Vogue Paris October 2012 : Kate Moss & George Michael by Mario Testino

[lepetitcouturier]

Awful awful awful. First of all, who cares about George Michael anymore!?!?!? And they photoshopped this way too much. That dress on Kate looks awful. It's not a flattering dress, it's too covered up, and it's not made for her body. And why did they give her two consecutive covers? That's something Vogue UK would do...

 

[isa.b.elle.]

worst VP cover since Alt took over.

 

[Srdjan]

Worst without competition.

 

[Deleted member 116819]

Very candid & George looks like a wax figure!
But I love Kate, she looks very elegant and poised, very french!

 

[Label Basher]

Seriously this is the cover. Whoa. I thought it was one of those "covers" within the mag. Bazaar does it. This is not that good but Kate looks fab in red.

And George was amazing at the closing ceremony if you ask me

 

[Chanelcouture09]

I was so excited to see this and it's fallen completely flat for me.

The overall styling seems fit for December/January, it has a Christmas vibe to the whole shot, but the thing that is bugging me the most is what is going on with Kate's hair ? it looks a mess.

The shot is completely off, they shouldn't of used Mario to shoot this, I just feel most of his work lately falls flat and feels generally out dated, but saying that this looks like something he'd produce for UK Vogue so yes, generally out dated.

That horrid 'George & Kate' is irritating me also, we all know who George and Kate are, so I think they overly stated the obvious and in the process put the last nail in the coffin for this mess.

Although as I said, Kate's hair is annoying me, could George not keep a straight face ?

I'm hoping the editorial will be a little better, but generally their content is always spot on.

 

[Bertrando3]

I think they got their font mistaken, that's Grazia not Vogue Paris.


ETA: Seems that the Grazia reference came to mind to many of us

loooooool totally!! My gosh this is aweful!!! Is Testino the new Richardson in terms of bad photography? To me he kind of does nowadays. The cover is pure disaster:

- Kate is like on the cover every month of either British Vogue or Vogue Paris = REALLY??? There aren't any other great models out there in the world???
- How creative Kate guested on George's video so it equals the cover for Vogue Paris omg Emmanuelle is clueless
- The photo itself now: it looks fake!!! Gosh it seems a kid did this, sooo many people here in the cover challenge would have done a much much better job. The lighting, the retouching, the typo = badddddddd

So ready for November? Kate I guess?

 

[Nepenthes]

What a dreadful cover! I find it hard to believe that this is actually Vogue Paris. So tacky and forced.

And Kate again? Seriously? They are overusing her to the point where it gets boring. Kate is an icon and I love her but there are so many new models who deserve a chance to get a VP cover too!

 

[Chanelcouture09]

George is actually relevant at the moment I have to say, he's just kicked off his new world tour which is currently in the UK, he has a new album out etc... I think there are people on a lot of magazine covers, both currently and in the past who have been totally irrelevant and I'm not saying VP have done this but other publications certainly have, so if anything George is relevant, not in terms of in modern culture of 20 somethings, but isn't Vogue Paris' demographic women in their 40's ? So I think this fits their target audience, his concert was mostly attended by 40-something women (and men).

Has anyone else spotted what looks like a traffic warden in the background behind George ?

 

[Miss Dalloway]

What a horrible cover! It does look like one of those cheap weekly tabloids, this even puts Vanity Fair use of celeb paparazzi candids look professional. And then the dreadful lay out, oh lord. And i love Kate, but for crying out loud give some other models a chance.

 

[MON]

I am a huge fan of Emmanuelle and her tenure in Vogue Paris but this has got to be her worst cover to date and by far the worst cover the entire magazine has produced this year. I am not feeling the vibe! After Mert and Marcus` ethereal take on Kate Moss last month, Testino gives us this? Kate looks really aged here and she`s not that appealing. This does not attract me at all. There`s no spark in it. It could`ve been better if the two had a bit of chemistry but there`s none.. I am not even enthralled to see the main editorial.

I am seriously disappointed because Alt has given us striking after striking covers then this happened. Hoping that this is just one of the many covers. I am really hoping.

 

[fluxxx]

when I saw the title of the thread, I already grunting "ugh why Kate again?" No offense of the fans but I'm tired to see her anywhere and when I saw the cover, I thought I;m looking at Vanity Fair cover

 

[HeatherAnne]

It looks like a celebrity rag

 

[thiago:)]

Ugh, his eyebrows are so distractive Honestly, I couldn't even watch his whole video with Kate... I guess the cover is a perfect reflection.

 

[ALAUU]

This looks like something Vanity Fair would put on their cover and that is not a good thing.

 

[VelvetButterfly]

so much photoshop to just make that cover even worse lol

 

[ChristyLeReveur]

wow this is the worst VP cover that I've ever seen.

A TOTAL DISASTER! Looks like a more tasteless version of a Vanity Fair cover

 

[GERGIN]

My opinion would have been different if they used the models from his Freedom video being present instead of Kate Moss.

 

[DutchHomme]

Pfff Kate Moss again? & 2 months in a row! How many VP covers does Kate have in her pocket thnx to Alt? 5.. 6?

The cover is really weird but I'm sure Alt will give Kate a new VP cover soon to make this up.

BTW- Why George Michael & Kate Moss?! This could have been nice 20 years ago when they were "hot".

 

[MyNameIs]

Simply grotesque. Looks like something Vanity Fair would do when they can't get a celebrity to do a proper photoshoot - use a paparazzi shot and photoshop the life out of it. I've been a constant supporter of Alt for VP (save for that Marion cover), but there is no reason why a magazine of this caliber should be producing this kind of covers. It's cheap and vulgar.

And a problem no less important - Kate Moss again? Second month in a row. Third cover since April 2011. The woman is tired beyond belief at this point, when will magazine editors get that? But even if she weren't/isn't, are there really no better models to put on the cover? They should've at least given the third cover last month to someone else if they were going to put Kate again this month. Blegh.

I do love the typeface though, I don't know why everyone is hating on that, lol.