Vogue Italia March 2012 : Joan Smalls by Steven Meisel

[GarageGlamorous]

This thread is a mess... Cannot even appreciate the images from the diverse editorials!
Vogue Beauty looks amazing

 

[justaguy]

Beauty - 7p
Mackenzie Drazan & Kelly Mittendorf‎ by Emma Summerton

Love the richness of the colours!! Thanks for posting.

 

[Vinciano]

I am more bothered that they took exact looks from people they found on the internet and copied them without even editting. It is not like they took inspiration from the culture......they just blantantly copied it. Was the very opposite of creative.

 

[NickiLee]

This is clearly racist. I picked up on that the moment I saw it and I'm just now discovering other people think so too.

 

[jmrmartinho]

How can people call it racist if its not about the race?

 

[TheBlackRose]

What a mess "Haute Mess" turned out to be. The concept is offensive and the execution is poor, such a flop editorial. Meisel should've known better... but then again, I am not surprised, tbh.

 

[Melly5525]

Emmas edit is the best thing about this issue thus far, everything about it is magical, Kelly looks amazing wouldve been even better if the whole edit was her, Mackenzie really wasnt needed imo

 

[YourMonster]

I thought it was mocking drag queens at first, but i think the girls look amazing. Girls who dress like that in real-life look awesome! I personally dont have a problem with it because Trash glamour has always had some strange appeal to me, but to each their own.

 

[Northern Star]

To be fair, I don't really have a problem with the main editorial, apart from it's trashy, over the top and pretty crap, but I take it for what it is.
I love the colours in Emma Summerton's editorial and Mackenzie looks great, but Kelly Mittendorf scares the living daylights out of me. Such a bizarre looking girl and so not model material.

 

[tentalicious]

*sorry for the poor quality

Close-up - 15p
Kinga Rajzak by David Dunan
Editor: Sara Maino

[my snaps]

 

[tentalicious]

Forever Glamour - 12p
Guinevere Van Seenus by Sølve Sundsbø
Editor: Patti Wilson

[my snaps]

 

[tentalicious]

Be Bold - 14p
Candice Swanepoel by Mario Sorrenti
Editor: Jane How

[my snaps]

 

[tentalicious]

Chromo Thriller - 8p
Alana Zimmer by Miles Aldridge
Editor: Beth Fenton

[my snaps]

 

[Abracadabra]

Thanks for the snaps tentalicious, really appreciate it.. The last three editorials sort of make up for this mess of an issue. Candice looks hot.

 

[justaguy]

The last three eds are fantastic, especially loving Guinevere's! Thanks for posting, tenetalicious!

 

[Deslin]

How can people call it racist if its not about the race?

Exactly. Now if the girls' skin color was painted a different tone and given different 'ethnic features' then yes it would come off as racist.

This editorial is showcasing a culture not a lot of people know anything about. I've been to hair shows and I've grown up in areas where this style is worn everyday and it's a style many races exhibit, not just the one race many are assuming.

With that said, the main edit is fabulous, lush and in your face- the exact qualities that describe hood chic.

 

[get fashion]

I'm not in love with the Meisel editorial, the gifs look better than the photos.

 

[before]

Racism or elitism, I don't even care. That ed is not genius nor provactive, but lazy. It's very easy to rile up people and I don't see any other purpose beyond that.
Consequently, Vogue Italia can leverage itself as the alternative vogue, somewhere between pretentious art and commercial fashion.
So the cycle continues and another ed will crop up and another controversy will start.

 

[Bretonne]

A flop tbh,they probably did this to create a cheap buzz.Typical!

 

[ForChicSake]

A flop tbh,they probably did this to create a cheap buzz.Typical!

Racism or elitism, I don't even care. That ed is not genius nor provactive, but lazy. It's very easy to rile up people and I don't see any other purpose beyond that.

i agree with you both