It's funny how, over the last decade, celebrities have taken over the covers of fashion magazines in such a way that it strikes as a surprise when they use an über-famous model for the instead. Christy Turlington, my favourite model from the 90's, covers Vogue Italia's July issue in a look very much in line with the 50's inspiration for Prada's and Marc Jacobs' FW10 collections. The colours are beautiful but the cover is scarily autumnal for a July issue. I always feel like summer is the season we enjoy the least in terms of fashion because by the time we're happy with what we have and have got around combining the pieces it is too late and jackets need to be brought out.
If you're asking yourself why do I find this cover special, the answer is very simple. If you look about 20 years back, when the faces on the Vogue covers were those of supermodels (no celebrities then), you will also notice how the pictures always had neutral backgrounds that let the pictures stand out and they included very little writing. It always irritates me when Vogue spoils their beautiful covers with all the information that should instead go on the contents page. A cover is to be enjoyed, which is why I love Vogue Italia's cover, it is modern and classic, just like them.
I'm off.
[Pictures: Vogue.it, coverbrowser.com]
2 comments:
the cover writing is annoying and it's even more obnoxious when they don't even bother to change it the following month. (I think Men's Fitness had the most blatant example of this.)
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I too find the cover writing annoying. I think if the image on the cover is good enough, there shouldn't be a need for all that text.
The image should make you want to buy it (imo).
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