10.31.06
Vogue 196/11: Thoughts
This was a fairly unremarkable issue of Vogue. There were few things that really annoyed me (name-dropping columnists were about the worst offense), but also precious little to truly spark my interest. As I said last month, most of the trends this season absolutely do not appeal to me, so the spreads gushing about the new crazy pieces the designers are offering kind of bored me. The set of print dresses Kate Moss modelled had a few gems, but that was about it for largely the fashion review portion of the issue. None of the books reviewed sounded exciting either. The profiles of the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund competition finalists were bland, but had some interesting pictures. I loved the gown from Jovovich-Hawk!
The one article in the issue that caught my interest was the piece on Cate Blanchett. The article itself was fairly standard Vogue celebrity stuff and only marginally interesting, but it was accompanied by several photographs - one of which was amazing! It was Cate Blanchett all dressed up in some of Dior’s crazy couture stuff from this season - an embroidered gown with a full-plate shoulder and arm piece and an elaborate crystal crown with dripping beads. It was spectacular! All I could think was that it would be a perfect costume for a White Queen in a chess game - a crazy, elegant, fantastical, warrior queen from a land of war and magic! That one picture made this issue worth getting for me. Even my husband (who usually finds Vogue mind-numbingly dull) was completely entranced by the image and wanted to see the rest of the collection those pieces came from!
This was a boring issue with one absolutely stunning image!