The latest issue of Vogue disappointed me, even though I expected it to. The billboards were filled with eye sores of Bipasha in Cavalli with deep armholes --ugh, she so pretty, how could they do that to her? Or the psychotic looking Gemma Ward-- check her on the sets of Sawariya..just don't like it. Priyanka with good make up but a slouch wearing an Armani back strap: not working for me. Laxmi Menon wearing COCO Chanel (what fate?!, but it just does not have the Chanel effect on her), that woman is rather lean. Preity is wearing a very sexy Dior but u can't see it with the cleavage and the other women. Finally Ms. Dutta in Gucci-- painful. The cover is dull grey, make-up smoky. It's not text heavy but is more like a coffee table paper weight with almost 400 pages. Evidently a lot of hard work went into making the issue but that also makes it crammed (typical) with images and script. It's funny as in a fast glance one can't separate the ads from the articles!
Articles are simple and simply written. Alex Kuruvilla's article made me like him more: rich, successful, creative with head on his shoulders--- co
mplete turn on! Priya Tanna's editorial sounded a little starry eyed: don't have an opinion on it as yet. Rituparna Som is good...need to read more of her.I don't know what Adajania Shroff n Tiwari are doing here: sorry to say for all hi-end fashionistas-- just not my taste. Bandana's cocktail Saree v/s dress article: nope not done... they look as if they woke up- wore clothes and threw attitude into the lens because d make-up artist didnt arrive.
What made me smirk were the fashion predictions in the Bible... sehr gut. However, they were less Indian and more western esp. in the shoe segment.
Thanks Vogue for propelling me to forecast...
