If this is social commentary, what in the hell is it saying? OIL SPILLS ARE BAD, HERE ARE SOME RANDOM WOMEN JUST LAYING HERE IN MUCK LIKE DISCARDED MANNEQUINS. DAMN VOGUE U SO BRILLIANT. SO EDGY!!
I mean, I'm all for tackling sensitive subject matter if you actually have something to say, but if you're just trying to capitalize and garner attention, gtfo.
I mean, I'm all for tackling sensitive subject matter if you actually have something to say, but if you're just trying to capitalize and garner attention, gtfo.
ITA. If they want to donate money to help the cleanup or spread awareness, that's great. But this is doing neither. This is a real, ongoing tragedy and they shouldn't glamorize it.
please notify me where they glamorized it. i had to read the little notes in the sidebar to find any brand names, i couldn't identify any by heart from just seeing it. tell me where the glamor is when the model is literally coughing up foam, is covered in oil, and has a dripping glove fixed to her head.
everyone decries that this editorial is just a selling tool for these clothes but these clothes are dirty they are filthy and by no means are they any standard form of pretty. in Tyra Banks's words, they'd be (at best) considered "ugly pretty," because every pose in this, every facial expression, the colors, and the setting are ugly, which then creates something pretty. i would never buy any of these clothes from these ads. I would buy Spring Prada 2010 because of the Vogue Paris cover with Daria, I wouldn't see myself in that fishnet that's harnessed to the model's waist in several pictures.
And in what way is this not spreading awareness? An international publication read by interested teenagers in America and overseas to
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no, it's not irrelevant. you make some very good points. I just get a little emotional about this stuff because the oil spill in the gulf is very close to home for me. To me, this editorial says "look at this current event, isn't it fashionable and edgy?" It feels like they're exploiting the tragedy for the sake of a pretty editorial. They are the only ones profiting from this. I wish I could explain it better for you, but it just feels so wrong to me.
This makes me nauseous. I'm sorry. I don't see it as beautiful - the models look like they're suffering or dead, not to mention the implicit comparison to animals. That one shot of the model's face is poignant but the rest? It's just misery porn. Vogue Italia hardly is spreading awareness of the oil spill - you'd have to already be aware of the oil spill to even really understand it's referencing it.
If it were an American publication doing a European catastrophe, it would be considered the height of American entitlement and callousness.
That's the one word I thought when I saw this. I live in FL, and it really hit home for me. I was sadly under the impression that now that the leak had been sealed, all efforts were towards cleaning up, and that most of the oil was under control. Seeing the murky water right on a shore reinforces the idea that this fight isn't over.
I understand and respect what Meiesel was going for here, but I think the art here is not of a high enough quality to be as consciously inflammatory as it is. There are a few great shots here (the choking photo is already iconic) but there is also just too much of Kristen just laying corpselike on the rocks, swathed in oil. The composition grows sort of tired after awhile. There is drama here, but not enough.
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I mean, I'm all for tackling sensitive subject matter if you actually have something to say, but if you're just trying to capitalize and garner attention, gtfo.
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ITA. If they want to donate money to help the cleanup or spread awareness, that's great. But this is doing neither. This is a real, ongoing tragedy and they shouldn't glamorize it.
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everyone decries that this editorial is just a selling tool for these clothes but these clothes are dirty they are filthy and by no means are they any standard form of pretty. in Tyra Banks's words, they'd be (at best) considered "ugly pretty," because every pose in this, every facial expression, the colors, and the setting are ugly, which then creates something pretty. i would never buy any of these clothes from these ads. I would buy Spring Prada 2010 because of the Vogue Paris cover with Daria, I wouldn't see myself in that fishnet that's harnessed to the model's waist in several pictures.
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If it were an American publication doing a European catastrophe, it would be considered the height of American entitlement and callousness.
Sorry. Poorly played, Vogue Italia.
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That's the one word I thought when I saw this. I live in FL, and it really hit home for me. I was sadly under the impression that now that the leak had been sealed, all efforts were towards cleaning up, and that most of the oil was under control. Seeing the murky water right on a shore reinforces the idea that this fight isn't over.
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