American model Guinevere van Seenus, who has been active since the mid -90s, graces the September issue of Ukrainian Vogue in a Hitchcock-inspired look and wearing a dress from the latest Chanel collection. Shot by up and coming Turkish photographer Cuneyt Akeroglu, the cover story has made an impact on the tFS forums, wowing loyal fans of the model and finding disapproval among many of the other members who commented.
“Beautiful, she never fails,” said Mat Cyruss.
“She just can’t produce bad work, what a model, what a woman, I love this so much!” continued Miss Dalloway with praise for the model.
Bruce7Lee and justaguy stated that this was their favorite September cover thus far, and Royal-Galliano shared, “I love it! It’s a pure grown-up glamour and no tackiness,” whereas jmrmartinho found that the cover was “other world amazing.”
But not everyone was head over heels for the cover. Several members who admittedly have never understood van Seenus’ appeal failed to see anything special about these images.
MyNameIs wrote, “Maybe it’s because I’ve never found the appeal of Guinevere, but I think she looks especially terrible here. Other than the face, the rest of the cover is nice. I really like the colors – there’s something so luxurious about them.”
“I never got her appeal… this cover isn’t great,” posted gossiping.
Unrelated to the model choice, some members had other reasons not to be wowed by the cover shot.
“To me it doesn’t look like a Vogue cover, it looks like the portrait of an actress or at best a photo from a beauty spread about hair, but nothing screams Vogue here. The image is creative but is it fashion?” Bertrando3.
“Her eyes look ill to me… I don’t like it, it is so ordinary and unoriginal,” stated GlamorousBoy.
I found the ambivalent feelings towards the cover and the accompanying editorial rather surprising as this is simply everything I expect from a September issue. It’s glamorous, it’s dark and romantic, the styling is on point and the model choice strikes me as one of the cover’s biggest strengths. Van Seenus is one of those infinitely versatile and fascinating models that can pull off any theme and any look, but the lascivious and sexy old Hollywood glamour she models here has me convinced entirely. The cover and the cover spread are gorgeous and this is a job well done by the newest of all editions of Vogue. Keep it up, Vogue Ukraine!
