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| Fashion editor: Lucinda Chambers Photographer: Mario Testino |
First of all lets start with one of the main features if not the main feature, The front cover used to eye catch viewers and say ''Hey, Buy me!''
This months cover girl features Natalia Vodianova a Russian model who recently has came in 3rd on the Forbes top earning model list. Natalia who enrolled into a modeling academy at the age of 15 has achieved great success in runway, editorial and advertising modeling. This is not the first Natalia has been seen as a Vogue cover, September 2004 Natalia was presented on cover for her first time along side eight other models with quote ''Models of the Moment'' photographed by Steven Meisel and has also been seen seven times in British Vogue.
Natalia is shown center cover wearing matching Valentino skirt and jacket that add up to £2880. The colourful outfit relates well to this months theme of ''Pop'' it has a fun young look to it and I like the the bright colours used on the soft pastel pink fabric base. The main thing that stands out to me as something I would change on the cover is the overpowering word ''Pop'' used with it's informal type and extreme use of colour, Although I understand it is used to relate to pop in being colourful and fun but I get the feeling it gives a cheap and childish view on the cover.
The cover overall does the job of connecting type to imagery and expressing the months theme but seems to have been a bit safe for vogue which is a bit of a let down since the December issue is usually one of my most enjoyed covers.
On reading the editor's letter with quote ''Culture Club'' It is explained that the theme of pop this month relating to popculture, pop music has been seen on runway for upcoming spring season and that with this issue we are ''Looking at your future, or at least next spring's wardrobe'' so look forward and prepare to seeing the trippy colourful pattern displays of the upcoming season.
The first major article ''The big bang, The gemesis of pop'' By Judith Watt, is packed full with information and imagery of ''Pop'' from the very first time the words ''Pop art'' was spoke in 1959 by artist Lawrence Alloway to describe mass culture, to how designers are ongoing using the theme ''Pop''. The article refers to a lot of different aspects and people from the ''Pop'' world such as artists, musicians, painters, designers, graphic designer, fashion designers, advertisement, film and TV pretty much anything you can think of can hold some reference to the ''Pop'' theme. What I enjoyed most about the article was the imagery used along side such as art work from Lichtenstein, 60s photograph of Twiggy and Vogue image of Mick Jagger from January 1965. Overall it was an interesting read and wasn't dragged on for too long.
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| Scanned Image Stylist: Kim Howells Photographer: Thomas Cooksey |
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| Scanned Image Fashion editor: Lucinda Chambers Photographer: Mario Testino |
''Take the heat'' features both male and female jackets, jeans, scarfs, shirts, skinny trousers, turtle necks, long sleeve Ts all at a not too expensive price all from Uniqlo's.
What I like most about this spread is the variety of male and female clothing showing both alongside each other. I have to say that the scarfs used are gorgeous with their nicely designed prints and defiantly my favorite aspect of the collection. Other than that the colours used fit in well and with the exception of the odd shirt and bright duffel coat nothing much more grabs my attention but overall the are some nice photography used and worth a look.
Colourful past
At first glance I wasn't sure how I felt about this spread but looking over it I decided I love it! To sum it up expect colour, colour and more colour, it's is very camp, fun and in your face and features the cover girl Natalia Vodianova. The are some amazing prints to view here and defiantly fits in with the ''Pop'' theme. Even the background is colourful and fits nicely alongside those prints, Natalia's dynamic poses explain the young and fun style too the shoot and creates some very nice photography to view.
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| Scanned Image Fashion editor: Francesca Burns Photographer: Patrick Demarchelier |
The fab five
Probably the biggest money maker for this months issue due to the mass amount of fan girls (Sometimes fan boys like myself) for this spreads feature One Direction who are shot wearing Burberry suits and Ralphy Lauren baseball jackets alongside model Edie Campbell. Although the spread is about the group and shows some background information about each of the boys, it seems the spotlight is mostly on Harry Styles who the writer clearly features in more detail and he even has a full page photograph unlike the other boys. I liked the use of the black and white frames for the photography but overall I found the article alongside it not much of interest, it basically just stated information that we all knew and said nothing about their fashion style. It came across more as just some page fillers.
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| Scanned Image Photographer: Tim Walker |
Like dream's do
This unusual spread shot by Tim Walker, with its trippy colourful style, features a number of designers such as Chanel, Miu Miu, Louis Vuitton. The shoot is set in an English garden capturing a sort of unusual circus feeling to the frames. The are some nice prints to be looked at and an interesting close up shot of the models face that seems to portray the movement of light.
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| Scanned Image Fashion editor: Maya Zepinie Photographe: Scott Trindle |
Before I started to read this article I thought to myself ''I can't imagine much that will be said that's going to be interesting'' but turns out I was wrong. In fact this may of been my most favorite article in the issue, I already had a like for Rita Ora but after reading this I can say that it had defiantly increased. The article sets a background to Rita's life explaining how she was scouted by Jay-Z at the age of 18 and an insight to her personal fashion taste inspired by her heroes: Gwen Stefani, Alexander McQueen, Marilyn Monroe and Debbie Harry. Rita also answers that she is interested in eventually starting her own fashion line after releasing a satisfactory amount of albums which is defiantly something I look forward to see from her in the future! The article is quite comical and upbeat showing a more softer side to Rita and along side the Photo shoot where she playfully posses in a young and elegant way, it brings it all together nicely making it an overall joyful article to read.
Overall this Issue has been a joy to read, changing my unsure opinion of the ''Pop'' theme to something I'm quite looking forward to and although it may not be as exciting as previous December issues it defiantly had some great articles and shoots to look at. The is a lot more articles that I would like to have talked about as well as going into more detail in the ones I have previously stated but due to newly starting the blog mid month I've been rushed for time on doing a full picky review that would be able to be published in time to be of interest before next months issue lands on my door step. Hopefully the will be an improvement on detail with the January issue as well as me designing some Illustrations to go along side it that might make the review a bit more interesting.
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