Vogue Russia January 2011 : Alina Kabaeva

[pipoca]

^^ Thank you!

 

[carrie_b]

I didn't want to believe in Kabaeva's cover until I saw the whole issue. It is soooo fail

 

[michaelnoel]

Nobody knows for sure.

Few years ago, the newspaper that had published A + P news was closed immediately.

ooo even juicier


she's like what 24? and they made her look like this? ugh, I just can't. COME ON VOGUE RUSSIA!!

 

[christian zh]

 

[Ochi Chernye]

Aliona left and I have no favorite Vogue anymore. So sad.

 

[Rigida]

The cover look sooo dated

 

[Polyakova]

horrible cover!
I think Alina is not the girl for Vogue

 

[Ecstasy Lover]

by Vladimir Glynin.

 

[Tacita]

I like the editorials but the cover is just awful.-

 

[Sweet rus]

what a downgrade, I am completely shocked and disappointed, I was so looking forward to seeing the New Year issue's cover and now I see this. If they want to experiment with celebrities, fine, do it but not with the January cover or at least make it decent. What on earth were they thinking about when they picked this shot? Everything is just wrong about this cover and why Alina? I am so angry, I don't even want to buy the magazine this month

 

[justaguy]

Love Iris' ed!! Thanks tarsha!

 

[Karen0193]

what a horrible issue . At least Iris ed is good, and patricia's.

 

[my_home_ghost]

I am so angry, I don't even want to buy the magazine this month

I think I won't.

This golden theme was perfect on the October cover. Now it is just too much and the shot is simply atrocious

 

[christian zh]

Davidova on a stake...

 

[Jeanster]

My first thought was: "what is Nadine Coyle doing on the cover of russian Vogue?". Alina Kabayeva is sweet and pretty girl, who achieved a lot, but there are absolutely no reasons for her to be on the cover of Vogue. If VR wanted some famous russian to grace their January cover, there are plenty of stylish and successful women to choose from. I also think, that editorial wise this issue is pretty weak. The only ed I like is the one with Iris.

 

[wmaw]

patricia and iris eds have some interesting shots but the cover...i don't have words...can't understand, i love jessica stam cover of december and this one, the january cover it's very strange..i agree with some people who already say that this cover looks more like tatler than vogue

 

[pavementfrippery]

I have to a admit I got a little fangirl when I saw this cover (used to be obsessed with rhythmic gymnastic), but it really is pretty tacky. Incidentally, Kabaeva and Irina Tchachina (another Russian rhythmic gymnast) have appeared in Russian Vogue before:

http://www.dance.net/read.html?postid=1854684&replies=3&page=1

 

[Melly5525]

The only thing that almost saves this issue is Iris edit, she looks amazing and great styling but the cover and main edit are so tacky looking.

 

[tarsha]

Russian site glossy.ru says this is only first issue made by new editor-in-chief.

The Daily Telgraph's article about this cover

Vladimir Putin's 'mistress' on cover of Russian Vogue

The newly appointed editor of Russian Vogue has courted controversy by putting Vladimir Putin's alleged mistress on her first front cover.

The January 2011 issue features former rhythmic Olympic gymnast Alina Kabayeva, 27, wearing a £21,000 gold Balmain dress with her hands on her hips.
Viktoria Davydova’s decision to give her such prominence in the magazine is one that is likely to irritate the strong man Russian prime minister who has scornfully denied a newspaper report that he has left his wife Ludmila, with whom he has two daughters, for Miss Kabayeva.
While there is no substantive evidence that Mr Putin, 58, is romantically linked to Miss Kabayeva, who also happens to be an MP for Mr Putin's ruling United Russia party, the alleged affair has long been the hottest gossip topic among Russia's elite.
The rumour first came to public prominence in 2008 when a Russian newspaper, owned by billionaire oligarch Alexander Lebedev, quoted a source as insisting the story was true.
Mr Lebedev shut the newspaper down soon afterwards claiming it had not been a commercial success though many suspected the real reason was to appease an angry Mr Putin.

The rumours later escalated when bloggers claimed Miss Kabayeva had subsequently given birth to Mr Putin's love child. Mr Putin has angrily claimed that there is "not one word of truth" in any of the allegations, while Miss Kabayeva's spokesperson has refused to discuss what she derided as "nonsense."
Mr Putin has rarely been seen in public with his wife Ludmila in recent years, citing a heavy workload. He married Ludmila, a former air hostess, in 1983, the same year as Miss Kabayeva was born.

telegraph.co.uk

 

[tarsha]

Daily Mail aslo has article about this cover.