Vogue India October 2007 ( Premier Issue ) by Patrick Demarchelier

[_incognito]

Does anyone have this yet? I'd love to know what the eds/ads are like inside.

 

[pmegha]

I am supremely disappointed with this cover. It is so bland and stark, it hardly represents how vibrant India actually is... in my opinion there is hardly anything Indian (well besides the girls chosen, minus Gemma of course) about the cover. I feel the cover might have been more successful, or at least better to look at, if they had dressed the girls in clothes by an Indian designer.
Additionally I wish they would have used Ujjwala Raut instead of an Preity Zinta...she really look terrible.
Personally, I don’t really mind that Gemma Ward is smack in the middle of the cover, but it would have been fun to see her in an Indian designer’s clothes.

 

[MarryMeTomFord]

Vogue India - Oct 07 Premier Issue - 396 pages

Contents Page - 3 pages
Font is very disappointing

Masthead
Priya Tanna - editor

Anaita Shroff Adajania - Fashion Director
Bandana Tewari - Fashion Features Director
Edward Lalrempuia - Junior Fashion Editor

These three have been associated with ELLE till very recently.

Contributors-
Paulo Roversi
Shobha De
Sally Singer
Farrokh Chhotia
Patrick Demarchelier
Suketu Mehta
Prabuddha Dasgupta
Robin Muir
Amita Sehgal
and more


Hello Vogue India Woman
Sally Singer welcomes Vogue to India and India to Vogue.

Vogue Shops - Pages 75 to 122
Very similar to the British Vogue version. also includes 'How to wear' feature similar to the one in Brit Vogue.

Vogue Classroom
Sarah Mower deconstructs autumn's biggest trend - the new colors

In Vogue Feature - pages 127-139
Edited by Sameer Reddy
Includes articles on Pat Demarchelier and Paolo Roversi exploring their India connection..one page each

Vogue View
Edited by Bandana Tewari
"Made in India" is a feature on Indian haute couture.
Photos by Tarun Khiwal of leading indian designers

Nostalgia
"Passport to Paris" - Sheena Singh

Viewpoint
"The burden of wealth" - Alex Kuruvilla - explores how India's newly rich are spending their moolah

Vogue Spy

The great debate
Cocktail saris (Bandana tewari) VS cocktail dresses (Anaita Shroff)

Vogue Guru
"From coco to karl" Feature on Karl Lagerfeld and Chanel, by Priyanka Khanna

Jewelery
"Girls in Pearls" by Cressida Connoly

Style
"Fashionisms" - your dictionary of autumn fashions

Style
"Cover Versions" - Cover girls Bipasha, Preity and Priyanka share their style secrets.
Thankfully no other boring photos or accompanying articles on any of the indian cover girls in the issue. phew.

Voguette
1 page on Gemma Ward

Style
"Frankly Frida" - feature on the Gucci headwoman by Bandana Tewari

Style Council
similar to mrs exeter. Anaita shroff answers queries.

Style
"Cause for celebration" feature exploring the Paris Haute couture shows, by Sarah Mower

RSVP
by Bandana Tewari. Eerily similar to Miss V.


More coming up....

 

[MarryMeTomFord]

Fashion pages....

1. Bollywood Dreams - 16 pages
Model: Gemma Ward
Photog: Patrick Demarchelier
Shot on the sets of Sanjay Leela Bansali's 'Saawariya'
Styled by Lucinda Chambers
Hair/makeup - Sam mcknight and Val Garland

2. Enchanted Gardens - 16 pages
Model: Sasha Pivovarova
Photog: Paolo Roversi
Shot in various palace gardens in Rajasthan

3. Metro Crossing - 14 pages
Model: Lily Cole+Milind Soman
Photog: Bharat Sikka
Shot at the various Indian metros.
Stylist - Anaita Shroff

4. Welcome to BollyVogue
- Suketu Mehta explains the appeal of Bollywood
- Lens Flair - Udita Jhunjhunwala traces the history opf bollywood's influence on fashion
- The debate 'Reel vs Runway' which came first...Karan Johar vs Rajesh Pratap Singh
- Protegee - Bright Star: Sonam Kapoor

5. Objects of Desire - 8 pages (7 pages photos, 1 page article on India's traditional jewels)
Models: Laxmi Menon, Kamal Siddhu
Photog: Prabuddha Das Gupta
This is my favorite editorial. Prabuddha+Laxmi menon=pure magic. i wish i could scan them

6. Fall of Grace - 12 pages
Models: Unknown
Photog: Thomas Schenk

 

[fotogenic models]

Karma to anyone who scans the editorials!! I'm pretty much dying here without the Sasha, Lily, and Gemma eds.

 

[MarryMeTomFord]

Vogue in India, India in Vogue
Robin Muir digs through Vogue photo archives to capture the Indian connection.

Feature
"Young marraige, New rules" - Divia Thani Daswani

Footnotes
Style tips from the fashion pages

Vogue Beauty
edited by Geeta Rao

Free Spirit - 6 pages
Model Alexandra Tomlinson shows off teh seasons wild and deconstructed hair. photog: Robin Dereck

Beauty Report- how to get above wild deconstructed hair

Beauty Spot
Makeup guru Mickey Contractor shares his star secrets

My beautiful life
Gunita Sodhi shares her beauty regimen and products

Eye Drama - photo feature on eye make up
Models Vipasha Agarwal and Tamara Moss; photog: Elise Dumontet, stylist: edward lalrempuia

Beauty report
Hypnotic eyes - 2 pages

Beauty Spy - 1 page

Mixed bag - 2 pages

Beauty focus
Feature on primer

Fragrance
'Sixth Sense'

Diary
Kate winslet talks to Geeta Rao on being the new Lancome Tresor face

Belles Lettres
Favorite books on beauty

Health
"Mood Makers" by Jan Masters. a feature on hormones

Vogue Subscription offer
Rs. 900 for a year+Olay hamper worth Rs 798.
I'm waiting to see what a regular issue looks like before commiting.

Vogue Living
explores
-Kerala Ashrams
- Moroccan sprawls
- India on a plate
- Travel: world's hottest hotels

Behind the Scenes
Gemma and Sasha - 1 page each

Diary - 2 pages
Horoscope - 2 pages
Shop List - 2 pages

VIP (Last page)
Giorgio Armani, 1 page

Back cover
Jessica Stam + Dior


Paper quality - good, similar to British Vogue
Overall - an indian woman who hasnt seen British vogue would love it. one who has wont find Vogue India terribly original. Having said that, you guys may say theres too much imported content. But as an indian woman, i DO want imported content. whats the point of paying a hundred bucks for Vogue when all i get is local fashion?! So i definately look forward to Vogue India. Only complaint - no more bollywood stuff. its understandable for the first issue, but please go back to fashion and models.

 

[_incognito]

Thanks so much for the review! I look forward to seeing the editorials!

ETA: I thought Chanel Iman had an editorial in the premier issue aswell?

 

[OriginalSin]

Thanks for the review

 

[jadesunsets]

Wow thank you for the review!

 

[MissMagAddict]

Thank You very much for the review MarryMeTomFord

Is Gemma's edit a reprint of UK Vogue September & is Sasha's a reprint of Vogue Italia Couture Supplement September

 

[MarryMeTomFord]

Thank You very much for the review MarryMeTomFord

Is Gemma's edit a reprint of UK Vogue September & is Sasha's a reprint of Vogue Italia Couture Supplement September

i dont know about Sasha's reprint coz i dont get Italian vogue, but Gemma's isnt the one featured in the Sept issue of British vogue.

 

[MissMagAddict]

i dont know about Sasha's reprint coz i dont get Italian vogue, but Gemma's isnt the one featured in the Sept issue of British vogue.

Well that's promising then...here's the link to Sasha's VI edit...if you wouldn't mind taking a look & letting us know.

 

[MarryMeTomFord]

Well that's promising then...here's the link to Sasha's VI edit...if you wouldn't mind taking a look & letting us know.

No it isnt this one. the one in india vogue is even prettier.lovely colors.

 

[MissMagAddict]

Fantastic

Thank you for taking the time

 

[Annu]

Can't wait to see Gemma in Bollywood Dreams! Thank you so much MarryMeTomFord

 

[Jacque Marcel]

I think it's a slap in the face to Indian women out there to put a model on the cover that is the antithesis of their standard of beauty. I can understand Gemma on the cover of Vogue China because she has some "Asian" features but this is just bizarre. I could sort of see a British model because of their ties with India but not Gemma. Why not put Aishraiya Rai in haute couture, not Elie Saab, on the cover?

 

[MarryMeTomFord]

I think it's a slap in the face to Indian women out there to put a model on the cover that is the antithesis of their standard of beauty.

Becoz fairness creams sell here much much more than tanning lotions.

 

[kissmesweet]

Thanks for the entire review! It sounds like it's alot and some are quite promising...

 

[notmanons]

Sasha!!! I guess I am definetely getting it then!

 

[alix*]

Sasha by Paolo Roversi again?
Can't wait.

Thanks for the review