Vogue Czechoslovakia November 2021 : Simona Kust by Arseny Jabiev

[Alien Sex Friend]

made by Russian team photographer Arseny Jabiev and Russian vogue fashion director Olga Dunina shot on a back of Moscow Kremlin, you see the newspaper with Russian opposition leader Navalny. this is very political cover as well as this pills matrix reference and it seems to me that this is the launch of a vogue global policy, where all teams working internationally

 

[oaklee91]

I like it.

 

[Bertrando3]

Nope. It looks like a montage of a fake background and a lookbook kind of a shot. It's not cover worthy.

 

[MulletProof]

shot on a back of Moscow Kremlin, you see the newspaper with Russian opposition leader Navalny. this is very political cover as well as this pills matrix reference and it seems to me that this is the launch of a vogue global policy, where all teams working internationally

Thanks for this!, definitely helps to look at it differently and even though, from a more 'fashion' perspective, the cover could've been better in terms of.. everything (styling, art direction, photography), this sort of more aggressive and pure political commentary feels refreshing after all the attempts of fashion to make politics a matter of morality or 'doing the right thing'.

Also love Simona.. she's one of the few models out there right now who seems to have an authentic sense of style and a pretty solid understanding of fashion and art (due to her parents, I guess) and she's adorable, but I'm constantly amazed at how her covers repeatedly make her look so pedestrian and even harsh.

 

[Phuel]

Admirable political gesture aside, her pose is awful: Looks like she's pulling her skirt up to pee.

 

[Horizontina]

The blatant disregard for beauty renders this cover actually beautiful. Deconstructing Vogue conventions may prove a slippery slope, specially when done with the intention of making a political statement. Yet, this cover manages to subvert the usual Vogue aesthetics and get the message through. The latter is not necessarily a consequence of the former, though. I love how this works as a fashion magazine cover and as a commentary on politics simultaneously, without being predictable at either. The one thing that comes as no surprise is Simona being fantastic, as expected.

 

[VogueGirl8910]

Fine covers with a theme than fits so well back on the late 90's & early 2000's.