PHOTOGRAPHER: PETER LINDBERGH
STYLIST: CARINE ROITFELD
posted by guest
Jun 24, 2008 1:06PM
I agree. None of them look mildly attractive. I expected more from the models as well as Paris Vogue. Except Catherine McNeil. Once again she does an editorial with the exact same expression in every photograph.
posted by guest
Jun 24, 2008 1:06PM
theres something sort of eighties about it.
and the doutzen boob shot is a little awkward.
i don't like it much either.
posted by guest
Jun 24, 2008 1:16PM
the pic of doutzen with her boob out made me giggle! doutzen strikes me as the kind of girl who doesn't even swear, let alone flash her chest. that seems more of a thing lara stone or someone would do.
posted by LauraMilli
Jun 24, 2008 1:18PM
Oo LOVE this, thanks! Though I can't believe how skinny Natasha and Lily look in this shoot. Everyone knows they're skin and bones, but in this shoot it does look a little awkward.
posted by daisy11
Jun 24, 2008 1:20PM
not one to usually say something like this but i think everyone in these photos looks scary skinny.
posted by sarahchivonne
Jun 24, 2008 1:36PM
they all look like exactly the same person. and doutzen with the boob = awkward
posted by guest
Jun 24, 2008 1:45PM
i think it works in the context of the broader magazine -- "au charme francais" -- and is an interesting take on Parisian chic...and despite the weight thing, I think the group shot invokes the golden era of supermodels...which I miss desperately!!
posted by Natalie Hormilla
Jun 24, 2008 1:49PM
yeah, it kind of looks like they were all sitting behind the camera like, "hmm, what does this need? ...i know, a breast! doutzen, NOW!"
posted by guest
Jun 24, 2008 1:52PM
Natasha looks like a 40-year-old plastic surgery junkie, especially in the photo 3rd from the bottom (with the hat).
Sasha looks beautiful.
posted by dcchung86
Jun 24, 2008 1:58PM
This shoot feels a bit weary and overdone. It's makes me feel as if we're staring through the haze of cigarette smoke, wafting from the mouths of 20-somethings, who appear to be chic, but are really dying from ennui on the inside.
posted by guest
Jun 24, 2008 2:11PM
I love it. Totally reminds me of editorials I haved saved from the eighties and early nineties.
On a side note, I remove my ed's from magazines by using a boxcutter. hint hint :)
posted by guest
Jun 24, 2008 2:12PM
Sasha really stands out, she looks beautiful in every shot.
Natasha.... geez... is that what happens when you stop eating.
Catherine has one expression, it's really sad.
posted by guest
Jun 24, 2008 2:19PM
Catherine also can't take make-up: ie her horrific Versace ads...
posted by guest
Jun 24, 2008 2:57PM
i disagree with everyone, i love this! SO french, with the little things out of place (the breast, the hole in her tights, the awkward posing). the smoke, the legs, and the black....so french.
posted by guest
Jun 24, 2008 3:36PM
One of these things is not like the other...one of these things just doesn't belong...like the boob shot.
Totally awkward.
posted by sarahnicole
Jun 24, 2008 3:43PM
i adore this spread. the elegance and the gaucherie, together. it's imperfect and lovely and oui, so french.
i want eiffel tower panties now.
posted by marybelle
Jun 24, 2008 3:52PM
I like it. In fact, I like it a lot. very witty and a little wry. I REALLY want those over the knee boots - FASHIONISTA who makes them?
posted by disneyrollergirl
Jun 24, 2008 3:54PM
I'm not crazy about it. Bought French Vogue today and thought, hmm, something's not right. As others have already said, they look skinny and over-made up. The make-up's making them look a bit...haggard?
posted by guest
Jun 24, 2008 3:56PM
I find Natasha too skinny mostly, but I am obsessed wioth photos of lots of (super)models. they are always so... WOW!
posted by aninnka
Jun 24, 2008 4:05PM
I'm a supermodel and my hair will shine like the sea...
Love the spread, hate that boob coming out, it's like cover up missy! what would your mother say?
posted by guest
Jun 24, 2008 4:33PM
I don't even know why they try to do editorials with a zillion models anymore. These pages don't even come close to the spreads in the '90s with lots of models together. All lined up, they were glamorous, glowing and smiling, each with her own unique look (do a Google image search for "vogue january 1990). None of this chicken-bones, expressionless, clones-of-each-other stuff.
posted by guest
Jun 24, 2008 4:37PM
I absolutely love this. I'm relatively young, but I've never seen our Vogue do anything like this., and marybelle, I believve those boots are Margiela.
posted by guest
Jun 24, 2008 4:46PM
ugh, these chicks all need some omega-3's and some sleep.
natasha looks 40.
posted by guest
Jun 24, 2008 5:08PM
I can definatley see how the creaters of the shoot thought that a spread with the top models of the day would rock, but somehow it just doesn't work. And the extreme emaciated look (of Lily Donaldson especially) is very unattractive. Doesn't make me want the clothes.
posted by guest
Jun 24, 2008 5:19PM
A little sleazy, a bit glamorous, and a new crop of exotic supermodels? Love this! Bold, unapologetic, with Sasha looking perfect, as always.
posted by guest
Jun 24, 2008 6:29PM
love the closeup of the underwear, especially the one with the eiffel tower, but the boob shot just looks so forced. the spread would've seemed more cohesive and witty with just the hints of lingerie sans forced, awkward boob shot.
posted by guest
Jun 24, 2008 7:05PM
ok, i agree that it is weird that these girls are even capable of looking 40 considering how young they are, but the goal was clearly to make them look that way -- part of the french sleaze/gaucherie thing other commenters mentioned...
...and we obsess over the (hilarious) boob action w/ nary a mention of the crotch shot?!
posted by guest
Jun 24, 2008 7:40PM
sasha looks great! am i the only one who thinks lilly looks so scary?
posted by guest
Jun 24, 2008 7:58PM
I feel like the photo shoot focuses more on the models than the actual clothes, which kind of just blend into the background. Lily and Sasha look lovely, but they really need to fatten up! But overall, I like the classic, yet sexy and audacious feel of the clothes--just wish i could see them better!
posted by guest
Jun 24, 2008 8:42PM
I feel like they emphasized the "skinny drone" angle a little too much... the girls get a little lost in the LEGS! BONES! RAZOR-SHARP CLAVICLES! clamor which I think all parties who made this spread are capable of going beyond.
But, it's still really fun seeing them together. Glam, moody, etc.
posted by guest
Jun 24, 2008 9:22PM
Sasha has the biggest, most muscular thighs of them all. And that's saying something! Looking at Natasha & Lily, you just want to give them some food.
posted by guest
Jun 24, 2008 10:32PM
Ack! You guys usually give us a warning, I looked at this at work earlier!
posted by guest
Jun 24, 2008 10:58PM
Aaaahhh, so as opposed to the shoot with the all "ethnic" models, we are back to the drawing board of stick-thin white girls who all look hungry and -- sadly-- identical.
posted by veritas
Jun 25, 2008 12:21AM
love all the photos, im glad fashionista posting more fashion spreads like this.........
posted by guest
Jun 25, 2008 1:29AM
it's true, lily is waaaay too skinny, but what else is new? get her off that pinkberry!
but doutzen and sasha's thighs are way bigger than originally thought. i think they actually look pretty healthy...i mean, comparatively. and @ commenter from 10:58pm....i don't think that just because all the girls are white makes them look identical. c'mon, sasha is way cooler than catherine mcneil.
posted by guest
Jun 25, 2008 2:06AM
Haha I love what Natalie said at 1:49, that captures the shot perfectly.
posted by guest
Jun 25, 2008 12:24PM
I actually love this spread. Some of the photos are awkward and should have been scrapped imho (boob shot!) but some of the other ones are really good. And I want the shoes, especially those boots in the 7th one down.
posted by guest
Jun 25, 2008 12:37PM
yikes, lily looks like she's gained a few pounds. the shoot is boring though.
posted by guest
Jun 29, 2008 5:23PM
haha guest at 7:05, i thought the same thing. who's crotch do we think that is?
i love the spread....reminded me of 80s too
sasha's legs are big only compared to the rest of her..there is a pic of her in the front of the magazine in only a bra that is kind of scary.
and whats so wrong with catherine mcneil? i like her
posted by LeMagnifique
Jun 29, 2008 8:02PM
They are supposed to reference famous parisian high class call girls from the mid 70s lol !
The story works very well.
Sleazy glamour meets classic French. Fabulous. :-)))
posted by guest
Jun 24, 2008 12:41PM
I kind of don't like it. Is that really weird?