W November 2011 : Nicki Minaj by Francesco Vezzoli & Sui He by Max Vadukul

[justaguy]

Maybe Sui's cover is only for subscribers??? That would really suck!

 

[visualoptimism]

Agents Provocateurs
Star: Nicki Minaj
Photographer: Francesco Vezzoli
Hair: Terrence Davidson





kroqjock @ celebutopia

 

[rox_yr_sox]

^ I love the concept and execution of those pictures so much that they actually almost make me like that ridiculous woman.

 

[YoninahAliza]

So yesterday when I asked the people who worked at Barnes & Nobel if they were getting in Sui He's cover and they said that the Nicki cover was the only one they received. And that they wouldn't be getting anymore in. Which really sucks. Although the women I talked to said that they only refuse to sell a certain cover in very rare situations and she imagines that this is not one of those rare situations. So it looks like I'll have to go somewhere else to find Sui He's cover.

 

[Miss Dalloway]

Well that is sadly what i expected would happen, which is so pointless since they made two covers, but maybe only subscribers will get the Sui He's cover.

 

[Ives927]

Thanks for the update YoninahAliza.

Hopefully other members will get a hold of Sui's cover and dispel the idea of it being only a subscriber's cover. Though, I doubt that since Sui's cover is the one posted on W's site.

 

[justaguy]

I'm going to start checking on eBay for Sui's cover!

 

[vogue28]

Miesel needs to transcend this magic into Vogue Italia. Linda's presence is electric here. Not that I haven't been admiring Meisel's work for Italian Vogue, I just find myself being more interested with his stories for W - and Vogue's his suggested priority. At least Fabulous Fakes thwarts focus off Sui He.. which doesn't fascinate me one ounce.

 

[testinofan]

igree vogue the stories of Meisel in W are fantastic, i hope the magic of Meisel back to Ualian Vogue loong time igo no see a good storie of him in the mag

 

[tigerrouge]

^ I had the same thought, too. But it really isn't up to them to decide what is too controversial for newsstand. I highly doubt they would pull Ai Weiwei's cover due to it's political nature, considering we are outside of China. That would be ironic and defeats the purpose of the issue.

As I mentioned earlier in the thread, it could be down to general interpretation - that most people shopping in a store are not going to see that cover and perceive an unusually forthright piece of political commentary for a fashion magazine, but they will see a distressing situation involving an Asian woman and some violence, which will not be a welcome sight.

So the risk of instantaneous misinterpretation might be too great for it to appear on general sale. And people here might dismiss that, but it's a serious consideration, it's important not to get so lost in the excitement of appreciating the cover's statements, that you forget the American context in which this product will appear.

 

[Ives927]

^ Which is why I find the irony in this whole situation. Here we have Ai Weiwei being silenced and detained by the Chinese government, now his cover for W is being pulled (assuming it did) outside of China.

Unless it was a conscious decision by W to only have Nicki's cover on newsstand, considering members from the US and myself (Canada) have yet to locate the cover.

 

[ChrissyM]

just got my issue in the mail, and it's the nicki minaj cover... even though i'm a subscriber

would be curious to know what other subscribers have been receiving...

and i only flipped through the issue quickly, but it looks like the faux meisel ads are scattered throughout the magazine as if they are actual ads... so clever

 

[tarsha]

^

would be curious to know what other subscribers have been receiving...

there're some Sui He covers on ebay, with subscriber's address label on it.

 

[t-rex]

I got the Nicki cover too.

 

[Jelavender]

Could anyone who has got the magazine in hand do a proper scan of the eds 'Fabulous Fakes' and 'Game On' please? Thanks in advance!

 

[fashion debutant]

Could anyone who has got the magazine in hand do a proper scan of the eds 'Fabulous Fakes' and 'Game On' please? Thanks in advance!

oh,yeah,these and Madonna's feature,please?

 

[aracic]

Faking It
Photographer: Steven Meisel
Fashion Editor: Edward Enninful
Hair: Garren
Make-up: Pat McGrath
Manicure: Megumi Yamamoto
Set Design: Mary Howard
Models: Karen Elson, Jamie Jewitt, Jeremy Santucci, Sean Andrews, Linda Evangelista, Carmen Carrera, Joel Schumacher, Daria Strokous, Coco Rocha, Caroline Trentini, Joan Smalls, Natasha Poly, Anna Dello Russo, Marie-Amelié Sauvé, Brana Wolf, Carlyne Cerf De Dudzeele, Polly Mellen, Lori Goldstein, Dennis Basso, Joan Rivers, Eden Wood, Guinevere Van Seenus, Petra Ecclestone


personal collection

 

[Deleted member 141523]

The photoshop on Joan Rivers' face And the first pic with Karen and the butt naked guys, I've always wanted that one in HQ, hahaha