Vogue China April 2023 : Shu Pei by Hans Neumann

[Hafyiez wafa]

Does this issue include Liu Wen's Vogue China Plus supplement?

No !

 

[TZ001]

This rumor is that this issue is now combined with the May issue. Du Juan is rumored to be the May issue cover star, but she violated the exclusive agreement, appearing on the cover of T Magazine China the same month, so her cover is cancelled.

 

[crmsn]

This rumor is that this issue is now combined with the May issue. Du Juan is rumored to be the May issue cover star, but she violated the exclusive agreement, appearing on the cover of T Magazine China the same month, so her cover is cancelled.

I hope they'll do a last minute cover with a model in one of their editorials. Or if the rumors are correct, they can push Liu Yifei's cover this month instead.
That's a bummer for collectors.

 

[crmsn]

Here's an article from Yahoo News about the shelved Du Juan cover + who will cover their May 2023 issue instead:

Margaret Zhang, Vogue China’s editorial director, has been publicly called out by Huasheng Media founder Chuxuan Feng on Weibo for being disrespectful to the Chinese market.
The feud between the two appears to have been caused by model Du Juan breaking a non-compete rule introduced by Zhang.

An employee at Condé Nast China, the publisher of Vogue and GQ in mainland China, told WWD on the condition of anonymity that after succeeding Angelica Cheung in February 2021, Zhang set up the rule that Vogue China’s cover face cannot appear on any other fashion magazine covers three months before and one month after the release of Vogue China’s cover.

Du, who holds the record for having the greatest number of Vogue China covers, was set to appear on the cover of the May issue of Vogue China, meaning that, in the magazine’s eyes, she cannot be currently seen on any other magazine covers.

But she appeared on the cover of the April issue of T Magazine China, which is published under Huasheng Media, a fashion publisher backed by China’s leading media powerhouse China Media Capital. She was also featured on the cover of the spring issue of Numéro China, published by Meta Media, where Adrian Cheng is a co-chairman alongside Thomas Shao. Du’s Vogue China cover was pulled at the last minute.

Usually, fashion magazines in China release the upcoming month’s cover in the middle of the month. When Vogue China did not make any update last week, there was speculation online that something had gone wrong. Posts about how Vogue China was scrambling to swap the cover at the last minute began to appear on Weibo and Xiaohongshu.

It’s understood that model Fan Jinghan, who appeared on the cover of Zhang’s first September issue cover in 2021, will instead front the cover of Vogue China’s May issue.

Such non-compete agreements have existed in the local industry for years, but with the number of major stars shrinking due to China’s crackdown on the entertainment sector, and the rising demand for magazine covers from brands and fans, such rules are rarely implemented. It seems that Zhang’s insistence on the policy is what caused Feng’s uproar.

Full article at Yahoo News

 

[Mathewthew]

Here's an article from Yahoo News about the shelved Du Juan cover + who will cover their May 2023 issue instead:

Margaret Zhang, Vogue China’s editorial director, has been publicly called out by Huasheng Media founder Chuxuan Feng on Weibo for being disrespectful to the Chinese market.
The feud between the two appears to have been caused by model Du Juan breaking a non-compete rule introduced by Zhang.

An employee at Condé Nast China, the publisher of Vogue and GQ in mainland China, told WWD on the condition of anonymity that after succeeding Angelica Cheung in February 2021, Zhang set up the rule that Vogue China’s cover face cannot appear on any other fashion magazine covers three months before and one month after the release of Vogue China’s cover.

Du, who holds the record for having the greatest number of Vogue China covers, was set to appear on the cover of the May issue of Vogue China, meaning that, in the magazine’s eyes, she cannot be currently seen on any other magazine covers.

But she appeared on the cover of the April issue of T Magazine China, which is published under Huasheng Media, a fashion publisher backed by China’s leading media powerhouse China Media Capital. She was also featured on the cover of the spring issue of Numéro China, published by Meta Media, where Adrian Cheng is a co-chairman alongside Thomas Shao. Du’s Vogue China cover was pulled at the last minute.

Usually, fashion magazines in China release the upcoming month’s cover in the middle of the month. When Vogue China did not make any update last week, there was speculation online that something had gone wrong. Posts about how Vogue China was scrambling to swap the cover at the last minute began to appear on Weibo and Xiaohongshu.

It’s understood that model Fan Jinghan, who appeared on the cover of Zhang’s first September issue cover in 2021, will instead front the cover of Vogue China’s May issue.

Such non-compete agreements have existed in the local industry for years, but with the number of major stars shrinking due to China’s crackdown on the entertainment sector, and the rising demand for magazine covers from brands and fans, such rules are rarely implemented. It seems that Zhang’s insistence on the policy is what caused Feng’s uproar.

Full article at Yahoo News

I think the publisher of T magazine China rebuke Margaret on his Weibo.

 

[Xone]

Well its obvious her peers doesn't like her or respected...not sure if it's about jealousy or they are right on their allegations....how is performing VC since Margharet? and i didn't understand some part of the article that mentions something about the styling of the covers....

Someone from China have more local info about that? to give us context...

 

[0st3nd]

Very funny that MZ has such an agreement but not a plan B…

There are also rumors on Chinese socials saying that Du Juan’s “cover story” was so badly executed that no brand was willing to pay for the cover.

Vogue China already posted a teaser of Fan’s May cover, so it should be dropped very soon.

 

[Mathewthew]

Very funny that MZ has such an agreement but not a plan B…

There are also rumors on Chinese socials saying that Du Juan’s “cover story” was so badly executed that no brand was willing to pay for the cover.

Vogue China already posted a teaser of Fan’s May cover, so it should be dropped very soon.

But didn't they usually finalized everything with the brands before the shooting?

 

[balmain1914]

She is basically an Anna Wintour puppet, she doesn't know the magaine industry at a professional level.

Very funny that MZ has such an agreement but not a plan B…

There are also rumors on Chinese socials saying that Du Juan’s “cover story” was so badly executed that no brand was willing to pay for the cover.

Vogue China already posted a teaser of Fan’s May cover, so it should be dropped very soon.