The cover is gimmicky and the editorial is a disjointed mess. This feels more Vogue Portugal than Italia.
Carlijn is a technically strong photographer, but she is no visionary image-maker. Imruh is unfortunately just as directionless with his styling and the result, much like the gimmicky AI cover with Bella earlier this year, isn't great. Still, good technical execution lifts the whole thing somewhat, at least more than the awfully saturated and sloppily retouched images of a photographer like Pavarotti, for example.