If any of you silent readers aren't into fashion, then I'm sure you've never understood the point of magazines like
Vogue, and especially the Vogue magazines in different languages. Remember that bit from
Death proof when they're all gushing over
Italian Vogue?
Abernathy: Listen to this, the Circle A clerk has this month's issue of Italian Vogue.
Lee: No way!
Abernathy: Way.
Lee: I can't believe fucking Circle A carries Italian Vogue.
Abernathy: It doesn't. It's his own personal copy. He'll let it go for 27 bucks.
Lee: [scoffs] 27 bucks?
Abernathy: What the fuck do you care? We're talking about fucking per diem here. We found an issue of Italian Vogue in Lebanon, Tennessee. We're lucky he's not asking for fuckin' Krugerrands.
What could possibly be so special about Italian Vogue you wonder. Hell, I buy it occasionally too (even though it's massively expensive here in Sweden), and I don't know a word of Italian. The answer is simple - the pictures are absolutely stunning.
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| Vogue Italia, 'A Lady in Spring', Spring 2012 |
Photo shoots in Vogue Italia are far more high fashion and edgy than in other Vogues. The sets, the clothes, the makeup and styling... they're all visually interesting and play with light and geometry in a really cool way.
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| Vogue Italia, 'A Lady in Spring', Spring 2012 |
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| Vogue Italia, 'A Lady in Spring', Spring 2012 |
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| Vogue Italia, 'A Lady in Spring', Spring 2012 |
Vogue Korea also manages to blow me away on a regular basis. It's equal parts art and fashion.
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| Vogue Korea, 'Martial Arts', Summer 2013 |
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| Vogue Korea, 'Martial Arts', Summer 2013 |
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| Vogue Korea, 'Fashion Into Art', Fall 2012 |
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| Vogue Korea, 'Fashion Into Art', Fall 2012 |
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| Vogue Korea, 'Fashion Into Art', Fall 2012 |
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| Vogue Korea, 'Bird Fantasy', Summer 2012 |
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| Vogue Korea, 'One Dream', Summer 2012 |
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| Vogue Korea, 'One Dream', Summer 2012 |
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| Vogue Korea, 'Blooming Memories', Spring 2012 |
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| Vogue Korea, 'Blooming Memories', Spring 2012 |
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| Vogue Korea, 'Queen of Snow', Winter 2012 |
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| Vogue Korea, 'Queen of Snow', Winter 2012 |
Vogue China also offers amazingly beautiful photography on a regular basis.
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| Fan Bingbing for Vogue China, Spring 2012 |
And of course the other Vogues, like
Vogue Paris...
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| Vogue Paris, 'Haute Couture in the Circus', Spring 2012 |
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Vogue Nippon...
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| Vogue Japan, 'The Secret Chatter of Golden Monkeys', Fall 2012 |
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| Vogue Japan, 'The Secret Chatter of Golden Monkeys', Fall 2012 |
...and
Vogue UK (which I clearly
can read, but shh! We have a theme here)...
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| Vogue UK, 'High Plains Drifter', Fall 2011 |
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| Vogue UK, 'Paper Plates', Spring 2012 |
Clearly I, along with thousands of others, have a hard time letting go of that childish stage where all we want to do is look at the pictures. Copy be damned. Fashion is art!
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