US Vogue January 2005 : Jennifer Lopez by Mario Testino

[sashatheelf]

heather marks, caroline trentini, stam and lisa cant all look the same, its boring.

yes, we need a new and exciting model...like me!

 

[moussemaker]

From the editorial:

 

[Meg]

there are a couple from the editorial that are nice. Other than that, BLAH. And the cover oh my goodness. they like made her look so weird. In some of the photos I get the sense that she looks like an upstart latina from the 1950's. So weird.

 

[lady grey]

vogue

saw vogue. julia is just the best.

also liked trentini, stam and lisa in a few pics

 

[Alicia9]

I like it

 

[kitsch]

I find all of the US Vogue covers really dull.

I do like the third black & white picture.

 

[adorevintage]

I love that dress she is wearing in the tennis shot. So cute.

And those red open toed slingbacks *sigh* simply adorable!

I don't really like the other ensembles she is wearing, especially the blue sweater/pants look. It doesn't fit her well at all.

 

[Gazillion]

my eyes all on Elise & Lisa Cant...

 

[guccigirl1121]

She looks like she is trying too hard and I think she looks old

 

[metal-on-metal]

Oh whatever it's perfectly fine. I think some of you have too high expectations for American Vogue. J.Lo looks good and it's nice to see her in clothes that she normally wouldn't wear.

As for the comment about "why does she look so happy"? That's one of the most important signatures of American Vogue--it's bright, happy, sunny, sweet. If you want sullen junkies in a rundown apartment setting, go to selfservice or French Vogue. But American Vogue is about beaming happiness, which I think is entirely appropriate for a January cover.

Yes, J.Lo may be tacky, but I'm sure this cover will be yet another blockbuster seller on the newsstands. Anna Wintour knows how to sell a magazine. And you can't argue with that.

 

[mikeijames]

Anna Wintour knows how to sell a magazine. And you can't argue with that.

yes, but anna wintour has been the reason jennifer lopez hasn't been on the cover. i wonder will anna even write an editor's letter for december. she should have just put paris hilton on the cover. naked. that would have sold magazines, too.

 

[metal-on-metal]

True, Anna didn't want her for the longest time. And it is strange to have J.Lo at a time when the buzz surrounding her isn't exactly deafening. But whatever. It's a beautiful woman, in a beautiful setting, in beautiful clothing. Nothing more, nothing less. Sure it's boring, predictable, contrived and totally commercial, but it's what I expect of Vogue.

I feel like people are still somehow expecting American Vogue to run a black and white shot of Hannelore in Hussein Chalayan on the cover. It's not going to happen, people! American Vogue will always be about a certain look. So you can expect the same designers (YSL, Gucci, Prada, Ralph, Calvin) on the same starlets (Nicole, SJP, Renee, Gywneth) for a long time to come.

 

[jadedomega]

I love the last one (B&W) *heart*Jessica Stam*heart*

 

[PussyLee]

More LISA CANT. She stole the show!!!

 

[Meg]

Just because US Vogue has been crap for a long time doesn't mean that we shouldn't objectively critique it every month. I can still be continually disappointed in my hope that my displeasure with it will eventually carry over into changes.

 

[liberty33r1b]

So you can expect the same designers (YSL, Gucci, Prada, Ralph, Calvin) on the same starlets (Nicole, SJP, Renee, Gywneth) for a long time to come.

bleak prospects, indeed!!

 

[kimair]

for the most part, i love it...i love the blue narciso dress, the black and white with the pearls, and the blue marc jacobs w/red shoes. those are all very elegant. i would have liked to see one with her hair down, because she's got beautiful hair, but oh well.

 

[mikeijames]

I feel like people are still somehow expecting American Vogue to run a black and white shot of Hannelore in Hussein Chalayan on the cover. It's not going to happen, people! American Vogue will always be about a certain look. So you can expect the same designers (YSL, Gucci, Prada, Ralph, Calvin) on the same starlets (Nicole, SJP, Renee, Gywneth) for a long time to come.

i'm just disappointed at a time where we have julia roberts, catherine zeta jones, natalie portman, tea leoni, kate beckinsdale, kate winslet, rosario dawson, gwen stefani ALL in hit movies right now, we didn't need a jlo cover right now. i mean i think that a jlo cover should come when she does a good movie again. maybe vogue embracing her as a rebounded star. not moments after that shall we dance joke. i mean a julia roberts cover could have been amazing. or a desperate housewives cover. and there are so many female artists on the music charts right now...this just looks random.

 

[liberty33r1b]

i'm just disappointed at a time where we have julia roberts, catherine zeta jones, natalie portman, tea leoni, kate beckinsdale, kate winslet, rosario dawson, gwen stefani ALL in hit movies right now, we didn't need a jlo cover right now. i mean i think that a jlo cover should come when she does a good movie again. maybe vogue embracing her as a rebounded star. not moments after that shall we dance joke. i mean a julia roberts cover could have been amazing. or a desperate housewives cover. and there are so many female artists on the music charts right now...this just looks random.

and why would we need gwen stefani on the cover again??
i hated this year's cover with her, the worst ever!!!

 

[metal-on-metal]

I totally agree that the J.Lo choice seems random. But you know there has been so much controversy and whispering over her cover for the longest time. She's been snubbed by Wintour again and again. January issues aren't very important, they are thin and generally don't sell too well. Which I think enables magazines to experiment a little bit in that month. Maybe Anna figured that if J.Lo has to have a cover, she might as well get it over with and do it in January if possible.