Vogue Paris December 2005/January 2006 : Kate Moss by Craig McDean

[testinofan]

I think one cover are of Craig Mcdean, other of Steven Klein and other by David Sims maybe one are by Mario Testino but is really nice all cover im really happy

 

[LucyInTheSky]

I like the first cover... I hope that is the one they carry around here. The other ones aren't that great. I can't wait to get this issue, anyway!

 

[metal-on-metal]

No, they are all McDean. And they are amazing. My favorite is the one with the Dior Homme sparkling jacket and jeans. It's quintessential Kate.

 

[LoveMyBoots]

They better get it here in the US quick cause I am definitely buying this issue! The fact that she never got to finish her part does disappoint me a bit, though.

 

[kimair]

No, they are all McDean. And they are amazing. My favorite is the one with the Dior Homme sparkling jacket and jeans. It's quintessential Kate.

agreed...the other covers just aren't as good...

thanks for posting!

 

[L.A.Gant]

Finally!! I've been so curious about this issue and dying to get a copy. I'm gonna have to ask my European relatives to bring me a copy for Christmas

 

[Kinana]

How beautiful ! And I'm curious about the photo she took of herself right after leaving Arizona.

 

[redeemed_by_Him]

WOOHOO. love all the covers. wee. gonna ask kinda stupid qn...but..i dont think the mag's gonna be in english rite? hahaha....sorry..jus wanted to confirm.

 

[helena]

loook forward to this edition of French Vogue

 

[indie]

I love it, I hope it's worth ten euros hehe.

 

[Hana_N]

Great covers, I like the third one best, the one with her in the white shirt.

 

[testinofan]

No, they are all McDean. And they are amazing. My favorite is the one with the Dior Homme sparkling jacket and jeans. It's quintessential Kate.

All covers are by Craig Mcdean??

 

[dulcedeleche]

So it probably won't be out in the US till Febuary right? I can't wait that long! I got the Sophia Coppola one and it was wonderful.

 

[Spacemiu]

gorgeous pics

 

[kimair]

more on this issue from fwd:

“I didn’t make the issue to make Kate happy. I made it to be a beautiful one.”To hear editor-in-chief Carine Roitfeld tell her side in creating the December issue of French Vogue, with guest editor Kate Moss, is to think all the world’s photographers wanted to participate. And far be it from her to stop them. “Everyone wants to photograph Kate,” Roitfeld noted. “I didn’t want to make anyone jealous. I’m a fashion girl, not a business girl.”

Roitfeld, in an interview from Los Angeles, said that her Dec. issue, which hits newsstands in the next week and was shot entirely in New York, was originally planned as four covers. The catch? “David Sims, Craig McDean, Mario Sorrenti, and Mario Testino were each supposed to shoot one cover and do a story with Kate inside,” she said. “But Kate basically disappeared for a month after only Craig had shot her, so we had to go with four of his shots.” In fact, had the project gone forward as planned, the McDean shot that would have actually achieved cover status would’ve been the one that featured Moss in the Dior Homme jacket and Superfine jeans.

As a result of having to check into rehab, the issue, as Fabien Baron mentioned yesterday in an interview with The Daily, was altered slightly. Roitfeld also noted several changes that occurred as a result. One story, for example, had Moss in all spring 2006 clothing that she herself chose and would wear out and about, whether to a black-tie or to the park. The Vogue team wanted to play off of the fact that women everywhere emulate Moss’s style, and through this story, these women would be able to get an advanced look at Moss’ spring style. “Kate is not a model for me; she’s an icon,” Roitfeld admitted. “She’s like the new Marilyn Monroe.” A planned story incorporating two of Moss’ favorite artists, Dinos and Jake Chapman, did make it into the issue.

Secondly, the decision was made not to give Moss top billing this time—unlike past editors like Sofia Coppola and Catherine Deneuve. Instead, she will be listed as a “special guest editor.”

And thirdly, in lieu of Moss’ photo on the editor’s letter page, Roitfeld dutifully stepped in after the supermodel was unavailable, posing in a custom-made shirt by Ricardo Tisci with the word “Kate” emblazoned across the chest. “It was the best I could do,” Roitfeld offered. As for the post-rehab photo that Moss gave the magazine to use, Roitfeld describes it as a “Thelma & Louise photo…in a convertible with the wind in her hair.”

While this issue is bound to generate plenty of controversy—some supporting the magazine’s efforts while others condemning it for glamorizing unhealthy habits—Roitfeld takes it all with a grain of salt, letting the truth speak for itself. “To be totally honest, when we did this, we didn’t know about this scandal,” she said. “We didn’t want to use Kate because she was scandalous. But all the girls I know want to be Kate.” Roitfeld goes on to rally for her friend, and now, colleague. “Kate has always been very discreet. She never talks about herself or shows photos of her house, daughter, or car,” she said. Which is precisely why this issue was to be so groundbreaking: Moss was set to give everything to the magazine. They, in turn, would be getting the exclusive into Moss’ life.

“You cannot please everyone,” Roitfeld added. “I don’t talk about business; I didn’t use only advertisers that use Kate.” And as she continues saying, Moss is feminine, 32, and every company wants her. “She’s magic, but it’s good to have a point of view, too.” Roitfeld goes on to say that since the very beginning, the magazine has been very faithful to Moss and that creating this issue would be a good thing for her. “We were confident in our taste,” Roitfeld summed up. “Kate has been something important in the year.”

To tell an accurate tale of Moss’s life, the magazine did address the scandal and rehab. “At the end of the life of Kate [in the magazine], we talk about the scandal, but mostly we talk about the British tabloids because they can be so brutal,” Roitfeld said. “For me the scandal is over; this is the new Kate, and finally, she’s healthier and has come back stronger.”
JIM SHI

 

[LucyInTheSky]

Thanks for posting! I am even more excited about this issue now. I wish all four photographers could have done covers, though. That would have been fantastic.

 

[maraschin0]

The covers look amazing!! I am itching to get my hands on this issue, and to see the editorials!!

 

[bb-doll]

although a bit boring overall,
all the covers have something good about them though....

but in the end i agree with kimair and metal: the jeans cover is quintessential kate!!

 

[metal-on-metal]

So it probably won't be out in the US till Febuary right? I can't wait that long! I got the Sophia Coppola one and it was wonderful.

No not that long. It'll be out in New York next week and the rest of the country in about 2 or 3 weeks.

 

[fleur137]

Vogue Paris with Kate : A great issue !
[SIZE=-2]Posted on December 2, 2005 at 08:46:55 AM by kouklina[/SIZE]

Actually it is not a bad issue at all... there are lots of old and great key pictures shot by some of the greatest photogrpahers(it's like a retrospective done with taste and fun) + a long text about her+this long stroy by McDean, the Magnifique.
In addition, there is fashion story with a new model (I have never seen before) shot by Sir Testino, an excellent story by David Sims with sexy Marta B. (who has a also an excellent story with Mondino in Numero), a good story by the other Mario with Gemma and... a great story with 8 new top models by Patrick with Freja, Madelaine, Bette, Sasha,Iselin, Julia Dunstall,Snejana and Solange ! Last but not least, a long story with (frankly scaring)Irina shot by Master Klein and Iselin by Sorrenti again... globally, this issue is a big pleasure for the eyes. Enjoy !

P.S. = the funny thing is a beauty section story with Mona who looks just like Kate, shot by John Akehurst...
(from fashist)

anyone have the scans or whatever of the eds?