Vogue Netherlands December 2024 : Ugbad Abdi by Wikkie Hermkens

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[DK92]

Beautiful!

 

[djowodjo30]

Ugbad

Photography : Wikkie Hermkens
Styling : Sonny Groo
Make Up : Soo Park
Manicure : Mo Qin
Model : Ugbad Abdi, Mushin Abdi, Naimo Abdi, Suwayda Abdi, Hanan Abdi



Vogue NL digital

 

[djowodjo30]

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Vogue NL digital

 

[djowodjo30]

Vogue NL digital

 

[tigerrouge]

She's so beautiful, I wish I could easily get hold of this issue - but there's also something nice about yearning from afar, instead of spending money to find out just how disappointing yet another edition of Vogue is.

 

[djowodjo30]

Vogue NL digital

 

[WAVES]

she looks gorgeous and the editorial is great!

 

[aracic]

Drop dead stunning. I have to admit I forgot about her, it feels like forever ago since I last saw her work so this comes as a very nice surprise.

 

[lhhbl]

Wow, this is marvellous. Ugbad looked her absolut best in here, not only physically, but also in regards of modelling skills.
This is great!

 

[Zorka]

UGBAD (HQ, Textless)
Photography: Wikkie Hermkens
Styling: Sonny Groo
Make-up: Soo Park
Model: Ugbad Abdi


Vogue Netherlands Digital Edition

 

[Phuel]

Always get the impression that the cringiest of virtual-signalling is always by and from the most very Whitest of regions, to the point of coming across overcompensating, cluelessly tone-deaf, and even offensive in their desperate plead to be as progressive as possible LMFAO

I won’t deny I’m always suspicious of anyone wearing their religious affiliation on their sleeve rather than keeping their Faith personal, more so in the context of fashion. Having many Iranian friends— some of whom still identify as Muslim, the hijab is this constant reminder to them of oppression that they reluctantly tolerate, but find frustrating when the Western media glamorizes it in all its conservative blandness but without daring to revision it as a fashion high concept (for obvious reasons). And more so in the current situation with Ahou Daryaei braving the most extreme of Islam’s wrath with her unbelievably balls-of-steel protest. This Vogue devotes a coverstory to a devout, pious Black Muslim model just seems so… (un)intentionally(?) dismissive of an individual like Ahou, even if the timing isn’t this Vogue's fault. …But I can’t imagine any fashion rag devoting and glamorizing a conservative, devout Christian— or devout Hindu model, wearing her Faith on her sleeve so proudly. Maybe the Nederland team should cast someone like Ayaan Hirsi Ali for the coverstory since she’s as lethally intelligent as she’s naturally gorgeous-- or book a holiday to Tehran (and invite the “Queers for Palestine” while they’re at it) to open their eyes a tad… Some fashion people can be so proudly prejudiced, discriminating, and just obnoxiously naive-- all in the most cringiest of efforts to prove that they’re not prejudiced, not discriminating and not stubbornly naive LMFAO

Slight rant aside about devoutly religious people on the cover of a fashion magazine, devoting 30 pages to Ugbad along with the 6 page feature seems overkill— and overcompensating, especially when the only other fashion story is a homely advertorial for Chanel looks like such an afterthought LOL Ugbad’s story is admittedly solidly shot but nothing worthy of fashion remembrance, and I could do without the inclusion of her equally devout, pious fam. These people aren’t models so WTF...

 

[MulletProof]

^ most Americans are devout Christians!

(that’s my generalization for the day, come get me, americans!)

Did you actually click on the ig post and hit translate? lol or is it just the hijab that’s triggering you? ngl I tend to find it visually unappealing but then I find everything visually unappealing (berets, knitted hats in soft colors, NY or Marant baseball caps, the list goes on). I didn’t even register it. Ugbad is stunning and these pictures are so Lindbergh-esque that.. find me on my knees🧎‍♀️.. the story could be twice as long and I’d just be grateful. 🥲

 

[Phuel]

^^^Maybe so. But devout religious Christians aren’t fawned upon on the cover of a fashion publication.

Not at all triggered by the hijab. People are free to wear their personal Faiths freely here in the West (but forced upon women in other parts of the world). I just find it annoying when it’s presented in the context of a high fashion story. Eh.

(And it is a gorgeously shot and even styled story. Would be even better had there been a cast of ME models with her, maybe some ME women that doesn't cover her head... instead of her fam.)

 

[EDEN21]

what I don't get is how it's immodest (and in some countries punishable by death) for ordinary women to go to their job or the store with their hair visible, yet it's okay to be a fashion model and pose on the cover of a magazine for the eyes of millions?