Vogue España August 2023 : Sora Choi by Anthony Seklaoui

[vogue28]

 

[WAVES]

I like it.

 

[caioherrero]

This is beautiful

 

[Deleted member 141523]

1998 vibes! Love the minimal era.

 

[kokobombon]

I like it. Very fashion forward for VS imo.

 

[Avonlea]

Looks amateur. I hate the hair. Test shot at best.

 

[vogue28]

My favourite cover of Vogue Spain in what feels like forever! There's not a single element I dislike, and I just love how stark, graphic and impactful the cover is as a whole.

 

[simon]

She looks stunning. I love it.

 

[Bertrando3]

HATE the hair, weird 80's styling, boring layout = it's a NO for me.
NEXT!

 

[lhhbl]

such a beautiful cover! love the hair and make-up, neck for days, super sleek and chic

 

[oaklee91]

It’s okay.

 

[tigerrouge]

The "halfway through a haircut" look is not enticing me.

 

[justaguy]

Fantastic cover....everything works!

 

[FashionMuseDior]

GORGEOUS!

 

[crmsn]

The quality is very nostalgic. It's like I'm looking at Vogue before it became gloomy and lifeless.

Other than the pale makeup on top of a plain white backdrop, this is magnificent.

 

[MulletProof]

face-wise it's amazing but the little hairs around the face really bother me .. everything else works but that gives it an unfinished touch that kind of goes against how smooth and mysterious everything else is.

 

[Benn98]

Takes me back to Angelica Cheung's golden era at Vogue China.
Wonder what the content will look like. Probably reprints galore.

Sora's career is fascinating. At some point it seemed as though it came to a close and here she is, booking cover after cover. Maybe she changed management?

 

[Deleted member 116957]

There’s something off with the colouring for me, I think it’s a bit washed out for my tastes. But there was an attempt!

 

[Phuel]

^^^ Maybe they were attempting that overexposure style of photography that was so popular in the 90s— that Ellen von Unwerth made so gorgeously all her own… But instead of analogue, this image is all effected in post, with the brightness, and a touch too heavy-handed with the retouching (as usual these days), and this is the result. It’s an attempt at a style and POV, I’ll give them that. Unfortunately, it’s just for the cover select, cuz the its accompanying story doesn’t have the same style (and she’s part of a cast— that she easily outshines). It should’ve been only Sora; her shots are the most graphically sharp and seems to be for a higher fashion concept than the other two’s catalogue poses.

(There are 5 fashion stories, not including accessories and a few fashion features— 3 of which are reprints. It’s so hilarious how the reprints always stick out like smelly feet because they're always predictably so in-your-face with the headcount and mall-styling, with nothing to do with the region's culture and sensibility. Dan Mortensen’s YSL advertorial is the worst offender: Besides the outlet billboard aesthetic, the models' skills are on the level of department-store weekly flyer 101 that would send Tyra into a blazing rage.)

 

[tigerrouge]

This issue is now showing on my library's Libby service... 180 pgs.

The ads open with Omega watches, which does not bode well for anyone wanting to see new a/w campaigns. Yes, they're not happening in this issue.

The edits open with the Sora/Adut/Grace/Devyn reprint from UK Vogue, then the ballet/theatre reprint, then the Burberry bluebell reprint, and also the 'Anok at the newsstand' reprint.

Of course, there are always various short articles and little fashion stories at the front which often seem to be unique content, but the main fashion edits are reprints and there are no new season ads, aside from Dior on the back page. Unless you're madly in love with the cover, I wouldn't bother.