I simply cannot not talk about this. When I saw this Vogue cover, I had to "take-two" and actually make sure I was looking at Vogue and not Penthouse or some other similar publication.
I mean Vogue is Vogue regardless of whether it is Russian, French or American. Vogue is the pinnacle of style, fashion and everything that is exquisite. Vogue is also a woman's territory. I personally think that if you are a man, unless you are Tom Ford, you should not, under any circumstances, appear on a cover of any Vogue.
It is a common view that after Alena Doletskaya left Vogue Russia, the magazine somewhat got a little bit lost. The content is still good and relevant but the whole publication became very .. well "russian". In my view Vogue should be international, it should be written in the international language of style and should connect people in Russia (or wherever) with the rest of the fashion community worldwide.
I personally was offended, disappointed and even disgusted that such a cover would even be allowed to be published under those coveted five letters. Russia is already overly, overtly sexual... too much for my liking. Luckily the likes of Vogue, Harpers Bazaar and Elle somehow managed to keep their integrity and style...until now that is.
The editors of Vogue Russia should really reconsider why they are publishing this magazine. The primitive view is that Vogue is a magazine about clothes..well I mean the shoot with Adam Levine and Anna Vyalitsina hardly even contained any clothes!!! Don't get me wrong, I think the pictures are very well done, except they are better suited to GQ perhaps. Ahhh, this really made me angry. Just when you think Russia is finally coming out of its "Eurotrash" dump of a stereotype, you see something like this and realise how long it will be before Russia will become a style arena in a true and full sense of that word. Shame, shame, shame on you Vogue Russia!
