Tag: magazines
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Paging Ms Steele- Dakota Johnson on Elle US March Issue
Dakota Johnson is on the cover of Elle US March Issue and she looks stunning. I love this shoot, the cover is a little unusual if anything, demurely coquettish, but everything else is fifty shades of cliché and then some. And this is just the beginning, there’ll be plenty more to come; she is only…
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Vanity Fair. The 20th Annual Hollywood Issue- D.I.V.E.R.S.I.T.Y
It feels as if I’ve spent half my time, of late, calling out magazines for all kinds of foolishness but I am so pleased this is not the case here. When something is done well it ought to be acknowledged, even if its by a source that has, in the past, been in the wrong.…
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Is Vogue Even Relevant Anymore?
I posed this question on Twitter and for the most part the replies I got confirmed my stance; Vogue is irrelevant. It is a magazine that exists largely based on hype and lives on its past glory. What’s more, the fact that someone’s worth is based on a Vogue cover is simply mystifying to me. Gone…
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The September Issue Best in Show- Vogue Australia.
It goes without saying that the September Issue is a beacon in the fashion industry, not least because it officially ushers in fall proper with the new season selects; coats, dresses, shoes, bags etc, but what really gets us going are the cover girls for September. Crucially, the Vogue September Issues, you know, being the…
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BRAVE.
After 200,000 signatures on the petition launched against Disney following the unveiling of a sexified Princess Merida, they have decided to return her back to her original self. If only plastic surgery was this reversible for some no? Merida was unlike other Disney Princesses but much like Tiana, Disney’s first Black Princess in its 76…
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The Front Cover.
The March 2013 issue of Vogue US had Beyoncé as the cover star. 31 days later, the May 2013 issue of Vogue UK has Beyoncé as the cover star. I guess she forgot to say something in the US issue that was so pivotal it warranted a whole cover for the UK issue. Or maybe…