Vogue Portugal November 2024 : The Icons Issue

[matheus_s]

Well, well…

 

[aracic]

I really love the Franca cover, closely followed by Prince cover as a second favourite, both are quite stunning although the rest also works in the context of Vogue Portugal. I respect that they have their distinct direction and are staying true to it.

 

[Kimy Jo]

I love all

 

[Avonlea]

Franca cover is perfect

 

[lhhbl]

So creative. I really enjoy all of them, each giving a different feeling.

 

[EDEN21]

Ehhh I'm not so impressed.

I like Twiggy. The Dolly Parton cover sucks, I don't even think I'd give that a "like" if it was an Instagram post, let alone buy it as a cover. The Bette Davis and Prince covers I don't get either of those people from those images. The Franca cover, however, is a successful example of what the Bette and Prince covers tried to do. The homage is subtle but the reference is recognizable without the caption cluing me in.

 

[blueorchid]

@EDEN21 I think they're trying for an early, early career Bette Davis, which is an interesting choice.


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[EDEN21]

@EDEN21 I think they're trying for an early, early career Bette Davis, which is an interesting choice.

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Now that you mention, I do see the young, "Of Human Bondage" era Bette in the makeup and the emphasis on the big eyes and delicate mouth, but my first thought when I saw that cover wasn't "it's giving Bette Davis," rather I thought of Pat McGrath's makeup for 2000s Dior. Which in itself was obviously inspired by Old Hollywood movie stars like Bette. I guess I just needed something less minimalistic to really see Bette specifically, and not just any Old Hollywood actress with the stamped-on makeup of that era.

 

[blueorchid]

@EDEN21 I think the shot of the lips with teeth is weird. Bette wasn't known for her teeth?

 

[jeremydante]

TWIGGY as TWIGGY.
Can't get more iconic than that.

The Franca cover? Very well done and necessary.
The buttons as Dolly on Fava? Insufficient.

 

[phungnam96]

This edition is such a clump of Pinterest mess. Boring "The ... Issue" every month then they slap images that don't connect to each other.

 

[oaklee91]

So refreshing so bizarre at the same time

 

[Kimy Jo]

This edition is such a clump of Pinterest mess. Boring "The ... Issue" every month then they slap images that don't connect to each other.

But at least they try and experiment

 

[Srdjan]

What a striking image on Franca's tribute cover. So monumental. Hommage to an editor, but also to women, women's beauty.

I don't mind Twiggy's cover as well, others don't work for me.

 

[Phuel]

This edition is such a clump of Pinterest mess. Boring "The ... Issue" every month then they slap images that don't connect to each other.

Absolutely. Throwing every visual style and the kitchen sink just comes off as indecisive, directionless and having no POV rather than impressive.

Franca is just too colossal to be simply a fashion icon, but the image is passable in its technical execution, and not so much for its cover concept.

But the Prince cover is sublime pop in every sense: Photography, casting, composition, color-palette, styling and pure serpentine aura— and still all fashion. It’s such a Franca’s Vogue late-90s in spirit, but not a rip-off nor dated. (And Prince during his 80s-reign was beyond simply music, beyond simply fashion. People sometimes forget that it wasn’t just Prince that defined his sound, aesthetic and aura— he had a legion accompanying him: Shelia E, The Time, Apollonia etc come to mind as his people that expanded on his look, his attitude, his world. Wished these publications remembered this when they produce a fashion story on his style.)

 

[AFWQ]

Ehhh I'm not so impressed.

I like Twiggy. The Dolly Parton cover sucks, I don't even think I'd give that a "like" if it was an Instagram post, let alone buy it as a cover. The Bette Davis and Prince covers I don't get either of those people from those images. The Franca cover, however, is a successful example of what the Bette and Prince covers tried to do. The homage is subtle but the reference is recognizable without the caption cluing me in.

I do. It's called icons issues they have been doing which doesn't include any other icons besides mostly Anglo-Saxon. It doesn't even seem like it has Portugal and country is in Europe. Even Manuel does a better job at Vogue Arabia showing other cultures.

 

[AFWQ]

I don't buy issue for some years now but I manage to see inside of it and editorials... since that has became the most important aspect of issue, not if it has good articles, shows interviews with fashion community... has actual content about it.
It's just same done and done again.
Portuguese photographers are still able to created a different concept visual but all ends in same sense how editorials tend to be made or organised.

This magazine tends preach it's more expressively creative yet you see same type of editorial being made, where it doesn't matter much who shoots it, who styles it. The model... It just seems I am seeing same model doing same thing over and over again.
It doesn't have any direction and doing "title" issues and how many covers at this point continues to be absolute ridiculous.
It is like it was mention here. No direction what so ever.

I am not even going on road of name of country itself and it's culture because it doesn't seem at any point will be represented respectfully in magazine. Looking at editorials it doesn't seem at it represents in any sense, shape or form variety of cultures portugal has had connections in country"s history. This magazine is sold in newsstand, supermarkets and others all over country it doesn't represent an tiny part of diversity country has today or even... people who manage this magazine consider themselves such modernised cosmopolitans yet don't show amount of people they see daily in Lisbon, which is were work.

It just shocking how magazine was, how industry says this magazine doesn't support country industry. And it's absolutely true, compared with past team which if not every issue would come out, had interviews, articles to people of fashion industry internationally, of their home country industry. Had videos. Content...

Even not long ago has passed away one of the most important figures of Portuguese fashion industry, Manuel of brand Alves/Gonçalves and it's like it didn't matter. They have access to a lot of material to point where brands even give all the access for free so they could create a good content. And don't care to use it. Is surreal.

Even agencies agree to do editorials for them for free so that models can have a work which it says vogue.

It's very sad how they simply don't care about it. Continue not to.

 

[ivano]

The recreation of Franca's first cover looks amazing.

 

[ivano]

 

[vogue28]

I'm often on Vogue Portugal's back for these incessant themed issues but I'm a fan of this. The cover dedicated to Franca Sozzani is sublime, executed to absolute perfection by all of those involved. Such a beautiful image, easily one of the most beautiful Vogue covers of 2024!