Current Events > Vogue to release new Kamala Harris cover after original sparks backlash

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/19/kamala-harris-vogue-cover-controversy-limited-edition

Vogue will publish a limited print edition of its February issue, featuring Kamala Harris, with a new photo following widespread backlash against an original cover image widely held to lack respect for the vice-president-elect. The original cover image, showing Harris wearing Converse sneakers and casual clothes, sparked ire on social media, users questioning why Vogue would choose the image over the more formal online cover featuring Harris in a powder blue Michael Kors suit in front of a gold background. The Washington Post fashion critic Robin Givhan wrote: Vogue robbed Harris of her roses. A bit of awe would have served the magazine well in its cover decisions. Nothing about the cover said, Wow. And sometimes, thats all Black women want, an admiring and celebratory wow over what they have accomplished. There were also questions over lighting, considering Harriss skin tone. Vogue was previously criticised for its lighting of the gymnast Simone Biles, its August cover star.

A Vogue spokesperson said: In recognition of the enormous interest in the digital cover and in celebration of this historic moment, we will be publishing a limited number of special edition inauguration issues. The news was also shared on Instagram. Last week, the editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour, explained that the original photo by Tyler Mitchell, in 2018 the first African American photographer to shoot a US Vogue cover was chosen for its accessibility and approachability. Obviously we have heard and understood the reaction to the print cover, Wintour told the New York Times, and I just want to reiterate that it was absolutely not our intention to, in any way, diminish the importance of the vice-president-elects incredible victory.

https://i.imgur.com/nAUdqZo.jpg

Image on the right sparked the anger. The one on left is new one.


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What was wrong with the first one? I didn't follow that.

Left looks a lot cleaner but I don't think the original was AWFUL. At worst kinda messy. The shoes though. WHAT ARE THOSE

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Vogue got too familiar.

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She looks like she's standing in front of a waterfall of the ghost slime from Ghostbusters 2.

So it begins

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Literally crying over a magazine cover

RustyFerret posted...

She looks like she's standing in front of a waterfall of the ghost slime from Ghostbusters 2.

lmao

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"casual shoes!"

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Esrac posted...

What was wrong with the first one? I didn't follow that.

They told Kamala's people they were using the suit one and then switched it without telling anyone.

So they were not happy with this.

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At first, I was thinking that people were mad because the original photo was pink and that this was "pink = girly" outrage. It's actually worse than that. They're mad because she's dressed casually? As in, she's not put on a pedestal? That to me seems like the mark of a good leader. I guess because she's Black, she has to be a queen? This is just ridiculous. They shouldn't have changed the cover. At some point, people are complaining just to complain.

The sneakers look is fine. The last thing we need is another leader with a cult of personality.

It's tan suit-gate all over again! Except extra sexist this time. Imagine saying the future VP is dressed too casual lol. Bunch of chuds.
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I don't understand why the one on the right was used when the left version exists.

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Of course the first Kamala controversy is about fashion.

I feel bad for her. Not even in office yet and the people have reduced her to this.

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New one looks good, old one was very ugly

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