The First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, for Vogue US April 2013
(Source: halogenic)
The First Lady For Vogue
#sudden … woman king feelings? #Michelle Obama 2020 tbh #look at this actual icon of womanhood swathed in Roman silks and looking like a Renaissance painting [okayophelia]
And I love the fact that she isn’t portrayed as delicate or soft. Indigo is associated with royalty and nobility but also with austere strength. The way she’s posed and interacting with the camera—no demurely averted gaze ala Jackie O. She’s staring at the photographer, staring them down.
Not adversarial, but assertive
“Alta Moda Couture,” photographed by Steven Meisel for Vogue Italia March 1997
US VOGUE MARCH 2013
Queen B
Celeb: Beyoncé
Photographer: Patrick Demarchelier
Stylist: Camilla Nickerson
Bianca Balti features in the Beauty edition of Vogue Italia February 2013 lensed by Ellen von Unwerth.
(via TFS)
Christian Lacroix haute couture f/w 1988, the sweater featured in Anna Wintour’s debut issue as editor-in-chief of Vogue US
Anne Hathaway photographed by Annie Leibovitz for Vogue, December 2012
From the Archives: September Issue Covers
Vogue, September 1926
SECOND TIME’S A CHARM: When Lady Gaga’s first Vogue cover was published in March 2011, it was an instant hit at newsstand and eventually became the second biggest seller of the year. No wonder Vogue is going with Gaga again, this time for its all-important September cover. According to sources, Gaga has already been shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott to mark the debut of her first fragrance from Coty Beauty, which is set to come out sometime in the fall. The scent may be named Monster, according to reports. When she signed the license in September 2010, Gaga said it would smell of “blood and semen.” Perhaps she’ll tweak that description a bit for the Vogue reader.
And, of course, the controversy, this time in the form of chaste mooning. All somewhat expected from the woman who has been courting controversy for over thirty years, to the point that we have become desensitized to it; and even her tongue-in-cheek, passive-aggressive insertion of Born this Way into Express Yourself only served to remind us of how Lady Gaga’s affectionate, generous approach to live performance is her most valuable asset. Madonna deserves credit for her longevity and staying power, but there is little she can do to tweak her stage persona without losing status. Gaga gets smacked upside the head by a giant bar and soldiers on through the rest of the gig; Madonna sees a flag land on the stage at her feet and kicks it back down. And there, children, lies all the difference in the world.
― Vogue Italia dragging Madonna to the pits in favor of Gaga (via anthagio)
‘Let’s Dance’, Arizona Muse by Patrick Demarchelier, Vogue India August 2011.
