Vogue Paris December 2020/January 2021 : Léa Seydoux by Three Different Photographers

[WAVES]

the first cover is ok, nothing groundbreaking at all there’s something about the way her head is placed/ tilted that annoys me. also, not in love with the red coloured masthead with the pink.

the second cover is the best one (if one can really say it) but her smile and therefore facial expression reminds me a lot of Jane Birkin, but nowadays. not Jane Birkin in the 70’s... so I’ll leave it to you guys.

the 3rd cover is terrible and I cannot understand why was it released or even photographed. it’s all sorts of bad.

Léa is such a good actress usually photographs so well... I’m sure there will be stronger pictures inside but for me it’s unfortunately another Alt’s big flop (covers wise).

 

[Starry]

According to Charlotte Selignan on Instagram (head of production at Vogue Paris), the anniversary issue should drop in May 2021!

Thanks for the info. That makes sense. I remember once seeing their June/July 1985 issue being extremely thick and an anniversary issue. So it could be a similar plan.

 

[vogue28]

I didn’t find anything about that there

The comment was made in reply to an Instagram user asking where the 100th anniversary issue was - Charlotte replied writing "en Mai". Check it out for yourself on Vogue Paris' Inez & Vinoodh cover post via Instagram.

 

[Alien Sex Friend]

McDean’s cover is Cass Bird level bad.

She looks like Rupert Grint.

More Collier Schorr if you ask me, this truckdriver butch vibe

 

[Serend1pity]

I love VP. I love Emmanuelle. I’ve actually just subscribed to it for a year....

But the true stupidness of ‘pandering’ to something like #BLM by shoving a black model on the cover once and then reverting back to Ginger/Blonde white women forever is a bit much. Especially when their global counterparts are being dragged though the mud because of it. I hope to see a LITTLE more diversity in 2021 (and a little less Rianne)

Honestly this. This is why magazines will die, if Alt doesn’t care to try she’ll continue seeing those sales fall...

 

[Serend1pity]

Cover #3 of 3 by Craig McDean:

....welp!

 

[liberty33r1b]

cover 2 is best, just praying I won‘t receive cover 3!

 

[tigerrouge]

Ordering online... three covers... meaning chances aren't good of randomly getting the only half-decent one... gone off issue already before having seen past the first page.

 

[THD96]

The second cover is the best. Hope they'll ship it here or at least the first one. The third is TK Max tomboy look catalogue at best. Look like something ' photographer' Nicolas would do .

 

[avonlea002]

Is she serious with the third one? No one in their right mind would put a lidl catalogue photo on a cover of Vogue.
MAS work is just horrible nowadays. Its clear she doesn't give a f*ck anymore.

 

[Ed..]

Can't wait to see Rianne's editorial!

 

[annikad]

What on earth is that third cover... it physically hurts me to even look at it. Why does it always have to be such a lazy outcome when it says "chameleon": normal, glamour, 14-year old high schooler (or whatever this is)... I hate it. I'm a big fan of Lea and I'm sure she could give you three interesting and different covers all in the same white t-shirt (sure that's not very Vogue but you get my point).

I read somewhere that the Palais Galliera in Paris will stage an exhibition in honour of the Vogue Paris anniversary next year, postponed from this year. So I'm sure that will coincide with the release of the official anniversary issue.

I'm curious about the content now and I'm praying that the first cover will be available here in Berlin.

 

[GERGIN]

Moderators please correct actors name, it’s Léa Seydonotwantitthankyouandgoodbye

 

[badgalcrush]

My dream comes true FINALLY VP with Seydoux on the cover I'm thrilled and absolutely love the second Monroe VIBES COVER ! Please Alt more french ( RELEVANT actresses and models choices please)

Can't wait to see the ed , the 1st cover is nice too but the 3rd is a big not looks like Interview Mag by Collier

 

[Srdjan]

I only like the McLellan's cover and might get it if it gets imported here. Their cover distribution is uneven and they only seem to export one of the covers whenever there's a multicover issue.

p.s. Re: the diversity comments in the thread: expect no racial diversity from a magazine that features one and the same model(s) all the time. Having someone new on the cover is diverse enough for Vogue Paris. People seem to be pro-diversity but are fine with Rianne appearing on the cover a few times a year. Diversity should also be about seeing new faces on the cover.

 

[Alien Sex Friend]

3rd cover is styled by Marie Amelie Sauve... First time in a long period she is back in VP... Vogue seriously needs some diversity in terms of styling, Alt is afraid to get big names as invited stylists - Joe McKenna was in 2016 (and he was in VP long before Alt), she is working mostly with her apprentices and Junior editors whom she grows in her vivarium. Barbieri was her assistant back then, she is quite often in VP (and i love her works the most), I saw only Jacob K in March and Ibrahim Kamara in November. Seems like she doesn't want someone with high impact and strong vision to contribute to her magazine, she wants only to promote her standpoint and juniors mind-a-likes.

 

[MON]

The last cover is tragic.

 

[kokobombon]

What happened to my beloved McDean?!
My fave is I&V´s, the most high fashion imo.

 

[Starry]

3rd cover is styled by Marie Amelie Sauve... First time in a long period she is back in VP... Vogue seriously needs some diversity in terms of styling, Alt is afraid to get big names as invited stylists - Joe McKenna was in 2016 (and he was in VP long before Alt), she is working mostly with her apprentices and Junior editors whom she grows in her vivarium. Barbieri was her assistant back then, she is quite often in VP (and i love her works the most), I saw only Jacob K in March and Ibrahim Kamara in November. Seems like she doesn't want someone with high impact and strong vision to contribute to her magazine, she wants only to promote her standpoint and juniors mind-a-likes.

That is the reason I find her VP boring most of the time because she only uses other stylists who share the very similar aesthetic as hers. I think Carine's VP was successful because each stylist brought different points of views in one single issue, Carine, Emmanuelle, Marie-Amelie and sometimes Joe or Karl Templer.

I am surprised to see Marie-Amelie working for VP again! But I am afraid this is just a one-time case. Considering it's Lea guest-editing this issue and there must be a huge Vuitton endorsement, which explains Marie-Amelie's involvement. I won't be surprised to read another interview of Nicolas in this issue either.

 

[ivano]

Are we really surprised tho? That fact that she give Rianne 9 covers in 3 years and not a single cover for Imaan is already telling me her "diversity" is performative at best. The fact Imaan only need a VP cover to complete her Big Four is already make me mad consider how much Alt use her in the editorials. Cardi voice " what was the reason, what was the reason". And don't use that tired excuse "women of color don't sell" because Erika Linder is the worse cover star and she gave her 2 covers.

And she need a decent cover of VI. First a fold out and then that bad styling in that Theo Sion cover.