with the last one but its a slither of black and the rest of the page is white so i didnt know if anyone needed that

But what about this one ?

 

[alice]

^
Actually Greenway has uploaded this shot. I guess he just missed posting this.

scanned by Greenway

Still, thanks for scanning, Greenway. Amazing ed!

 

[Lifeispeachy]

Oh ok thanks