Vogue India August 2019: Deepika Padukone by Greg Swales

[Benn98]

 

[caioherrero]

Finally a clean cover

 

[reesewu]

Should’ve dropped the arm holding the coat. Otherwise, it would’ve been a stellar cover.

 

[MON]

How many times do I have to read Vogue India: Deepika Padukone. Like sis?

Hiwever this is a giid cover. Stunning, clean, and worthy of Vogue in comparison to their Cosmpolitan like offerings

 

[Phuel]

Vogue India and Vogue Thailand always looks like fake Vogues and seem to have a similiar team. It’s not just the fashion content that’s very InStyle local-socialite in its aesthetic-- or more appropriately in comparison, those airline magazine offerings, but also they literally rip off the graphic designs of any given rag— from Vanity Fair/American Vogue to whatever they scroll across on the interweb.

This cover is… passable. Better styling with a more structured coat rather than this wet towel on her back could have perked up the image… At least it’s not another shot of some Victoria Secret-inspired starlet hamming it up to a buffed and bearded macho and unmistakably-hetero male costar. The in-your-face insistence on pro-heterosexuality is a tad on the try-hard side. I believe there’s only ever one cover that dares to cast a female duo (or was it a trio???). I may be reading more into this then they may intend, but there’s such an inescapable whiff of no homo vibe that permeates throughout their aesthetic sensibility that’s so constrictively conservative, I can’t help but be amused by it all rather than be irritated.

(This issue has over 400 pages and including Deepika’s, there are only 2 fashion stories… There’s a beauty story shot by Jackie Nickerson with an all-Black cast, and Lineisy is the only memorable shot in the entire magazine. The only consistently worthwhile content in Vogue India are the ads of traditional sari designers.)

 

[Joromana]

She's gorgeous. But I find this incredibly boring.

 

[Benn98]

How many times do I have to read Vogue India: Deepika Padukone. Like sis?

And after her garbage bag full Vogue India covers, guess what, her US Vogue cover is still her official Instagram profile pic. A cover which she's sharing with two others. I'd feel slighted if I were Priya.

I like the cover. It has a very effortless feel to it with the colours and simple pose. and understated art direction.

 

[FashionMuseDior]

It's very subdued, I like it.

 

[Benn98]

Deepika Unfiltered

Photographer: Greg Swales
Stylist: Anaita Shroff Adajania
Hair: Stephen Low
Skin prep: Liz Pugh
Manicure: Liga Tukmane
Cast: Deepika Padukone





Vogue India Digital Edition

 

[Benn98]

Hide & Seek

Photographer: Bikramjit Bose
Stylist: Priyanka Kapadia
Hair & Makeup: Guia Bianchi
Cast: Andrea Kevichusa



Vogue India Digital Edition

 

[Benn98]

All in One

Photographer: Jackie Nickerson
Set Design: Ian Salter
Stylist: Jorden Bickham
Hair: Jawara
Makeup: Emi Kaneko
Cast: Hiandra Martinez, Ugbad Abdi, Lineisy Montero, Nora Atta, Indira Scott



Vogue India Digital Edition