We’ve seen and digested the bulk of the September issues by now, and in all fairness our favorite fashion glossies have been good to us in terms of using fashion models as their cover stars (because believe us, it has started to become a rarity). American and British Vogue both secured the sensational 90s supermodels for their covers while British Harper’s Bazaar supported Asian representation with a Soo Joo Park cover (and lest we forget V Magazine‘s whopping model extravaganza). Vogue Italia has tapped a rising of star within the world of modeling for their September 2023 installment, which sees Angelina Kendall become cover girl. Photographed by Carlijn Jacobs and styled by Imruh Asha in a sleeveless pale yellow dress from Prada’s Fall 2023 collection, the Brazilian-Australian beauty sports a blunt red bob in the intriguing fold-out cover image.
The cover took our forum members by complete surprise but perhaps not in the best way. “It’s an interesting concept I guess but I’m not gobsmacked over it,” noted WAVES.
“Carlijn is a technically strong photographer, but she is no visionary image-maker. Imruh is unfortunately just as directionless with his styling and the result, much like the gimmicky AI cover with Bella Hadid earlier this year, isn’t great,” shared WinstonH20.
“It’s ridiculous and looks like a mess. NEXT!” an unamused Bertrando3 declared.
Also far from overjoyed at the sight of the cover was avonlea002: “Already sick of Jacobs’ gimmicky photography. This magazine is dead.”
“What a joke…” chimed in MaraPiovani.
Yet not everyone was left so dissatisfied. “I like the cover, I don’t mind if it’s a gimmicky cover, fashion sometimes needs that,” Xone reasoned.
Do you agree? Take a peek at Angelina’s Vogue Italia cover story and join the conversation, here.
