Magazine Covers: Return of THE FACE
Magazine Covers: Return of THE FACE
I see a trend here and no, it has absolutely nothing to do with the now-defunct The Face magazine. Remember how most fashion magazine covers focused on faces back in the dark ages? For example, check out these vintage magazine covers from Harper's Bazaar USA (1981) and Vogue USA (1976).
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I noticed this while browsing the magazine rack at Borders in
Singapore. The cover that caught my eye was Liv Tyler for British
Harper's Bazaar (October 2008).
V Magazine made 14 smashing covers featuring my favourite Natasha Poly, the Aussie Abbey Lee Kershaw, Agyness Deyn, Lara Stone, Sunniva Stordahl, Anja Rubik, Frankie Rayder, Daria Werbowy, Malgosia Bela, Eniko Mihalik, Anna Selezneva and of course, supermodels Eva Herzigova, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington. Inez & Vinoodh shot all these for V55 (September/October 2008)...
while Steven Meisel photographed Anna Jagodzinska for the Vogue Italia cover (October 2008).
I have absolutely no idea who James Franco is (I googled him and apparently he's an actor) but he's on the October 2008 cover of Interview Magazine.
Speaking of actors, IMG and Gossip Girl's Taylor Momsen also managed to snag a cover of her own -- Crash Magazine Fall/Winter 2008-2009 issue.
And now, check out these November 2008 covers coming to a magazine stand near you.
Alana Zimmer is on the cover of Vogue Russia
French icon & superstar Vanessa Paradis for Vogue Paris
Lara Stone and her infamous gap teeth for of i-D magazine.
Do you see what I mean? It's all about THE face.
To be quite honest, I find this all very interesting.
I'm very curious as to what sort of impact this would do, considering ad revenues and circulation numbers are down for most magazines. Can magazines sell issues based on faces and just faces alone, as evident on the above covers?
Also, the world is going through a crazy financial turmoil. Are these "face-only" covers a result of a cost-cutting move? It's cheaper to shoot in a studio rather than an elaborate set...
What do you all think?
V Magazine made 14 smashing covers featuring my favourite Natasha Poly, the Aussie Abbey Lee Kershaw, Agyness Deyn, Lara Stone, Sunniva Stordahl, Anja Rubik, Frankie Rayder, Daria Werbowy, Malgosia Bela, Eniko Mihalik, Anna Selezneva and of course, supermodels Eva Herzigova, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington. Inez & Vinoodh shot all these for V55 (September/October 2008)...
while Steven Meisel photographed Anna Jagodzinska for the Vogue Italia cover (October 2008).
I have absolutely no idea who James Franco is (I googled him and apparently he's an actor) but he's on the October 2008 cover of Interview Magazine.
Speaking of actors, IMG and Gossip Girl's Taylor Momsen also managed to snag a cover of her own -- Crash Magazine Fall/Winter 2008-2009 issue.
And now, check out these November 2008 covers coming to a magazine stand near you.
Alana Zimmer is on the cover of Vogue Russia
French icon & superstar Vanessa Paradis for Vogue Paris
Lara Stone and her infamous gap teeth for of i-D magazine.
Do you see what I mean? It's all about THE face.
To be quite honest, I find this all very interesting.
I'm very curious as to what sort of impact this would do, considering ad revenues and circulation numbers are down for most magazines. Can magazines sell issues based on faces and just faces alone, as evident on the above covers?
Also, the world is going through a crazy financial turmoil. Are these "face-only" covers a result of a cost-cutting move? It's cheaper to shoot in a studio rather than an elaborate set...
What do you all think?
