• more about #annawintourdeathwatch
    Betsy: I don't know, Tatiana. Yes, the profiles with actresses are far too self-important and silly, but was the supermodel era any better? Are glamazons any... more »
    Stabby McStabberson: (sorry to piss on another post of yours, tatiana - i love 99.99% of your work, i've been stabby mccrankypants lately because of the holidays) helmut ... more »
    sisepuede is the femmiest femme of them all: Tatiana, thanx for putting up the Helmut Newton swan copulation picture. After I read the article last night I was up half the night looking for it o... more »
    hfree: I have always loved that photgraph. I think people want Vogue to be better because it is this grand dame, we can't think of the world without it, it's... more »
    special_boots: Gonna have to disagree with you on the Leda/swan setup. It's gross, but not even compelling gross, just sort of stiff and awkward gross. And I'm embar... more »
    DangerMouse: They definitely need a wider variety of shoots to foster creativity in our responses to LOLVogue. more »
    pandorasmittens: Apparently Helmut Newton is the only person Zeus will allow to photograph him. more »
    VaginaWig is A Merkin: "For the December issue, it sent a writer off to discover the 'charms' of Wal-Mart and Target." This reminded me of The Simple Life episode where Pari... more »
    pandorasmittens: Vogue is just as narcissistic as the socialites profiled within its pages: it has elevated itself so high that it actually believes that their fantasy... more »
    PixiePerson: Leda and the Swan has always freaked me out. Seeing a picture of it.. kind of worse. more »
    dcdulce: you had me at "pureed into a gossipy brownie" more »
    TheUptightMidwesterner: I am older than most on this board and I have to say that I buy Vogue about 3 times a year and my lasp issue was the final straw- Never again. It is l... more »
    Penny: Wait, also, I am not sure if Jezebel covered this, but what is up with the highlighted quote about Michelle Obama? I can't find my issue right now, b... more »
    sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit): They need to replace Plum Sykes with Kumquat Dykes. more »
    Eeva: I'll readily deny that the Newton photograph is beautiful. Unsettling and somewhat compelling, yes, but just because it features a gorgeous blonde and... more »
    pantsless economist...access RESTORED: To me Vogue has always come off as pretentious and boring (seriously--I'd *much* rather read How to Please Your Man in 99 New Ways) -- and lately very... more »
    morninggloria: Highlights for Kids has also gotten pretty hoity-toity of late, with articles about the following topics: - a seven year old's heart wrenching account... more »
    Sev: When some AMTM shoots are more edgy than anything pictured in American Vogue over the past 10 years it's time to give it up. more »
    Penny: Sometimes it feels like Wintour is just spinning her wheels, waiting to get canned. I don't know, I hate to believe that she is really so lacking in ... more »
    hydrogen_jukebox: My mother worked in the fashion industry when I was younger, and I used to stare, wide-eyed as I flipped through the pages of her Vogues. She sort of ... more »
  • #criticaldistance

    New York Times Bets Against Anna Wintour, American Vogue

    Times fashion critic Cathy Horyn is famous for her willingness to dose the industry with healthy perspective. So how delicious is Horyn’s savaging of Vogue as “stale and predictable”? And that’s just a warm up!