Right now the topic of conversation is what’s wrong with Vogue U.S. My question however, is what’s wrong with our very own Vogue? British Vogue that is. As revealed a short while ago, Cheryl Cole is the fashion bible’s latest cover girl.
For those lucky enough not to be bombarded by everything Cheryl….Mrs Cole is a member of the successful girl group Girls Aloud and a judge on the UK version of X-Factor. She became the nation’s sweet heart last year when she decided to “bravely” stick with her marriage after her husband (Chelsea and England footballer, Ashley Cole) played away.
Now, I have no problem with Cheryl gracing the cover. Cheryl is a style icon for many (myself not included) which on some level grants her a first class ticket to cover girl status right? My issue is with Vogue’s decision to play it safe and opt for the obvious.
The cover is predictable. Big hair and bling. No surprises there. This would have been the perfect opportunity to experiment with Cheryl’s W.A.G inspired look and jump fly out of the box into a playground of fashion forward fun. Hey, it didn’t hurt Beyoncé. Vogue possesses the luxury and authority to take such risks. It’s such a shame they didn’t.
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January 5th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
She has become a style icon over the past year, but does that warrant a Vogue cover these days?
Coleen would have been a more deserving celebrity of gracing the cover of such a prestigious magazine. She has some history in fashion/style and knows her labels.
Victoria Beckham works her butt off to be taken seriously in fashion yet waited years to appear on the cover. Cheryl gets a TV gig, and all of a sudden her marriage is discussed in a high-fashion magazine?!
I’m confused!
January 5th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
Well I think you just nailed it on the head when you said Vogue want to play it safe. Years ago Vogue relied on money from lucrative ad deals and do not worry about mag sales. Well with the economic climate and competition from other publications such as Elle, who have seriously stepped up their game and also bloggers; I believe that Vogue are starting to feel the pinch. It seems their strategy is to get Vogue out there to your average Jack and Jill. Also I think they started to get bland when they decided to put Coleen Rooney on the cover a couple of years back. I don’t care how popular Alexandra Shulman declared she was - Coleen is about as bland as you can get. Once they did that there was no going back.
January 5th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
Coleen wasn’t on the cover, she just featured inside - which is what they should have did with Cheryl.
January 5th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
Hahaha…you 2 are so sad…at the end of the day she’s on the cover you 2 nobodys are not…she’s beautiful, successful and rich and i take it you 2 are not or you wouldn’t be wasteing your time commenting on this…PLLLLEEEAAAASSSSEEEE!!! GET A LIFE!!
January 5th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
Leon - Coleen was on the cover of Vogue back in 2005. Check out this link for more info.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2005/mar/18/pressandpublishing.marketingandpr
Leona kindly save your childish and rude remarks for the playground.
January 5th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
@Leon - Really? Coleen instead of Cheryl? No, I think Cheryl is more deserving. At least with Cheryl you get the feeling that she actually has a career to speak of. I understand that Vogue’s goal right now is to sell, at the end of the day it’s all about making money…more so now than ever before. I just wish Vogue would really play around with the image of these celebs and try something different. Otherwise what’s the point?
@Ondo Lady - Well said. I think we’re going to get a lot more “Cheryl’s” on the cover of Vogue this year. Also, Coleen didn’t make it on the cover in the end, she was featured inside the mag and wasn’t paid a penny. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1489022/Why-I-put-Waynes-girl-in-the-pages-of-Vogue.html
@Leona - Please… intelligent comments only.
January 5th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
@Michele - Yes Coleen. Fashion columns in magazines, a perfume (ok so everyone’s got one of those), a style book and a TV show about fashion (Coleen’s Real Women) - at least then the interview (which I am yet to fully read so should probably not be judging so quickly) would be about fashion. Cheryl has a career and has done a lot, but apart from endorsing Sunsilk what has she done in fashion and beauty?
January 5th, 2009 at 7:03 pm
Give me Cheryl any day over Coleen. She might not be experimental with her dress sense but she does dress well and has a career to boot. Coleen only got famous because of Wayne, lets not kid ourselves here.
I agree with you Michelle about the fashion shoot; it looks like Cheryl did her hair and make up herself and even picked out the outfit. However, this might have something to do with Bay Garnett the stylist who did the shoot being preoccupied with looking after her new baby to pay attention to Cheryl. Apparently Mrs Cole was quite peeved.
http://www.catwalkqueen.tv/2008/12/cheryl_coles_vo.html
January 5th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
Cheryl Is AMAZING x
January 5th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
clearly the worst thing about this cover is how her nose has been airbrushed to look smaller.
its bad news when vogue feel the need to alter the face of one of the most beautiful girls to come from this country
January 5th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
You have to admit though… she did a WAY better job than many other celebrities that I’ve seen on the cover of US Vogue lately. Her face looks adequate for the cover of a fashion magazine, and she doesn’t have one of those weird facial expressions that have been on the cover of US Vogue for quite some time.
Even though it is a glaringly obvious choice for a pick, at least the ’safety’ of the pick turned out looking good, instead of like an oddly proportioned figure that we so often see on one of Wintour’s covers.
January 10th, 2009 at 6:05 pm
Leona - Sorry, but we are wasting our time discussing our feelings on a very popular magazine, then surely you are wasting your time saying to stop doing it?
Learn how to spell, and don’t comment unless you really have a worthy comment.
I personaly don’t think it was a good idea to opt for Cheryl, I’m a regular buyer of this magazine but found myself purchasing Elle instead this month.
Cheryl is just another air-head fake, she is a gorgeous girl I’ll give her that but come on. No Vogue, no!
February 8th, 2009 at 7:19 pm
I find is hilarious how Anna Wintour is receiving such negative press about Vogue US. First and foremost I have to say Vogue US needs to pick it up. The magazine used to be the one and only magazine I would buy. Now it sucks. The magazine is so thin compared to before I find it to be a waste of money. Not to mention that many advertisements left Vogue US and went to Elle magazine. Elle magazine in my opinion has really stepped it up. They are doing such a better job with everything. Their pictures, articles and advertisements have definitely improved from before. I feel Elle has taken the number spot in America from best fashion magazine and Vogue US is now a far second.
There are so many people talking about Anna Wintour being replaced very soon, and maybe that is not such a bad idea. I mean I love her but the magazine has lost its flavor. The cover pages of Vogue US have been lacking. I hated the cover with Keira Knightley. It did not have any imagination, not to mention did not spark anything inside of me to make me want to buy the magazine.
Vogue US is not doing as well as the other Vogue magazines are such as Vogue Australia or Vogue UK. Vogue US has been in many girls lives for many years and it is such a shame to see the once great magazine is becoming such a disaster. The magazine needs to pick it up with regards to their articles and maybe under new management this could be possible. But I feel if Vogue US continues with Anna Wintour, all America is going to get is boring cover pages with boring articles. I love Vogue US magazine and I really want it to come out of this recession with a better plan to win back their readers that they have lost to Elle Magazine.