Vogue Italia October 2025 : Sabrina Carpenter by Steven Meisel

[Conbothsides]

Don't get me wrong, I love it when Meisel do Avedon cause only he could get it right. But with his recent work, this story in particular, the spark has gone. There's no creative direction that makes the images memorable anymore. In the last decade we had Karlie Kloss with her abs and legs, Fei Fei in a tribute to China Machado, W's 'Transformers' where the girls dressing up as famous socialites, etc. Now everything's an unending Grace Mirabella's Vogue editorial while I wish we could get Vreeland's instead. No idea what's the cause but it's obvious everything's now commercial work to him. I mean, after 30 years under the pressure of churning out a different story every month, surely now he can do whatever he wants. Even repetitive work. Maybe in the future someone might come along and get him out of it creatively? Just like Phyllis Posnick with Penn or Nicole Wisniak with Avedon. Anyway, for starters I think he should start working with models only cause these celebrities always have to protect their image.

 

[donna tartan]

SABRINA (Preview, HQ)
Photography: Steven Meisel
Styling: Karl Templer
Hair: Guido Palau
Make-up: Pat McGrath
Model/Celebrity: Sabrina Carpenter


vogue.it

These addison rae contortions. Look how far i can bend my legs back. Tired.

 

[Xone]

SABRINA (Preview, HQ)
Photography: Steven Meisel
Styling: Karl Templer
Hair: Guido Palau
Make-up: Pat McGrath
Model/Celebrity: Sabrina Carpenter


vogue.it

Only the cover gives something good....

is this Equinox campaign? lol

 

[ivano]

To be fair, Steven is 70 now (I hate to comment about people's age...). Maybe this is all he can do now, I want to believe that, and still, his images are perfect. Also he made color pics with Sabrina early this year. This is his mood today. Take it or leave it, and it's so cool that he keeps working, even in this horrible era in fashion. Steven enlights the room every time. I smile like a kid when he's up here.

 

[Zorka]

SABRINA CARPENTER, IL GIOCO MI FA BELLA
Photography: Steven Meisel
Styling: Karl Templer
Hair: Guido Palau
Make-up: Pat McGrath
Model/Celebrity: Sabrina Carpenter


Vogue Italia Digital Edition

 

[Zorka]

SERVIZIO IN CAMERA
Photography: Darren Gwynn
Styling: Margherita Moro
Hair: Pierpaolo Lai
Make-up: Luciano Chiarello
Model: Théa Almqvist


Vogue Italia Digital Edition

 

[Zorka]

Unfortunately, that would be all when it comes to OG fashion content! The rest is a shared ones:

Karolina Spakowski by Charlotte Wales

Awar Odhiang by Sebastián Faena

Libby Bennett & Sacha Quenby by Martin Parr

Angelina Kendall & Alex Hall by Larissa Hofmann

The textless versions (of the above) would be uploaded later.

 

[MModa]

Unfortunately, that would be all when it comes to OG fashion content! The rest is a shared ones:

Karolina Spakowski by Charlotte Wales

Awar Odhiang by Sebastián Faena

Libby Bennett & Sacha Quenby by Martin Parr

Angelina Kendall & Alex Hall by Larissa Hofmann

The textless versions (of the above) would be uploaded later.

There is also a long tribute with archival photos to Giorgio Armani. This issue packs a lot.

 

[Xone]

yes..only the cover is worth it...Servizio in camera looks hopeless...

 

[tigerrouge]

Flicking through the digital issue, I note:

- There's a new art direction, and while I appreciate the effort being made to look different to other editions, it's really not for me;

- Maybe I missed a section titled 'furniture special' because I was on fast-forward thanks to the art direction, but there's a phenomenal amount of adverts and pictures containing sofas in this issue;

- They've tried to improve the sad skiwear-shot-in-the-street editorial by interspersing it with vintage shots of people actually doing things in the snow.

Love the cover, but gone are the days when I'd buy a magazine on the basis of the cover alone.

 

[MModa]

Flicking through the digital issue, I note:

- There's a new art direction, and while I appreciate the effort being made to look different to other editions, it's really not for me;

- Maybe I missed a section titled 'furniture special' because I was on fast-forward thanks to the art direction, but there's a phenomenal amount of adverts and pictures containing sofas in this issue;

- They've tried to improve the sad skiwear-shot-in-the-street editorial by interspersing it with vintage shots of people actually doing things in the snow.

Love the cover, but gone are the days when I'd buy a magazine on the basis of the cover alone.

In contrast, I love the new art direction. I think it is a huge improvement and the magazine looks more elevated and interesting visually. I actually think that it is one of the better editions of Vogue Italia.

 

[MModa]

To be fair, Steven is 70 now (I hate to comment about people's age...). Maybe this is all he can do now, I want to believe that, and still, his images are perfect. Also he made color pics with Sabrina early this year. This is his mood today. Take it or leave it, and it's so cool that he keeps working, even in this horrible era in fashion. Steven enlights the room every time. I smile like a kid when he's up here.

I agree that Meisel chooses to do what he feels like. However, I feel that Bardon pushes Meisel in a more creative direction. The Zara and Dolce & Gabbana campaigns have been proof. Many of which have been really good and memorable. I think he needs such direction for impact.

 

[Xone]

Cover 2 (printed too - saw it today)

 

[MModa]

Cover 2 (printed too - saw it today)

Which cover do you prefer: Carpenter or Armani cover? I definitely prefer Carpenter's because the Armani cover brings back too much nostalgia.

 

[Scotty]

Only the cover gives something good....

is this Equinox campaign? lol

It's the Alo campaign and everything else Meisel has done since 2017.

I like the cover though.

 

[likeahurricane]

Armani deserves the tribute. If anything is nostalgic it’s Meisel…

 

[jeremydante]

One of the B&W shots should've been the cover, honestly.
Agree- she looks damn good. And what a team! Meisel, Templer, Guido & Pat? Excellent.

I am not understanding why the cover shot differs so much from the main editorial. It seems unrelated, in color and even composition. The placement of the text being vertically aligned is also an odd choice. Commercial me wanted this as a cover:



And yes, commercial me wanted a pink masthead too. Super cute.