Conde Nast is continuing its quest for world domination by launching Vogue India this month making it the 17th edition of the Vogue franchise. The inaugural issue features Bollywood stars Bipasha Basu, Priyanka Chopra and Preity Zinta, local supermodels MoniKangana Dutta and Laxmi Menon, and Australian supermodel Gemma Ward, shot by fashion photographer Patrick Demarchelier (click here to see the full fold-out cover). Now some of you may be wondering why on earth Gemma Ward is on the cover but apparently they wanted to include the “most adored faces in India and internationally.” Vogue India will be edited by Priya Tanna and according to FabSugar:“This new edition of Vogue is expected to be more colorful and more vibrant than the western models, according to Alex Kuruvilla, managing director of Conde Nast India. He also expects it to draw attention to Indian designers, Indian photographers, and even Indian models. The Vogue India woman has the best of both the eastern and western worlds: she wears Jimmy Choo shoes along with her traditional Indian garb.”
Now I’m just patiently waiting for Vogue Africa. One day…
They just HAD to put Gemma on the cover too, didn't they.
ReplyDeleteIf Vogue South Africa or Nigeria ever happens, you KNOW that Charlize Theron will be the first cover girl.
I will be very upset if they put her on the cover of Vogue Africa... very upset.
ReplyDeletePutting the blond in the center is a slap in the face... shame on you vogue! I don't waste money on that publication.
ReplyDeleteVogue is a colonialist magazine, obviously.
ReplyDeleteBut I remember I stopped reading Vogue when they had an article about how maybe, stick-thin girls aren't actually anorexic, maybe they're just REALLY REALLY healthy and eat so well and fat-free that people just IMAGINE they're anorexic.
^^Vogue is so full of BULLSH*T!!
ReplyDeleteseriously..Gemma in the center? that is a slap in the face... Is it because they think it will sell more magazines? make it more credible? Thats BS. I was looking forward to this cover and must admit I am quite disppointed.
ReplyDeletei don't see the point in why she is on the cover - but the other models are beautiful.
ReplyDeletewhat?!?! gemma front and center!? UM...WHY?? how rude and distasteful. you can tell the other models wanna slap her, haha (but they certainly look too ladylike and gracious to actually do that)
ReplyDeleteI agree with all the commenters--Gemma Ward looks totally out of place, and besides, while she may be popular she's hardly one of the "most adored faces...internationally." Boo, Vogue, boo (though I wouldn't expect more from them).
ReplyDeleteWhy the hell is Gemma Ward on there? The girl isn't even cute, especially not by Indian standards (except for the skin color).
ReplyDeleteGemma Ward of all people... They just had to get a blonde in there! I think that famous Bollywood actress, the one in the slide show, she should have been in the middle. I always forget her name but she isn't there...
ReplyDeleteThe girl in the middle... bless her heart... her eyes are crazy far away from each other.
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this was distasteful of vogue to do. it reeks of eurocentrism.
ReplyDeletevogue africa will certainly happen
ReplyDeleteIf you ask me the other women may as well have been white too. Could they have found lighter Indian models?! Indians come in many different shades too and it would have ben nice to represent that on their first cover.... *smh*
ReplyDeleteis there a vogure caribbean, now that would be colourful indeed especiay around carnival season
ReplyDeletevogue africa would be good too indeed
That blonde chic is hella ugly. She ruined the cover with all those beautiful Indian women on there... shame on Vogue indeed!
ReplyDeleteNo need for Vogue Africa when you have African fashion-focused mags such as HauTe. I don't need an Anglo telling me what I, as a Nigerian, should wear. I got that covered!
ReplyDeleteYeah, they are really wrong for putting that caucasian on the cover...Gosh, like nobody else is beautiful...but the other two are gorgeous...
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