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W Magazine Volume #1 2025 : The Best Performances Issue by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott
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A lot of fashion content in this issue and it's all really terrible, especially Colin Dodgson's editorial. I know Trump is back in power but no one asked to go back to 2016 
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Is Ashley now the contributing casting director at W? You've got to give the woman her props for launching almost every significant new face in the industry for the last decade plus, but I don't trust her when it comes to editorial casting. There is a huge drop in quality in this issue compared to when Piergiorgio was the CD (and we all know casting directors at this level have some input not just in terms of models featured, but the creative teams as well). I know many on this forum hate him but when it comes to editorial work, he has a really good feel for selecting the right girl(s) for each mood or story. That feeling is totally missing in this issue, despite the relatively decent and faintly glamorous Best Performances portfolio by M&M.
I'll wait to see what the next issue looks like but W is flip flopping back into irrelevance again if this issue is setting the standard moving forward!
.Is Ashley now the contributing casting director at W? You've got to give the woman her props for launching almost every significant new face in the industry for the last decade plus, but I don't trust her when it comes to editorial casting. There is a huge drop in quality in this issue compared to when Piergiorgio was the CD (and we all know casting directors at this level have some input not just in terms of models featured, but the creative teams as well). I know many on this forum hate him but when it comes to editorial work, he has a really good feel for selecting the right girl(s) for each mood or story. That feeling is totally missing in this issue, despite the relatively decent and faintly glamorous Best Performances portfolio by M&M.
I'll wait to see what the next issue looks like but W is flip flopping back into irrelevance again if this issue is setting the standard moving forward!
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^ weirdly enough I couldn't find the Mescal cover anywhere in NY (went to 3 magazine shops - including two that had a printout of Mescal's cover in the window! - and Barnes & Noble before I gave up and ordered it online) but was able to find all the others I wanted (Craig, Zendaya, Swinton)
I noticed some places just carry like 20 copies of the same cover when W does multi covers and others run the gamut.
I noticed some places just carry like 20 copies of the same cover when W does multi covers and others run the gamut.
