W Holiday 2017 : Daniel Day-Lewis by Tim Walker

[Benn98]

Its a horrible, horrible cover. From styling, to his diminished presence in the photos, NOTHING works here for me! Also commenting on his looks, or any other cover subjects is normal, and I'm sorry but he looks sick, and really bad. A famous woman would NEVER be allowed this kind of treatment by a magazine (and would receive twice as harsh comments). So he is not getting a pass because he is a brilliant actor. This looks to me like an attempt Tonchi and W team tried to do what Interview magazine does so well, and failed on all accounts. Now i wish they did this cover instead, because it would feel more authenthic (demanding to wear your own clothes is not enough for that).

W has been awful for a while, but this is a new low, imo. I guess DDL fanboys will adore and buy it, i am his fan too, but i most certainly won't! (the great interview can be read online anyway)

Extremely well put!

I like him as an actor too, but he looks absolutely worse for wear here. He looks ill! I don't understand the mentality where comments are policed when it's Oscar winners and or much-loved icons, yet others can be insulted willy nilly.

 

[Fiercification]

This is really a new low for Stefano. All the content so far bellows "identity crisis".

The cover looks like something a drunk Tonchi would have produced overnight in the office circa 2009 for 'T's Men's Fashion', whilst Katie's editorial with Demarchelier looks like a high budget shoot for the LOVE website (although I concede it's great to see these kind of beauties in a high-fashion shoot together...well).

There are so many great (fashion) editors out there without a long-term contract like Joe Zee, Paul Cavaco, Lori Goldstein, Brana Wolf, but nope, CN don't give a twaddle about the quality of this rag, so there's simply no chance for this mag to get re-invented at this stage. It's heading for the can, which is a shame given its state 10 years ago and I doubt W will make it out of 2018 alive.

 

[Royal-Galliano]

Not sure about the cover. I have to say it really does make me want that sweater though. haha.

i was thinking exactly the same. that's it, though...

 

[brikin]

who in their right mind hires TIM WALKER to do such a bland, boring photoshoot like this train wreck? I don't think I've ever been this disappointed.

 

[ellastica]

^ Let's see countless publications, over the past 10 odd years, churning out the same ol' satirical Walker doing Walker garbage

Daniels got an amazing profile and I'm getting a younger, hipster version of Patrick Stewart vibe. What people are characterizing as "rough" I call raw, real and authentic. This man looks lanky not sickly (his arms, hands look robust, healthy). I like the layering, play with proportions especially with the cover sweater. In those shots his head does appear disproportionately big for his body. I'd be curious who actually designed the stuff he chose to wear. Kudos to Sara Moonves for what appears to have been a truly collaborative fashion styling process. Wish my man dressed half as stylishly self-assured.

I may have to buy this one!

 

[t-rex]

The Demarchelier ed is the only model/fashion ed in this issue.

 

[matheus_s]

The Demarchelier ed is the only model/fashion ed in this issue.

Any cool article? How many Pages?

 

[t-rex]

Yep there's an article on DDL of a good length - not the single paragraph or short interview W sometimes does. And 5 full-page photos of DDL - he really looks like the actor Pete Postlewaite!

108 pages

 

[matheus_s]

http://wwd.com/business-news/media/w-magazine-positions-itself-as-a-luxury-collectible-11060539/

 

[kokobombon]

^it could be interesting, I´m glad they´re upgrading the paper quality for starters...

 

[Benn98]

Great idea, but it can only work if they get rid of Tonchi!

 

[Miss Dalloway]

^Nah, not even Tonchi's departure can save it! That article reads like an obituary, who are they kidding? Increasing the price, cutting it down to 8 issues, Volume 1.etc Lmao, thanks for the laugh though! "More than just a magazine. It's a statement?" They could barely sell it when it was a monthly, it will fold by the end of 2018, unless CN still keeps on bleeding money to save it for appearance sake.

 

[MagFan]

^^ and the next thing they should stop even thinking about working with Demarchelier. there is nothing in his work to be part of "collectible issues"

 

[Rigida]

Lol they were trying to do the same thing to Teen Vogue by making it more collectible, exclusive and also putting it on "Volume", and now look what happened to the magazine

 

[tigerrouge]

Converting a failing magazine into 'a luxury product' will take more than puting the price up and being on sale so infrequently that people forget you exist - and then filling the pages with the same old content that put readers off in the first place.

Why not look at the regular publications which ARE managing to survive and borrow a few ideas from their business model?