W August 2009 : Lara Stone by Steven Klein

[Aja Mok]

i love the cover! very pink!

 

[McQueezy]

The cover would be perfect if not for that heinous hat. I hope the editorial is shot in a similar style, it's a refreshing change for Klein.

 

[lucy92]

its a terrific cover and i cant wait until i receive this in the mail. it more than makes up for last months disastrous bruce willis cover.

and yes, i do think lara deserves icon status. i hope this sets off a cover rush

 

[elsaskywalker]

Look what a friend kindly send me... any likeness?

thesun.co.uk

 

[Miss Dalloway]

^^ha! Clearly what they went for, its very blatant though.

 

[cottonmouth13]

absolutely lovely seeing the HQ cover! thanks Luxx for the re-post!

 

[j'adorekapusta]

what bothers me is the cover line 'why she is the most wanted face - and body - in the business' which is really a bit forced kind of statement if you think of it. i can totally understand that W wants to make some justice to their cover choice and feels very noble about 'discovering' Lara for its readers, but frankly... has Lara been the biggest news now? i mean, i-D praised her, Vogue Paris praised her. but what is W's point here? they surely didn't discover her and i can hardly think of one particular edit being able to adjust something to her stardom. as for the cover... i don't think it's a big deal for Lara herself, rather than a real shame for W's fashion department - being an upbeat American fashion publication and totally ignoring models in favor of B-list celebrities people don't even bother to care about. so you put A MODEL on the cover? how groundbreaking of you!
really, i love and respect Ms.Stone and she definitely deserves all the attention she's got. but the whole 'the next new IT-girl' thing feels more degrading rather than honoring. we've seen too much of new, IT and iconic people-things-anything to still care about it now.
what is really cool about cool people is that you don't need an oversized cover line to tell you how cool they are.

 

[vavavinny]

Thanks so much for posting that picture elsaskywalker! In my earlier post I said that the cover was too retro and looked like an old film still or shot of Brigitte Bardot. This was exactly the image I was thinking of. And that is my problem with the cover. Inspiration is one thing, but blatant reproduction is another. Lara looks very beautiful on the cover, but the styling is quite silly and ridiculous.

 

[mikel]

Yes I realised it too, Fashion Copious is one of the culprits.

Not to point any fingers but I just spotted a memeber here who goes by the same name...

 

[surrealseven]

^ Yes I am aware of that, that makes it even unforgivable imo
if he really is a member here...we all practice the good habit of crediting sources here.












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[_rumc_]

I love it!!! Can't wait to get it

 

[LetThemEatCake]

The cover would be perfect if not for that heinous hat.

That's what I think too. The hat's horrible, and I'd also like the cover better if she was facing forward, not her profile. And why not embrace her 'freakishness' W? I'm not really a huge Lara fan but I dont feel this cover is really the 'true Lara'...I dont know how to 'say it', but it feels too soft and pretty...should have been edgier, kind of like Lara herself.

 

[Deslin]

I'm so excited that she's on the cover but she looks like she has a wonky eye. Why did they choose this shot? *sigh

 

[iluvjeisa]

^I think the wonky eye is what really makes the cover. The left eye (to us) looks traditional young Bardot - deer in the headlights but charming nonetheless - and the right eye looks menacing. That's part of what makes a truly wonderful cover - mixed signals.

 

[Laetitia]

Love the cover...very Bardot !

 

[Ariadne]

^I think the wonky eye is what really makes the cover. The left eye (to us) looks traditional young Bardot - deer in the headlights but charming nonetheless - and the right eye looks menacing. That's part of what makes a truly wonderful cover - mixed signals.

I agree. I don't think it was an accident.

 

[hfgl]

^I think the wonky eye is what really makes the cover. The left eye (to us) looks traditional young Bardot - deer in the headlights but charming nonetheless - and the right eye looks menacing. That's part of what makes a truly wonderful cover - mixed signals.

Exactly.Can't wait to see this in person!

 

[kimair]

i am by no means a lara stone fan, but i am glad to see a model other than christy turlington, gisele, kate moss, or natalia vodianova on the cover of w...

that being said, i have to agree with j'adorekapusta...
if lara's thing is being the face and the body of the moment, why make her up as a copy of bardot?
it makes me think of the agyness deyn (another model i didn't--and still don't--get the appeal of)...
i-D declared her an "icon," and devoted a cover to her and all her quirkiness...

lara should be showcased as lara...
that's what vogue paris did, that's what vogue italia did...
thinking about where w is published--a country that can at times value assets such as lara's innocent, i would think showing her as is would be a blockbuster...

 

[mercyminx]

perfection!

 

[Manuva]

i am by no means a lara stone fan, but i am glad to see a model other than christy turlington, gisele, kate moss, or natalia vodianova on the cover of w...

that being said, i have to agree with j'adorekapusta...
if lara's thing is being the face and the body of the moment, why make her up as a copy of bardot?
it makes me think of the agyness deyn (another model i didn't--and still don't--get the appeal of)...
i-D declared her an "icon," and devoted a cover to her and all her quirkiness...

lara should be showcased as lara...
that's what vogue paris did, that's what vogue italia did...
thinking about where w is published--a country that can at times value assets such as lara's innocent, i would think showing her as is would be a blockbuster...

Completely agree. You can't just announce this fantastic new supermodel, the IT girl of fashion but then preface it with a 'Uhhhm, she looks like Bardot too!'. They didn't do this with Daria, Gisele, Kate, Natalia, and I really don't think it's necessary to do this with Lara - she's a strong enough model as it is.
The Bardot inspired editorials she did were mainly at the start of her career - to announce herself as a model? But she's so far past this now. I mean did W not seen the blood-fest Klein editorial she did for Vogue Paris?