Vogue Philippines May 2025: Pom Klementieff by Domen + Van De Velde & Craig OBrien

[jeremydante]

The hot airballoon shot is pretty in color, but the action of jumping out of a hot air balloon doesn't feel powerful to me. The alternate angle where she's actually in the air skydiving- technically, this shot is very difficult to achieve.

Even with that technicality, it is a good shot. For people saying "it's not very Vogue" -- a lot of y'all didn't think that Vogue would ever even exist for the Philippines; so, with all due, just allow them to represent Filipinos in every sense. As a region of the greatest ethnic diversity in all of Asia, many of you have a lot to learn about the country, their approach and their culture.

Most of you are just comparing everything to Europe, which is cool and I get that; but you'll always miss the mark. This edition and its place in the Vogue Universe is supposed to shift perception, challenge the former and grow the vision.

It's doing that. Whether you understand it or not.

 

[callmejaeden]

Even with that technicality, it is a good shot. For people saying "it's not very Vogue" -- a lot of y'all didn't think that Vogue would ever even exist for the Philippines; so, with all due, just allow them to represent Filipinos in every sense. As a region of the greatest ethnic diversity in all of Asia, many of you have a lot to learn about the country, their approach and their culture.

Most of you are just comparing everything to Europe, which is cool and I get that; but you'll always miss the mark. This edition and its place in the Vogue Universe is supposed to shift perception, challenge the former and grow the vision.

It's doing that. Whether you understand it or not.

The contents within are very Vogue, they also have many successful covers (Feb 25 is one of my favourite covers in recent years); however, this one is not, and because the magazine is run by Filipinos, we aren't allowed to comment on how bad its covers are?

If the only magazine that I was allowed to criticise is Australian Vogue, I don't think that I would be very interested in fashion.

 

[Deleted member 116957]

If the only magazine that I was allowed to criticise is Australian Vogue, I don't think that I would be very interested in fashion

We’re allowed to criticize Vogue Germany, too!

 

[crmsn]

A French/Korean woman skydiving does not represent the Filipinos.

 

[Phuel]

I just checked out Mega's May cover with Nadine Lustre and honestly, I think it’s way more creative and stylish compared to what VPH has been putting out on their covers lately.

Mega has stronger casting and national identity than Vogue Philippines. And Mega doesn’t attempt to compensate its pageant sensibility with Western trending humanitarian features that Vogue Philippines seems so desperate for: to the point of overcompensating with its facade of these humanitarian themes (that are unintentionally but comically verging on National Geographic LOL). I understand many parts of the world are desperate to have their very own Vogue because while TFSers see the utter rot of a once great publication, some parts of the world still see this brand as the undisputed authority of fashion status. It’s no different than people still support the mindset that a talented designer hasn’t made it until they’ve been installed at some old dusty House surviving on logos/monograms eyesores. (Just look at all the flexing victims quaking in their Bottega heels with the mindfcukery of Made In China Birkin...)

This coverstory is a mess: The skydiving is actually its strongest draw LOL The accompanying instudio shoot is an eyesore...


"Limitless"
Photographers: Giel Domen & Kenneth Van De Velde & Craig O'Brien
Stylist: Danyul Brown
Fashion Director: Pam Quinones
Star: Pom Klementieff






"Clocked In"
Photographer: Mattia Holm
Stylist: Nata Bocha





"Into the Blue"
Photographer: Karl King Aguna
Fashion Director: Pam Quinones
Fashion Editor: David Milan
Feature Editor: Ticia Almazan





"Ribbon in the Sky"
Photographer: Karl King Aguna
Stylist: Carlos Mangubat



Vogue Philippines May 2025

 

[NYLA22]

The hate is deserved. Their consistently pickme themes by algorithm are such a hilarious contrast to how their upper management treat their staff and anyone that isn’t upper management that they may as well just be Disney villains.

But ultimately, there is nothing impressive about this Vogue: It’s just Mega Magazine with a Vogue masthead.

What I don't understand is that both the EIC and fashion director are two of the chicest women in the Philippines with very refined taste (I don't know them personally, but this is from observing their style for years and through word-of-mouth from Filipino friends). I simply do not understand how or why they put out this strange magazine every month.

 

[Phuel]

^^^ The impression I get of this Vogue is that this luxury-nature-retreat-while-dressed-in-drag-costumes branding is their virtual signalling to the rest of the world at how progressive, how modern and how Western they are. There’s this consistency of how forced, how pick-me desperate their feature stories verge on in some pandering move to Western social activism: Art for social awareness; female empowerment; identity-politics of individuals— is it needed that a feature story of a chef be titled “Queeriing the Kitchen”??? LOOL ...Meanwhile, their social advocacy seems to completely forget about, even neglecting individuals and organizations that are dedicated to helping a population of the impoverished; neglected elderly; mentally-ill…

Had they just focused on high fashion for women, shot on-location at the boundless beauty of their islands and seashores, within the urban markets, rural landscapes etc, the collective vision would have been an easy, effortless and elegant representation of a people and its culture to the world. It’s really not that hard.

 

[fauxfashion]

the first two covers scream:
"Bezos didn't invite me, but i still want to be an astronaut"

the bike cover is good

 

[TomBlanksFullFatMiuMiu]

This is how you do a fashion cover! The best Vogue cover so far this year.
The office shoot also has a very Steven Klein vibe from the 2000s American Vogue—not bad.
The other two shoots are cheaply made.