W Magazine September 2008 : Kate Hudson by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott

[surrealseven]

Is the new W on the newstands yet?

 

[franchini]

I LOVE it! Wow, I think she looks great. Fierce! I think why she gets thought of as a 'boring' or 'bland' actress is because of the films she's done since Almost Famous. I'm a fan of hers, but even I think that AF is easily the best film she's ever done. Back to the magazine though: wow - can't wait to buy it!

 

[mikel]

The ed is very Steven Klein.

 

[Les_Sucettes]

Gosh What does this Kate do to be in so many covers? She's so bland, her movies are bland..enough!

 

[flyingace]

The ed is very Steven Klein.

yes, that's what I thought as well.

 

[HeatherZ]

the cover looks fierce~

 

[surrealseven]

The ed is very Steven Klein.

My exact sentiments, it is quite out of M&M's style

 

[Erin]

Can't wait to get my issue! I can really appreciate the cover and am anticipating what's inside...

 

[Bahiyya]

I don't see how Nadja's cover is so much better... Sure it's the original one,but other than that...

For me it's because Nadja's manages to be intense because of what she's bringing to it -- face, look etc. Kate's is mostly due to overt, well-done airbrushing.

 

[Nemezide]

agree with bahiyya, well done airbrushing

 

[icelynn]

Hey here's an idea for the editors at W: instead of spending so much time, money and energy on making up, primping, photoshopping (to death!), & styling a bland-looking mediocre actress for the *September* of all covers to look like a high fashion model, why don't you save yourself the trouble and *gasp* hire a high fashion MODEL for the cover???

 

[cato.]

That tagline is just too cheesy.

 

[Ferdinanda]

Hey here's an idea for the editors at W: instead of spending so much time, money and energy on making up, primping, photoshopping (to death!), & styling a bland-looking mediocre actress for the *September* of all covers to look like a high fashion model, why don't you save yourself the trouble and *gasp* hire a high fashion MODEL for the cover???

Word.

 

[SnejanaIsMyMuse]

You took the words right out of my mouth icylynn.

I never really liked Kate.

 

[ponytrot]

Is there some type of written contact these magazines have with celebrities to appear on the cover of their magazines? I swear it is about the same 20 celebrities on the cover of all these magazines and im sick and tired of it!

I agree that someone like Tilda should be on the cover! Give us someone unexpected but who can pull a cover and still keep readers and subscribers interested, it can't be that hard!

i'm not sure about a contract, but US magazines (ie. US Vogue/VanityFair/Cosmo and the like) are nortorious for pandering to the machinations of publicists and managers of "celebrities" but giving them covers to coincide with their hype.

that said, Kate Hudson's ed and cover is better than most celeb covers..

 

[helmut.newton]

I think the reason W uses so many celebrities on their covers is purely for money making purposes.

This way, they can have cutting edge content with great photographers.

Its a sacrifice I'm willing to accept. As long as the content is good, I can understand why they need to have celebrity on their covers.

 

[MiuMiuiluvit09]

i really love this cover.
W is stepping their game up just a tad lol

 

[Spike413]

Well, if they're going to put a celeb on a cover, at least they made it look good this time around.

Normally I hate the overly airbrushed look, but in a case like this where the photo is clearly referencing fashion photography from the late 70's/early 80's, Guy Bourdin's look in particular, it works because back then the look was hyper-perfect as well. The only difference between Bourdin/Nadja's cover and this cover is the methods the photographers took to make it look hyper-perfect. Why does it matter if it's precision lighting and makeup or photoshop if the results are pretty much the same?

Yes the cover is a ripoff of another photograph, but when are M&M not referencing someone else's work in their photography? Is anyone really shocked?

 

[Bahiyya]

The Fug girls summarise my take (in a more amusing manner, of course

Also working me up: the idea that they've got an interview with Tilda Swinton in here and still decided to put Kate Hudson on the cover in disguise as an 80s robot car-hop, programmed to stab you to death with the straw from your malted. If Tilda Swinton were on the cover styled thusly, we'd all be like, "Oh, TILDA. You are a kooky, artsy delight! Tell me more about your unconventional romances! You please me!" As it is, my reaction is more along the lines of, "Kate Hudson, you poseur. Nice try." Kate Hudson's entire career is built on being the opposite of being edgy and while in general I appreciate taking things in a new direction, this is like the magazine cover equivalent of that time Denise Richards played a nuclear physicist: hilarious, annoying, and a valiant attempt to ask the public to suspend entirely too much disbelief. Baby steps, Kate. Try dark nail polish first. Then maybe one day we'll be able to look at you all tarted up like a programmed killer escaped from an undiscovered Robert Palmer video and not giggle at you.

gofugyourself.celebuzz.com

As a cover it's good, especially for a celeb cover, but I can't appreciate it on the same level as the first when I consider the subject.

 

[MulletProof]

^ brilliant review.. so true.