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Is French Vogue Editor Pushing Back On Anna Wintour's Media Moment?
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Mon Dec 21
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I also dislike when journalists pit these two women against each other by suggesting
Anna is old. Wintour is 60. Roitfeld is 55.
In any case, as much as I agree that American Vogue has been repetitive of late, I really don't want to see it become French Vogue. Anna's days at the helm may be dwindling, but I do think the woman deserves respect.
And for the record, I like the designer "whole looks" editorials that are Anna's signature.
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So I guess that would make him more like Grant.
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I do not, however, love how her daughter Julia interprets that style. Nothing will ever make me think that cut-off shorts, black tights, a sheer black top, and gladiator heels is a good look. Unless you send me back in time to 1991. Julia, IMO, did not get her mother's chic genes.
08/26/09
Not to mention, the second she tries to see a cover with a hint of nipple it will be put in a brown envelope. :P
08/26/09
At this point, I think that Anna Wintour's point of view has become stale and that American Vogue desperately needs a facelift. I just think a new editor should be someone who reflects American style (whatever that might be at this moment) and the perspectives of their readership. What works for French Vogue wouldn't necessarily fly in the US (exhibit A: Lily Donaldson as a negligent, smoking pregnant woman). Plus, much of Carine's creative license is connected to the fact that her magazine has a much smaller circulation than American Vogue, which must pander to a wider audience in order to be successful.
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You can have a magazine that is edgy, that features diverse models, artists and designers, and still reflects an American perspective. The plurality of perspectives and unique cultural influences are exactly what makes reading Italian Vogue, French Vogue, Russian Vogue, etc. so interesting. If the goal is to produce a magazine with a global voice, why not produce one universal Vogue each month? I suppose I just think fashion is better served by having multiple Vogues, each with its own voice and style. My gripe is that American Vogue is not reflective of American fashion or culture. Plus, it's boring. Really boring.
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Now this isn't American culture "as a whole", but it would really shock me if British/French/Italian Vogue represented their culture "as a whole". Fashion will usually be associated with the upper echelons of society, so each magazine will probably try to associate themselves with that.
I agree that having many different magazines serves them better, but I don't think they need (or should want to) associate themselves too much with the country they're printing in. I don't know too much about other countries and how they do things, but I think "Americanizing" American Vogue is just a bad idea. If Vogue tried to appeal to the average American, I think that'd be another nail in it's coffin.
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I'm not saying that American Vogue should be Americanized or try to appeal to every American. My point is simply that a fashion magazine as widely read as American Vogue should be in some way influenced by the culture that creates it and at this point, blue-bloods aren't representative of American culture. For example, British, Italian, French and American Vogue can all attend the exact same shows in Paris or Milan and still present wildly different editorials--each reflective of their cultures and style.
I don't think American Vogue should be less rarefied. I guess what I am advocating is that the magazine hire new stylist, photographers, writers, etc. and change the material that it covers. Instead of an article on someone that they have covered a thousand times before, use a new up and coming artist, writer or designer. Cover some other American cities aside from NY, the Hamptons and LA. Use models of all ethnicities. In other words, you can be a magazine with a distinctly American flavor without becoming American-centric. To me, American Vogue is just completely out of touch with real American culture and is desperately clinging on to a relic from the past.
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And I really agree that the magazine needs some new blood. I feel like it's the same cover models, models, writers, etc etc over and over. I feel like Wintour found something that "worked" and decided to stick with it. Problem is it's boring now and isn't working.
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