Vogue France May 2025 : Adriana Lima, Joan Smalls & Lara Stone by Mario Sorrenti

[oaklee91]

The close-ups are magnificent. So much raw energy from Natasha and Lara

 

[Gonzalo]

Lara's majestic opulence is magnificent...

 

[kasper!]

This should have never been published. Alastair McKimm is completely off now.

 

[zacatecas570]

I've never been a fan of covers with models wearing sunglasses or not looking at the camera, the cast is amazing. I'd love to see the 6 as covers. But I'm happy to see Lara back and Joan getting the cover.

 

[caioherrero]

I think Claire and Alastair are copying all of Alt's previous work. I feel like every cover and editorial is a new version of something she did, but a worse, lifeless version.

 

[Alquimista]

Was Cyborg Naomi in the moodboard? Same flat parted in the middle hair, same gigantic forehead.

 

[aracic]

What a disappointment this has been... I approached the thread title with caution, fully aware that I'm likely to be let down and still - it's worse than I'd imagined. Atrocious photography by Sorrenti, with only several mildly redeeming photographs in the spread. Such a pity, considering the cast. It should be studied how he declined from such an inspiring photographer with a fascinating portfolio to whatever this is. But I guess that lately, all of the greats are following that same path. This would've been an event 10 years ago, but now it's something I'll forget within a day - and frankly, I do not wish to see any of these images again.

 

[crmsn]

Does the goddess energy need nine bottles of Red Bull?

 

[Mr Yayo]

F I N A L L Y !!!

She completed the big 4!

After all these years!

So happy for her!!! ❤️❤️❤️

Waiting for Karlie now

 

[Deleted member 116957]

I don’t get why people act like covers are trophies these models deserve just for… being a model.

 

[Fahrenheit]

Seeing Lara, Natasha and Joan brought me back good memories of the last collections editorial under Carine in the february 2011 issue when they were there, i hope Claire would bring back that type of editorial for February/August now that it seems she wants to bring back the old VP.

 

[jeremydante]

The angle is not good. Mario can do better than this.
Honestly, not sure there is much of a demand for either of the cover girls, though they are iconic in their careers, I don't really understand the timing of this. The covers look like look book images, so there's that.

Happy for them; but gotta agree with @Kimy Jo - I also hate it.

 

[jeremydante]

I don’t get why people act like covers are trophies these models deserve just for… being a model.

....they actually are though. What else would they be?

 

[Rigida]

The cover is giving Juergen Teller

 

[callmejaeden]

Heure de Départ (watches)
Maya Wigram and Romeo Beckham / photography by Noua Unu

Raphaël (interview feature)
Raphaël Quenard / photography by Noua Unu

Talents Bruts (actor portraits)
Noée Abita, Léa Luce Busato, Finnegan Oldfield, Alice da Luz, Sayyid el Alami, Abraham Wapler, and Megan Northam / photography by Felix Dol Maillot

Goddess Energy (editorial)
Natasha Poly, Irina Shayk, Joan Smalls, Adriana Lima, Lara Stone, and Liu Wen / photography by Mario Sorrenti

Envie de Met (editorial, reprint from US Vogue)
Anok Yai, Achol Ayor, Layla Etengan, Rejoice Chuol, Yar Aguer, Agel Akol, Victoria Fawole, Ajus Samuel, Laura Reyes, Ayo Edebiri, Spike Lee, Dapper Dan, Tyshawn Jones, A'ja Wilson, Justin Jefferson, / photography by Tyler Mitchell

Allure Palace (editorial feature)
Maya Wigram and Romeo Beckham / photography by Noua Unu

The back cover is a new Balenciaga ad campaign.

 

[Deleted member 116957]

Romeo Beckham? Oh, this magazine is dead.

 

[tigerrouge]

I have to be realistic - I could whinge all I like about this magazine, but the moment they put Frankie Rayder on the cover, I'll be considering getting an issue. They just haven't got me yet with the right form of nostalgia that lets me overlook everything else.

It's a bit like model bingo, you just have to wait for your favourite name to be called up for the cover.

So that's my personal cover prediction: Frankie Rayder on their cover at some point in 2025. Half a point if she only appears inside. I don't know what points I'd give if they use her sister instead. No bonus points for both sisters together, because I had my fill of those types of editorials at the time.

 

[Phuel]

^^^ I don’t mind Claire’s Vogue. It’s nowhere close in the league of Carine’s and Emmanuelle’s of course. But we’re not in better days anymore, and even with the blatant tributes to/ripoffs of Helmut Newton/Guy Bourdin/Jean Paul Goude, she’s still bringing back a French identity and smoulder. The AD is doing a lot of heavylifting because even Romeo Beckham, who’s inherited his mum’s dead-in-the-eyes stare and possesses all the charisma of a dead catfish, the story is still solid. And that's worthy praise.


"Goddess Energy"
Photographer: Mario Sorrenti
Stylist: Alastair McKimm
Hair: Damien Boissinot
Make-up: Yadim Carranza
Models: Lara Stone, Joan Smalls, Adriana Lima, Natasha Poly, Irina Shayk & Liu Wen
Credits @Zorka





"Palace Allure"
Photographer: Noua Unu
Stylist: Dan Sablon
Stars: Maya Wigram and Romeo Beckham


Vogue France May 2025

 

[Ribs666]

I don’t know if Romeo Beckham is necessary but

“goddess energy” is a little corny girl bossy for me… and some of the shots give sophisticated Craigslist escort but I appreciate Claire is trying and probably has a budget of nothing.

The sunglasses and some of the angles are throwing me off a bit and I love a French Vogue lingerie editorial but I think it is lacking sensuality.

 

[Deleted member 116957]

I'm not buying the hope people have for this magazine under Claire, it's like how a seventeen year old would design Vogue Paris in 2014.