Magazines Jun 2, 2009 @ 3:42pm

Moore Should Go For Less

juliannemoore_vogue_july09cover[1].jpg We at Fashionista are having yet another debate this afternoon. This time, a back and forth over the July cover of British Vogue, which features a heavily made up Julianne Moore. Shot by Alasdair McLellan, the coverline calls Moore “the most glamorous grown-up on screen.”

We all like Julianne (some of us more than others), and we’ve always loved that she’s so fresh-faced - with her beautiful pale skin, freckles and red hair all complementing each other. The “glamorous” make-up used for the Vogue shoot is too heavy for my taste and, dare I say it, verging on Norma Desmond territory. To me, she looks way older than she is.

Both Hollywood and the fashion industry are youth crazy, so it is great to see a beautiful woman over 40 holding her own and still scoring covers. But no one wants to look ten years older than their real age, right? Especially if they biggest line on the cover is “Ageless Style”

Abby, apparently the voice of dissent in the office today, thinks she looks gorgeous. Though she admits to being biased on all matters related to Julianne Moore.

What do you think?

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posted by guest

Jun 02, 2009 3:49PM

I don't think she looks any older than she is. She looks late-30's IMO, not even in her 40's. I really like the cover, although it looks more like a fall cover (October, November) as opposed to a July cover. That's really the only fault I can find with it.

posted by nycshoegal

Jun 02, 2009 3:56PM

my only issue with this cover and the makeup is that it is not very fitting for the summer; fall would be more like it. But Julianne looks stunning! She looks "older" but not like an old hag so I don't see a problem.
I always thought she had amazing structure and it's great to see it all defined like this, especially that mouth!
Ageless is right - what a beauty!

posted by darcykins

Jun 02, 2009 4:07PM

i agree with nycshoegal, it does look more autumnal, but redheads always seem that way i think. and i love julianne moore.
but i'm not sure i like american actresses gracing the covers of british vogue. oh well.

posted by guest

Jun 02, 2009 4:07PM

yes, it does look liek a fall cover... i love the look tehy gave her.

posted by guest

Jun 02, 2009 4:08PM

it doesn't even look like her. i couldn't tell it was julianne moore until i read it. yuck.

posted by guest

Jun 02, 2009 4:10PM

#3, we get actress from all over on the US covers. i think you can handle one american actress.

posted by guest

Jun 02, 2009 4:19PM

She looks ravishing. She's a gorgeous 40-something actress and that's what she looks like. Nothing wrong with that. It's nice to see a sophisticated look for a change.

posted by darcykins

Jun 02, 2009 4:20PM

#6 its more the actress part i don't like. this is just a personal issue i have i think because everyone else seems to love them and see them as fashion icons.
i would love to see maybe less atractive but very fashionable people on covers; maybe museum curators, art director, writers, dancers or even a dentist if they dress well.
i'm more about getting a 'wow i like how they dress' then 'wow, i know who they are' reaction.

but really how many non-american actresses are on the cover of american vogue?

posted by guest

Jun 02, 2009 4:26PM

I bought this issue today. When I saw the cover I couldn't belive how bad it was. Lucky I am addicted to Vogue UK or I might of been put off. I think Julianne is beautiful but this cover didn't do her justice, the shoot pics themselves were so much better. Alex Schulman shame on you.

Adjoa in London

posted by guest

Jun 02, 2009 4:28PM

It is very fall but my main issue with it is that the make up looks caked on. She looks like a beautiful sixty year old but she isn't that old! Even on red carpets, without all the photoshopping, she looks ten years younger. Lets see a more natural and effortless Julianne.
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posted by nycshoegal

Jun 02, 2009 4:36PM

since this debate regarding American Vogue started... really, i wonder if Anna W. will ever bring MODELS back to the US Vogue covers? remember those gals that actually do fashion for living? see Vogue Italia, France, Russia, etc. I'm pretty sure British Vogue doesn't have an actress on every cover, either.
Really, when was the last time we had a model on the cover of US Vogue? (not counting those mandatory group model shots once or twice a year)

posted by guest

Jun 02, 2009 4:37PM

I think she looks beautiful and not old at all. I love the color story, especially for the pre-fall season. With all that makeup, she still looks decades younger than Cameron Diaz on US Vogue's cover.

posted by guest

Jun 02, 2009 4:41PM

lets please not start the models on american vogue conversation that weve had one billion times and that we all already agree on. This is about julianne moore.

I think she looks incredible. Summer, fall, 30, 40, 50. I love it.

posted by bastylefilegirl

Jun 02, 2009 4:46PM

I'm a Julianne Moore fan too, but I don't think she is the most glamorus women on screen, and that is one of the reasons I like her she is simple yet uniquely beautiful. While I barely knew who she was in this over I do love love love it, because isn't that what fashion and beauty is all about doing diffrent things playing around with looks etc.

posted by bastylefilegirl

Jun 02, 2009 4:49PM

I'm a Julianne Moore fan and for all reason you stated that you "love" her I do too...she's a simple and unique beauty. But I do love this cover, it's kinda what a fashion/beauty cover is suppose to do, make you look twice, make you look harder and make you interested. Hell we are sitting here discussing it therefore the job of UK's Vouge is done! And it's not going to kill her to go ultraglam sometime!

posted by Peter

Jun 02, 2009 4:50PM

To darcykins:

"but really how many non-american actresses are on the cover of american vogue?"

How about the constant rotation of Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Cate Blanchett, Nicole Kidman, etc.

posted by Peter

Jun 02, 2009 4:52PM

To darcykins:

"but really how many non-american actresses are on the cover of american vogue?"

How about the constant rotation of Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Cate Blanchett, Nicole Kidman, etc.

posted by guest

Jun 02, 2009 4:56PM

I don't see how she looks any older than she really is on this cover. I really don't get this post... I agree with what most had to say about it fitting more for fall than summer but other than that, there's nothing wrong with it. She looks beautiful. Every cover doesn't have to have a safe, "fresh faced" makeup look. She's a woman, and looks like a woman on this cover.

posted by nycshoegal

Jun 02, 2009 4:58PM

why thank you, #13 for telling us what this is all about! goodness.

and it's amazing to me that "Julianne Moore fans" are saying they don't recognize her on this cover. how is that possible?
#12 - i applaud you! if i see another giggly cameron diaz-y Vogue cover i will barf.

posted by nycshoegal

Jun 02, 2009 5:01PM

why thank you, #13 for telling us what this is all about! goodness.

posted by RashomonRebel

Jun 02, 2009 5:15PM

Listen, there should not be any debate over Julianne because...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR00rPx-vdk

posted by darcykins

Jun 02, 2009 5:20PM

totally agree with cameron diaz comments, what was that? where did it come from?

peter, thank-you you are correct, those aren't american born actresses but they are all on american vogue because of their american film presence.

posted by guest

Jun 02, 2009 5:41PM

I thought it was great, her freckles were all there, but it was only really the cover where she had heavy make up... anyway, fashion isn't all about seasons anymore, and on top of all this, it's British Vogue, half the country is cold and dark anyway, you gotta cater to that.

posted by guest

Jun 02, 2009 5:50PM

#21, SO true!

posted by guest

Jun 02, 2009 6:38PM

not to diverge from the topic or anything but i can't help but relay my utter disgust with this last American vogue cover. Not only is it terrible fashioned (that awful attempt at Meryl Streep circa Out of Africa) but diaz looked old old old- i mean cakey and gross. and to continue my rant further- the green font that dominated the cover. the text color looked like it came right out of the tube and not in a good way...so bring this back to the discussion- yes julian looks older but in a sexy dominating kinda way- she owns that cover while poor cameron basically got schooled by a load of green font

posted by guest

Jun 02, 2009 6:42PM

"peter, thank-you you are correct, those aren't american born actresses but they are all on american vogue because of their american film presence."

I'd rather they used models but if they use actresses to sell more magazines, naturally they won't use obscure ones.

posted by guest

Jun 02, 2009 7:28PM

It sure looks like a Fall cover but she's still beautiful.

posted by guest

Jun 02, 2009 8:08PM

I love Julianne Moore and think she's beautiful, but I don't think she looks her best here. I'm not a fan of the dark makeup. It barley looks like her...

posted by guest

Jun 02, 2009 8:45PM

Magazine editors love the over-done look, which they seem to think is retro. Redheads like Karen Elson get it the most. Karen looks old when they put all that makeup on her, too. I think anyone looks older with too much makeup, but that said, Julianne still looks good, not like Norma Desmond.

posted by guest

Jun 03, 2009 5:50AM

I HATE UK Vogue and this cover is an example as to why-the make up is caked on and is unflattering-she doesn't look older than her age which is 48 but she doesn't look good.

posted by guest

Jun 03, 2009 9:24AM

She looks so chic! I've always loved her!

posted by guest

Jun 03, 2009 10:55AM

Major culture points for the "Sunset Boulevard" reference Fashionista!! Such a brilliant classic.

posted by guest

Jun 03, 2009 4:10PM

i love this: it's different, it's fun, and it's not the obvious for moore.

posted by Signature9

Jun 04, 2009 5:58AM

I'm not crazy about it, but I don't think she looks older than her age. She would have looked younger (as she normally does) without the dark lipstick though. Dark lips over 30 are tough to pull off.

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posted by Ais

Jun 04, 2009 8:21AM

Ageless Style,
oh, how original.
Like that's never been done before,
i don't think I'm even bothered to buy Vogue this month, I'm sick of reading basically the same thing every time.

posted by guest

Jun 04, 2009 2:43PM

Julianne is a beautiful woman and I am happy to see a woman over the age of 22 on the cover of British Vogue. I don't mind the fall colors of the cover--it's fashion's thing to look ahead, after all--but I don't like the caked-on makeup look, not to mention the lighting isn't the most flattering. She could have pulled off darker makeup with different lighting or, possibly, a more adept photographer. How it is now is just bad.

posted by guest

Jun 04, 2009 4:10PM

Norma Desmond? really? That comment is more dramatic than the makeup, I think. She looks very stylized and formal but terrific and realistic for her age. Better fall-cover look but still lovely.

posted by guest

Jun 04, 2009 6:09PM

I think it looks like her, and no this is not alot of makeup. She's just been wearing next to nothing for so long. People don't like redheads in much makeup. They'd rather see them fresh faced and glossed up, but she looks good.

posted by guest

Jun 15, 2009 6:22PM

i think she looks great and dont see anything wrong with wearing a dramatic makeup look. I agree the cover was probably done for a cooler season. Personally, I'm tired of the 'fresh' look and appreciate embracing the drama of makeup. there is a time and place for everything. why not get done up?