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BAD Vogue Covers
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You're mean. I like you 
Really, Vogue... what the hell is going wrong with you? I don't know why such covers even get approved. I remember growing up and thinking of Vogue as a synonym for class, luxury and style. Now it's going downhill. I understand that they are trying to get more readers, after all the crisis did hit everything quite badly, but becoming "cheaper" just to appeal to an average citizen is a bad idea. Vogue's strength was always in being a luxurious, high end magazine dedicated to fashion, good taste and amazing clothes unaffordable to most people- which was exactly why it was so successful. Everything is Vogue used to be beautiful, perfect and often unachievable. Now, with the people like Upton "gracing" the covers, it's lost a lot of it appeal. They should be careful, because they might soon lose many of their followers- I certainly won't be renewing my subscription anytime soon.
This is so true, Vogue used to sell dreams and aspirations. Now it sells "normalcy" and "affordability" which isn't anything new or exciting.
I'm with you @MCgirl no renewal subscription for me.
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I remember buying Vogue UK a couple of years ago, it had a section dedicated to affordable clothing, my face went like this:
yes, of course, designer clothes are expensive, but that's the point of it. As you said, Vogue used to sell dreams and aspirations, I'm all for trying to buy similar clothes in high street shops, because let's be honest, haute couture is not exactly cheap, but for Christ's sake, I buy Vogue exactly because it shows beautiful world full of gorgeous people wearing amazing clothes. If I need an advice on how to substitute Armani with H&M, I can as well skip straight to one of hundreds of magazines that promote an affordable lifestyle. It's just sad what's happening with Vogue. And I don't think it will work for them long-run, there are millions of other newspapers out there, but Vogue was special precisely because it was about luxury and lavish lifestyle. Now, when it aims for the "average" readers, it will just sink amongst all the rest of similar magazines. And I'd think that with all the revenue they must get from the advertising (which right now constitutes majority of the whole magazine, which is SO annoying), they'd be able to stay afloat without trying desperately to catch people who buy it only because they saw Upton or Lady Gaga on it and probably have no idea about fashion 
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Vogue US 
Yes, we know that she's in the Great Gatsby, which is what she's on the cover to promote. They should've gone with something more subtle, like Karlie's cover for Vogue Australia. Actually, they should've just removed the "Australia" and marketed that issue for the American version too.
Yes, we know that she's in the Great Gatsby, which is what she's on the cover to promote. They should've gone with something more subtle, like Karlie's cover for Vogue Australia. Actually, they should've just removed the "Australia" and marketed that issue for the American version too.
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Total Vogue
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Why why why why why why why
I saw an article about behind the scenes of this and this image is SOOOOO airbrushed. She looked a Ribena Berry in the original.
Fat, ugly, albino, tranny.
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SkinnyMeansPretty
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Get your shit straight Carine!
Paris Hilton . Really? Seriously? She's famous for being rich and leaking a terrible porno :/ and she gets on the cover of the magazine that's meant to celebrate style, elegance, ingenuity, creativity, versatility, class and non conformity.
Paris effing Hilton?
And don't even get me started on Booby McGee Kate Upton. Argh
Gabrielle Chanel would not approve.
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caserene
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I thought the lady gaga one was kinda cool, but seeing behind the scenes!! YIKES!!! 
Vogue Japan has sure had some awfully boring ones. AND DON'T tell me its better just because they use models. They are AWFUL. It's Anna Dello Russo's fault
Vogue Japan has sure had some awfully boring ones. AND DON'T tell me its better just because they use models. They are AWFUL. It's Anna Dello Russo's fault
I thought the lady gaga one was kinda cool, but seeing behind the scenes!! YIKES!!!
Vogue Japan has sure had some awfully boring ones. AND DON'T tell me its better just because they use models. They are AWFUL. It's Anna Dello Russo's fault
Anna Dello Russo only styles a few covers each year though (you can tell which ones are by her because they're the ones with super tacky, gauche styling
). I think the problem is that the covers are all shot in front of a white background, so it looks very repetitive. Also, IMO a lot of the cover models are poor posers, which is apparent especially in studio shoots. There have been some good covers (although the last good covers I can remember is Karlie's from last year), but they're due to the model's pose rather than a stellar concept + photography, so they blend into the mass of boring, uninspiring covers.One of the biggest problems I have with Vogue is that their cover stars are often too photoshopped to the point of looking inhuman.
Australian Vogue is usually pretty shit cover-wise though.
Australian Vogue is usually pretty shit cover-wise though.
I saw an article about behind the scenes of this and this image is SOOOOO airbrushed. She looked a Ribena Berry in the original.
Fat, ugly, albino, tranny.
That comparison is amazing 
I can't even
If real women have curves, apparently the members on Skinny Gossip are imaginary.
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Bunny
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I can't even
And here goes my Vogue subscription. I'm officially done with this magazine, it's been going downhill for some time but THIS?? Considering how many models, designers and other fashion-related, mostly skinny people are in Vogue, screaming on the front page that "real women have curves" seems quite offensive to everyone pictured inside. Skinny-bashing from Vogue, if someone told me this five years ago, I'd have probably laughed at the very suggestion.
