Vogue Taiwan December 2014 : Ariel Lin

[Nevin139]

Source:vogue.com.tw

 

[fluxxx]

Oh Lord, is it a fake cover from modelmayhem?

 

[Benn98]

Hahahaha @Fluxxx. I came here just to have a laugh, but I must admit I like the colours. Of course the image is a mess per usual, but it certainly had potential.

 

[GIVENCHYlover]

Depressing cover.

 

[peteryeap0205]

Oh my, such an awful cover! And she doesn't look good in Louis Vuitton neither.

 

[fluxxx]

I even cannot recognize that Vuitton's piece. This cover makes it looks like something that you would find in thrift store LOL.

 

[Benn98]

Its a mystery to me, do people buy this magazine. Are these girls top celebrities in Taiwan? I can vouch for Zhang Ziyi and Sophie Marceau though. Angelababy at a stretch, but nobody else.

 

[ChristyLeReveur]

Its a mystery to me, do people buy this magazine. Are these girls top celebrities in Taiwan? I can vouch for Zhang Ziyi and Sophie Marceau though. Angelababy at a stretch, but nobody else.

Don't know about others, but this girl Ariel Lin is a pretty famous actress in Taiwan. She just got married recently and it was widely reported. So it makes sense that she is on the cover. But whatever, Vogue Taiwan makes awful covers every time literally.

 

[fluxxx]

Its a mystery to me, do people buy this magazine. Are these girls top celebrities in Taiwan? I can vouch for Zhang Ziyi and Sophie Marceau though. Angelababy at a stretch, but nobody else.

Well if Vogue China or even Thailand could book a well known models and also photographers why can't Vogue Taiwan do the same? I don't know how well they sell in their own country or public reaction to this magazine in Taiwan.

 

[Srdjan]

From what I know, all these Vogue Taiwan cover girls are very famous, some are from Taiwan, some are from other Asian countries.

 

[Pricciao]

They sell very well here, sadly. And yes, all of them are hugely recognized actors in Taiwan. The problem about having well-known models on the cover of Vogue is that most readers are scared of Caucasian fashion, and they are keen to like Japanese or Korean "Idol" fashion.

 

[GlamorousBoy]

lol... but is someone surprised?

 

[Benn98]

Thanks so much for the responses! I think I get it now, somewhat. They shoot their own celebs in Chanel, LV etc which ultimately makes the brands more accessible to the readers and further their sales. However bad their covers are, it always reflects a current high profile look. Asia is so diverse because, like Fluxxx was saying, China & Thailand mixes it up. Japan is apparently divided into 'Western' and native press. I find it quite interesting. Anyway, it doesnt always need to look this bad though. Last month's cover with that guy was quite ok actually.

 

[Nevin139]

Taiwan fashion magazine is a joke and disaster!

 

[Nevin139]

There is no doubt that Taiwan fashion magazine is the worst in Asia

 

[fluxxx]

Thanks so much for the responses! I think I get it now, somewhat. They shoot their own celebs in Chanel, LV etc which ultimately makes the brands more accessible to the readers and further their sales. However bad their covers are, it always reflects a current high profile look. Asia is so diverse because, like Fluxxx was saying, China & Thailand mixes it up. Japan is apparently divided into 'Western' and native press. I find it quite interesting. Anyway, it doesnt always need to look this bad though. Last month's cover with that guy was quite ok actually.

Vogue India is also using India's superstar regularly on the cover but they're created an okay or decent covers and editorial. I think the whole team of Vogue Taiwan need to be reformed from the stylist (it's so godamn awful), photographer (the photography's always so amateur looking), art director who made those hideous layout, to the Editor In Chief who approved to print all of the mess :|. Well okay, if they're scared of Caucasian fashion, it's fine to use local talent just like Vogue India but at least use a decent photographers and put some efforts on the styling and background and also find some new fonts to replace those hideous fonts.

 

[Pricciao]

If they want to change, they would change it in a snap, I think the team likes the position they are standing. Apart from the embarrassing cover choice and mindless articles, using new photographers wise, I think they are on the right track. Their works don't appear on the covers though.

 

[Nevin139]

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[Deleted member 1957]

their covers always look very dated

 

[lanvinray]

Vogue Taiwan December 2014 Supplement
Photgraphed by Dennis Fei




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