Sunday 23 April 2017

French Vogue May 2017

A quick post to say hello and share a most beautiful editorial in the French May issue of Vogue.

This month's issue had an emphasis on weddings which is very unFrench to talk about - it is rather an Anglo obsession that has filtered through.

Vogue may know fashion but I say leave the wedding stuff to Martha and that ilk.

Did red riding hood bleach her clothes?

This girl looks like the drunken friend who turned up very Hugh Grant in Four Weddings and a Funeral and pinched the veil off the bride.

This is the Mad Hatter bride.
Wonder what the groom would wear to match?

Looks like Miss Favisham when she first got jilted.

The third marriage bride who just wants to dance on the day because she has done all the staged pictures last week.

Now this is the editorial that is stunning in every way.
Rumour has it that Mme Alt ( editor at large ) and Anastasia Barbieri are not best chums so she is a "contributing editor". But this fashion spread shows that Mme Barbieri is a superb talent.
It is a homage to the former Jaipur princess, Gayatri Devi, renown for her beauty.
The model looks very similar to the princess herself.

Perfection.

This just makes me finally want to go to India.

The polo player is the grandson of the princess, the present Maharaja of Jaipur.

I don't have a snarky thing to say.

I will even forgive this amateur Instagram filter business on the pic below.

My least favourite picture of the spread but it actually made me rest between flipping pages.

This picture is a bit Cartier summer polo match you see in magazines so was a little disappointed at the fashion director.

This lady can pull off a turban.
As you know, I have my own thoughts on turbans as fashion items.

Divine.

This fashion image must be doing wonders for the Indian tourism board.

The young maharajah is handsome and am sure the Middletons of Bombay are engineering every accidental introduction.

If you see me walking around with a sheer scarf over my head, please do indulge me.

25 comments:

  1. So looking forward to the Prez Le Pen spread!
    GSL has been saying for years all they need is another little Corsican or a No Nonsense Blond.

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    1. I think the unwritten rule is one Corsican every few hundred years after Napoleon!

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  2. I don't know how women can tolerate veils in front of their faces. It is similar to the mosquito netting here in Taiwan, and I can't stand it when it touches my skin.

    By the way, you were spot-on with all the bridal analysis--another case of truth exceeding fiction.
    --Jim

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    1. It is purely suffering for fashion or religion Jim! Brides are funny in general too :)

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  3. If you've not gone to India, you should.

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    1. I think it is starting to grow into a whisper coaxing me slowly C

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  4. love it too!!! thanks for sharing. I like turbans. And the word hubris but I never ever let it come between us xxx

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  5. Not many can carry off a turban with panache...Julian Fellowes wife wears one and I must say it can be a striking signature statement piece...it would look ghastly on me though!!!!
    Love French Vogue...the wedding outfits look very 1960's era...fashion trends just keep on rotating.
    I loved what Patti wore when she married George Harrison!

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    1. Yes his wife wears one very well but also because she wears without hesitation. It is mostly in confidence I think. Yes I love the fashion circle too and amuses me how things come in and go out.

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  6. Wow absolutely beautiful. Thank you as I'm sharing it with my teen ( on the tv screen of course) and sisters. How good would it be if we could dress like One of the guests on Q & A last night was from Zimbabwe and was wearing a colorful turban. She looked fab. I know I focus on all the big issues.
    Think India would be fab to visit and we will go one day.....Hubby did a tropical med stint in in southern India & loves it.
    . Den xx
    Ps First comment got lost in ether land - must have met up with its other lost comments family!

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    1. Sorry Den about comments - wish I had more control over it! I did check spam just in case and not there either! We must focus on issues that we can laugh about :)) I feel India is so momentous that I have a thing where I go if I get a feeling. Odd I know but I don't know if I am ready - everyone says i is so powerful xx

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  7. Naomi, Dreamy! The Indian spread is gorgeous and both of them are beautiful. My husband goes to India every year for business and he swears it's nothing like this. I told him to stop letting reality disabuse me of my notions. The bridal one was hilarious! x Kim

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    1. Of course everyone has such a different take on India even if they went to the same place! I would feel disappointed if it weren't like this Kim truth be told x

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  8. STUNNING editorial, you're so right, beautiful clothes that are not insane and so dreamy too.
    Thanks for sharing it I never would have seen it otherwise.
    Hope you're well Naomi XX

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    1. Everything was just beautiful without being fashion - hope you are good too Dani xx

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  9. Some of those photos in the India editorial are indeed gorgeous. I love the one with the cream dress and Celine bag. So glad you are joining us for the ladylike elegance roundup my dear! xx

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    1. Saw that dress in pink over the weekend and while it is nice i need a matching pink palace! xx

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  10. beautiful, have saved the closeup for eyebrow inspiration.
    the Middleton of Bombay - cackle, cackle

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    1. think of all the privilege without the duty :))

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  11. I'm finally catching up, and I love that Indian spread. So dreamy. I desperately want to go to India, but my version is the Maharajas palaces, not the slum bits. It's a land of contrasts and a very rich cultural inheritance.
    I don't get that veil over face thing though. How annoying. But the fashion and direction were spot on, and laughed at your comment on the Midddletons of Mumbai engineering introductions! It would no doubt make a good movie...
    The wedding pictures were just... odd. Who on earth would dress like any of those women for the big day? Your comments made me laugh a lot! x

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    1. I think to get to these bits that one has to encounter the tough bits which is why I might have to wait. I just don't have the strength to deal and traumatises me though everyone says it is something so totally different from any other country... xx

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