Vogue Italia September 2025 : Mikey Madison by Steven Meisel

[justaguy]

The cover is fine, would have been beautiful without that hideous font. I'm not a huge fan of Mikey, but she does look great in the story. Very 60's Avedon for Bazaar.

 

[vogueparis]

what in the LinkedIn...

 

[lhhbl]

Don't hate it! I like the smile, the hair, but hate the eye make up.
The ed is quite good too, specially the 1st photo

 

[vogue22]

Only 4 shots for a Vogue Italia cover story? That’s not worth my money.

 

[heyjaded]

I was so excited when I read the title because I adore Mikey and it was taking so long for her to get a cover, but well… that’s a cover I guess!

 

[mepps]

It's atrocious, and absolutely nothing works here.
I think Miley Madison is very beautiful, but Meisel can't see it.
She looks like a botoxed Fran Drescher on that cover. So basic, so forgettable.

 

[Lola701]

I wish shot 3 was the cover…
We would have had a condom battle between UK Vogue and VI.
Those are beautiful photos that she should frame for her house. They would look wonderful for an exhibition.
It’s not memorable though.

 

[miyawaki]

Very 90s. I love it, it’s so charming, Madison is gorgeous

 

[oaklee91]

There’s something ingenuine about the smile

 

[djowodjo30]

The angle and the pose almost copy and paste with this one



Instagram

 

[mikel]

The angle and the pose almost copy and paste with this one



Instagram

But there’s only so much you can do with a close up of a face angle and pose wise.

 

[ellearchivist]

Meisel on auto pilot again. The shock of shooting on location for Vogue France has had him running back to the safety of the studio.

 

[Abby Zacky]

I almost forgot, who ishe

 

[fashionlov]

Anything bad Meisel did, even for Anna Sui, is better than this. I'm very young, I know very little about fashion compared to the big guys here on TFS, but it's for me the worst work by Meisel.

 

[RanThe]

Didn't really have high hopes for the cover, because to me Mikey has never really been photogenic. Cute girl, but it doesn't translate into photos. The cover reminds of a water down version of Maya Jama August 2023 cover.

 

[GivenchyHomme]

This cover highlights exactly why Steven Meisel gravitates toward a very specific type of woman. It’s incredibly difficult to make someone with a more pedestrian quality read as high fashion. That’s not meant as an insult to her, but this type of editorial simply isn’t her strength. She would translate much more naturally in Elle or American Vogue, where her look aligns better towards a commercial and approachable aesthetic.

 

[likeahurricane]

Yeah, like Meisel has never shot pedestrian models or actresses before and shot them well… it’s easy to blame the “models” for poor work from a photographer 🥴

 

[reebl]

disaster of a cover.

 

[Bertrando3]

Steven come onnnnnn lol we try to defend you on every shoot but this... I can't lol... I have no words. These covers are useless and the editorial is almost a parody.

 

[MModa]

Meisel is capable of so much more and this is not it. Madison is just not a beauty to shoot in such a pedestrian way for the cover. The cover lacks a pop of color to make it exciting. The editorial is more elevated and high-fashion but it also looks artificial. All of the photographs just look weird.