Vogue France September 2023 : Dua Lipa by Mert Alas

[PowerDroid]

Ugly.

 

[Deleted member 1957]

The eyebrow look isnt for her but I lpve the colours. Imagine if that was Maria Carla in the ed and cover.

 

[Lola701]

I like Dua Lipa. I don’t know anything about her music and the few songs I heard…I didn’t like but, I feel like she has a genuine love for fashion.
Saw her in that fabulous Bottega Veneta dress on IG and it was a vision. A dress she probably bought and I love that…


That being said, she is not a model and she is not versatile. It’s not groundbreaking in anyway even if it’s « different » from everything around…

To make your debut as a solo photographer, a supermodel or a very active model would have been great…

 

[Fiercification]

Nope. This style of photography reminds me of why I stopped enjoying Mert and Marcus' photography around 2015/6 (such a gross time in fashion ). That horrible sharpener tool-esque filter that Klein and Sorrenti seem(ed) to love in the last decade as well. I guess we can blame it all on Mert then.

She's not an innovative artist or someone who I consider to have carved out a niche for themselves as a musician, at least visually, but she can look good in photos. The invisible eyebrows are doing her no favours here.

 

[ah ah]

Do I enjoy Dua Lipa's songs? Absolutely. However, my admiration for her music doesn't extend to her personal appeal. It's intriguing how vigorously the fashion elite endeavors to cultivate her image as a style icon, yet the outcomes often fall short. Sporting the most current iconic fashion pieces does not inherently confer upon you the status of a style icon; the result leans more towards that of a "singing" influencer. Despite enlisting top-tier photography and styling teams over the years to cultivate this image, it's evident that she doesn't quite align with the archetype of a fashion icon they are striving to establish. To be honest, this latest attempt might be the most successful in capturing a somewhat respectable fashion outcome. I must concede that I don't find it disagreeable.

 

[onlooker]

Yup keep that font on the cover Vogue France

 

[oaklee91]

Trying too hard.

 

[WAVES]

Dua has produced some strong editorial content. that fantastic Rolling Stone editorial is unforgettable.

I like the cover. it’s not groundbreaking and reminds me a lot of another cover I can’t put my finger on right now. less collar would’ve looked better too.

the editorial has really strong photos but it feels like half of the Versace campaign with Lily, Mona and Vittoria. exactly the same idea and mood.

fashion wise, this cover is still better than U.K. and US Vogues combined.

 

[Phuel]

^^^ This sort of alluring siren peaking out from a luxurious, dramatic cowl is hardly new and more of a standard trope at this point. Reminds me of the recent Mert & Marcus wannabes Luigi & Iango cover for Vogue Korea’s May cover. But it’s executed well here. Very 1987 glamslam goddess. Best cover and story Vogue France has produced. Feels and looks absolutely a solid intro to the autumn/winter season. Good enough.

 

[PowerDroid]

The cover screams Dune to me... I don't know why. I dislike Dune. But I thought, great! M&M on Vogue France, at least VF is moving on from the millennial photographers that they have stubbornly used for the past 2 years. Until I saw the editorial...
Sweet baby Jesus help us. What in the world is that?
I guess everyone is running out of ideas, or running out of other people's ideas (remember when M&M were 'inspired' by jeff Bark?) lol....
Not feeling great about this.

 

[balmain1914]

WHAT A MESSSSS....
If you can't afford Carine on this cast, then don't take a discounted Carine vibe here....from hair to clothes....nothing works here.

 

[aracic]

This is not Mert's solo debut, he shot Kendall (and himself) for Vogue Turkey on his own some years ago. But that sort of made sense. I'd like to know why Marcus is missing here...

This is all very 'current' M&M aesthetic, almost like a 'great hits' type of situation. The darkly lit studio shots, a stark and random nude, urban architecture and the ugly Versace bangs, and their classic night time by the wire fence. Love that! lmao

I like this look on Dua and I think she pulls it off. The exaggerated collar works very well for me and while it's not perfect, I don't hate that cover choice. While it's reminiscent of their days at Vogue Paris, I know that they're (or he is? idk) better than this and that ruins it for me. I think this is the best Dua's ever looked in Vogue, I really enjoy the studio shots and it all sort of works together, but it could've been better. Bring back Marcus.

 

[iriswills]

The cover image… it looks like an animal is giving birth to Dua. The editorial has some nice shots. I quite like the bangs… but I don’t know. I was hoping for more.

 

[Bernie Flood]

DUA LIPA (MAIN EDITORIAL)
Photographer: Mert Alas
Director: Vanessa Reid
With: Dua Lipa

vogue.fr

You sure the stylist wasn’t Emmanuelle Alt?

 

[crmsn]

Yes.

 

[Xone]

Miss Vogue

 

[GivenchyAddict]

Miss Vogue is among the things they should not have changed at all! It was straight forward, desirable and with a different range of brands : they used to mix a Uniqlo t shirt and bam Loro Piana cashmere!

i hate how they act like VP was a terrible magazine when they should have just done few changes to make it more « democratic » .

They just needed to have more diverse creatives instead of Mini Alt and to cast a wider type of models and celebrities. That’s it!

 

[vogue28]

Seeing Mert Alas' name attached to a September issue of Vogue Paris instantly took me back to the cover from 2008 with Anna Selezneva, which remains just as fierce and fabulous today, as it was back then. M&M have given us some truly terrific covers of French Vogue over the years (like Lara Stone for March 2008) but this ain't one of them...

I don't mind Dua Lipa, love me some Alaia but those bleached eyebrows do not do Dua justice and the lighting is horrific! Those bleached eyebrows practically make Dua unrecognizable, no wonder Juan Costa Paz had to type her name as large on the cover.

 

[Deleted member 141523]

You sure the stylist wasn’t Emmanuelle Alt?

Conde Nast broke any bond with her forever. She must be not welcome anymore.

 

[Lola701]

You sure the stylist wasn’t Emmanuelle Alt?

She also has an ego and pride…why would she do that to herself?