return to the fold

maybe i've been drinking the US of A kool aid, maybe my run in with anna wintour (more on that later) has changed my mind, or maybe this publication is genuinely getting better and better... but if i have one message to send you back from new york through the ether, it is this:

PURCHASE VOGUE US MARCH 2010 WITH TINA FEY ON THE COVER, AND YOU SHALL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.

there are so many editorials that as you keep turning pages you just can't take it all in, there's enough diversity of models to make you cry BY ZEUS! IS THAT LARA STONE, FREJA BEHA, ABBEY LEE KERSHAW AND/OR RIANNE TEN HANKEN side by side with RACQUEL ZIMMERMAN, CARO TRENTINI AND KARLIE KLOSS? there is avatar themed fash modelled to absolute ferocious potential by daria werbowy, there is grace coddington's typical light, romantic touch and her theatrical touch, all at the same time. there is elgort doing what ELGORT DOES BEST - beautiful girls in exotic situations with an air of mysterys surrounding them. there is a front of book that i actually looked forward to reading... twice - including a section entitled PARIS that really was written with me in mind, i think. there is a touching tribute to IRVING PENN. that i also read... twice. there are features with heart on everything from the 9 designers to look out for - think KANE, the MULLEAVY SISTERS, TISCI and SIMONs. there is even the 'edit' back of book section focussing on... my heart swells.. BLOGGERS (garance dore looking every inch the superstar she is). there is a feature on street-style dressing, the model as muse and how personal style is influencing the runways that i absolutely LOVED. i didn't even care when there was yet ANOTHER article on BLAKE LIVELY (of all people) because it was actually fun to read and made me chuckle a bit when they referenced the UES.

i really can only express myself through these awkward sentences and capital letters. but i mean it, this issue is incredible. american vogue has returned to the fold and boy... with a vengeance. they are taking up their mantle, again. some say that anna has lost her touch, but this year we've had 3 cover stars never seen before who, if not actually talented (and, you know what, since when has that been a pre-requisite for a vogue cover?) are great to look at and if nothing else are FRESH. we've had editorials that showcase the very best of american photographers (weber, elgort, mcdean) and american actresses and american stylists and american designers in that patriotic way that americans do better than anyone else. vogue us is going from strength to strength, and with no sign of slowing down.

welcome back.

X


in regards to my 'run in with anna wintour' -- first i got an INCREDIBLE shot of her on my film camera that i hope to god turns out because it is truly epic. then i went into the dennis basso show. after it finished I exited quickly as I was close to the door and was outside within minutes. i then hesitated about what to do next and thought, i think i will go back inside the tents and grab one of the free magazines. i went to open the door and there was a HUUUUGEEE burly body guard blocking me from anna wintour who was exiting as i was entering. he pushed me out of the way so that anna could come through and then apologised quickly to me and escorted her to the car. IT WAS AWESOME. hahahhaa it just reminded me so much of the september issue ' anna is like madonna'. LOVE IT!

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