Vogue Australia January 2019 : Emily Ratajkowski by Nicole Bentley

[tigerrouge]

And the fact she has become famous because of that video, Blurred Lines, and now she has reinvented her brand as the new defender of feminism is pretty funny.

People with nothing to talk about will always hitch a lift on the nearest available bandwagon.

 

[333101]

It's actually a great cover, but that's purely down to the production value and photography. Emily's brand of modelling should never have extended beyond being a video girl but its amazing how far Instagram and non-stop prattling about nipples can get you these days
Bentley works wonders for this magazine.

 

[JPineapple]

And the fact she has become famous because of that video, Blurred Lines, and now she has reinvented her brand as the new defender of feminism is pretty funny.

The video happened like 6 or 7 years ago. In a lapse of time like that someone can learn and grow up about issues like gender or feminism but this is another story....

 

[woemwoem]

She just doesn't look like a model to me. I saw her a few years ago in the East Village. I've seen other models on the street and even if you didn't know them you knew they were models because they were so striking and otherworldly looking. She's not unattractive but her attractiveness is a kind of manufactured, artificial pretty, kind of like a Housewife of Blah, Blah pretty.

 

[carolisque]

COVER STORY

Photographer: Nicole Bentley
Stylist: Jillian Davison
Hair: Koh
Make-up: Kellie Stratton

Model: Emily Ratajkowski

Credit: Fashion Gone Rogue (fashiongonerogue.com)

 

[caioherrero]

Wow!!!

 

[HeatherAnne]

...Who even cares about this girl?

I miss Kirstie Clements' Vogue Australia so much it makes vile rise in my throat just thinking about her firing. They've sold their souls at Vogue Aus.

 

[fluxxx]

The shot with that Chanel earing is just gorgeous

 

[Benn98]

Yes Paco Rabanne! Come through with the paid cover of your Ambassador!
I like it. Well executed!
Her brand is sexy and she is doing it effortlessly here...

So that's what's happening here!?! Was wondering why Edwina would go with Emily, who's rather riff raff and doesn't really embody the Vogue Australia woman.

I'm glad that a niche-ey brand like Paco Rabanne can also have a seat at the cover sale table. God knows I'm fed up with magazines constantly rotating between Chanel, LV, Dior, Prada, Versace etc. So more unexpected brands on the cover, please! But, if that's who they're using to sell their clothes? Let's just say they must mean big business. That, and the decision to court Australia, which is a key luxury market. Normally the first option would've been to lure an indie for an advertorial. It looks like Paco Rabanne is ready to play.

A Vogue China cover is inevitable.....lol

 

[vogue28]

Absolutely love this, think it's perfect and nice to see Emily Ratajkowski styled in a more subtle and subdued way. I'm in total agreement with @[B]A.D.C.[/B] that Nicole Bentley (and Will Davidson) are a total credit to Vogue Australia - and anyone else they shoot for!

 

[Benn98]

Vogue Beauty: Here Comes the Sun

Photographer: Max Papendieck
Editor: Remy Rippon
Stylist: Djuna Bel
Hair: Ramsell Martinez
Makeup: Cedric Jolivet
Cast: Julia van Os




Vogue Australia Digital Edition

 

[Benn98]

Vogue View: She's Got Game

Photographer: Jesse Lizote
Editor: Alice Birrell
Stylist: Phillipa Moroney
Hair: Lok Lau
Makeup: Nad Nemonley
Cast: Kelly Gale


Vogue Australia Digital Edition

 

[Benn98]

Brighten Up

Photographer: Jason Kibbler
Stylist: Katie Mossman
Hair: Hiro + Mari
Makeup: Yuki Hayashi
Cast: Akiima



Vogue Australia Digital Edition

 

[Benn98]

God's Country

Photographer: Beau Grealy
Stylist: Jillian Davison
Hair: Sophie Roberts
Makeup: Victoria Baron
Cast: Atty Mitchell, Phoebe Combs



Vogue Australia Digital Edition

 

[Benn98]

Making Waves

Photographer: Jake Terrey
Stylist: Phillipa Moroney
Hair: Pete Lennon
Makeup: Nadine Monley
Cast: Stephanie Gilmore





Letter from the Heart

Photographer: Will Davidson
Cast: Joel Edgerton




Vogue Australia Digital Edition

 

[KateTheGreatest]

I'm here for Julia and Julia only. Why isn't she everywhere is beyond me.

 

[HeatherAnne]

I'm here for Julia and Julia only. Why isn't she everywhere is beyond me.

She was definitely robbed of a cover here.

Nice to see surfer Stephanie Gilmore as well, she looks gorgeous.

 

[VanTerminator]

She just doesn't look like a model to me. I saw her a few years ago in the East Village. I've seen other models on the street and even if you didn't know them you knew they were models because they were so striking and otherworldly looking. She's not unattractive but her attractiveness is a kind of manufactured, artificial pretty, kind of like a Housewife of Blah, Blah pretty.

I recently saw her new movie 'Welcome Home' (terrible cheap thriller) and I thought this was especially apparent when seeing her in motion. It's easy for a good photographer to find her best angle but seeing her move and the scene being lit in a way that aided the narrative instead of making her look good was actually alarming.

 

[Benn98]

Nice to see surfer Stephanie Gilmore as well, she looks gorgeous.

I particularly like that they've styled her in HF brands, and not just Nike or sport labels like magazines often do. Don't know her at all, but the pictures looked great.

Now that have my actual print copy, at a steep price, I must say I'm not disappointed with the issue. There's a fresh and bright visual sweep which starts with theur throwback shot of the month (80s model with her tshirt tucked into her bikini, surrounded by beefcake guys on a beach) two girls in gingham swimsuits swaying their hips around hula hoops, to Emily's story, to Akiima's bright and zesty edit. It's all rather pleasing on the eye and very diverse in mood, moreso in print.

It seems Edwina must've offered Emily a packaged deal. GQ Award for her activism and this Vogue cover. Even though Emily only got 2 pages of copy next to her edit, I simply couldn't finish all of it and stopped reading after her defense of dumbing down feminism in order to make it more palatable to Gen Z, and her banging on about her right to talk hard-hitting issues in a tank top and G-string.
Obviously Paco Rabanne got quite a few mentions in the piece, but their only ad in the magazine is for the perfume. 1 Page. Surely they do campaigns for the mainline? Missed opportunity, I reckon.
There's also a story on indigenous superfoods, but the most surprising piece in the issue is an in-depth feature on Virtual Reality, written by an Australian artist. Really enjoyed that, and quite impressed that Edwina chose to feature such an intellectual piece when most editors prefer to keep mainstream women's magazines either fluffy and superficial or heavily politicised.

Overall, for a month like January? Great issue.