vogue uk september issue is most probably the thickest issue of the year. its 400+ pages have nothing on the highly hyped 900+ pages of vogue us september issue, i admit it. but, even if both owe a lot of their thickness to ads, at least vogue uk has some interesting content hidden in between those glamorous campaigns.
as usual, i will give my highlights and you can buy the real thing in case you want to read more.
* prada features a fresh faced 44 yo christy turlington. i am not ageist, to the contrary. i’m just underlining how well she looks alongside the younger models.
* surprise: carla bruni is the face of bvlgari jewelry.
* daria is back! she’s on the cover of the august issue of vogue paris, on the cover of the september issue of vogue uk and she has at least one editorial in the september issue of vogue us. and she’s also in several campaigns, including celine and isabel marant. i really like her: she seems grounded and her own person.
* they’re trying to make thigh highs happen. don’t worry, they will fail. the reason is always the same: thigh highs are too much trouble. you could follow chanel’s lead and fake it: wear regular shoes plus leather leg warmers. i kid, i kid… stick to your normal footwear.
* the campaigns feature many asian girls. it’s a sure sign that many houses are aiming to increase their market share in asia.
* sarah burton at mcqueen has been paralyzed in the same repetitive gig ever since lee passed, endlessly recycling the last ideas they actually collaborated on…
* cara delevigne is still going strong: many campaigns, an editorial and she was hand picked by pharrell to feature alongside him in the pictures for his interview.
* vivienne westwood dares to be the only 72 yo featured in any of the fall campaigns.
* tired of isabel marant’s wedge sneakers and their tsunami of replicas? well, there’s a new cool isabel marant shoe in town. that’s if you have 1,500 euro to spare. if you don’t, just wait patiently for the knock offs.
* there are at least 3 interviews: daria, pharrell and tom ford. apparently, the latter has a son by a surrogate. great example.
* i don’t like the article they have on fur. they say that only at the copenhagen fur bourse, 21 million mink pelts are sold on an annual basis… they give us a lot of details about the industry in an effort to legitimize the whole thing.
69% of the designers use real fur. celine, after lining birkenstocks with mink, has a full mink dress in the new collection. wtf!?
i can’t understand it how we are still not over fur yet. vogue should be ashamed for publishing this material. i understand that there is pressure from the clients to make fur sexy but there should be other values apart from money. especially now that there are so realistic versions of fake fur. sad…
* i liked darren almond‘s norfolk house. cool place!
* vogue branches out with conde nast college of fashion and design.
* i fell in love with simone rocha’s pink coat in the spring. and now that autumn is coming, it is one of the season’s hits.
* in foodie news, check out mad. it is a community made of cooks, chefs and farmers with an interest in food, flavours and good eating. if you are in copenhagen on the 25th and the 26th of august, do not miss the mad symposium! the theme of this year’s edition is guts, both literally and figuratively.
this was my overview. now you decide if it’s enough or if you should go buy the magazine!
photo credits: vogue uk, google search
6 comments
MC says:
Aug 26, 2013
September issue (no matter what magazine) is almost always the best out of the 12. It is pain to carry them around though 🙂
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little aesthete says:
Aug 26, 2013
u like vogue uk: they have been delivering good content for ages 🙂
giuppy d'aura says:
Aug 29, 2013
well, i think giving highlights about Vogue is a very intelligent idea for a post, i read this issue too but didn’t think about doing a kind of vogue review (and i m not steeling the idea, don’t worry). i agree with most things you say, and when i have seen so much about cara delevigne my only thought has been ” she is beautiful but for how long is going to last” fashion is not anymore the place for top top topmodels, it burns everything too soon, even the muses!
little aesthete says:
Aug 30, 2013
i don’t know if it’s a great idea, but i have been reading vogue for so long that i guess my opinion is a bit more insightful than your average reader’s. i believe the key is to understand that fashion is a business and there are many consequences to that 🙂
in the near future i’ll write about colors and monocle, magazines that have different approaches. perhaps you’ll enjoy the posts! 🙂
Martine says:
Oct 19, 2013
I don’t think this is the highlights of the Vogue. i think they just picked some random stuff, all of which is old news, and not even very interesting. Honestly thats the UGLIEST Chanel add I have ever seen. I love Daria…but I can see that she is back. What is with the asian knock offs of real stuff here…
martine says:
Oct 19, 2013
And wait…you have not noticed that thigh high boots are becoming more and more popular? Seriously?