As EIC of American ELLE, Nina Garcia has cemented herself and the journal as a serious competitor alongside the likes of Anna Wintour’s Vogue and Samira Nasr’s Harper’s Bazaar. Month after month, situation after situation, Garcia outshines the competitors and final month noticed Imaan Hammam take to 2 dynamic covers – a transfer which was broadly celebrated on our boards given the very fact fashions are a complete rarity on mainstream American vogue titles.
This month, Garcia ups ante for ELLE’s all-important September situation and true to rumors through our boards, one of many largest stars throughout the world of leisure makes an look: Zendaya! Captured by famend photographer Steven Klein and with Regulation Roach on styling duties, the multifaceted American star poses up a storm within the vibrant and electrical cowl picture captured on location on the Ace Resort in Downtown Los Angeles and poses poolside carrying a Louis Vuitton costume, Bulgari jewellery (each during which Zendaya is model ambassador) and stands tall in a pair of killer Christian Louboutin stilettos.
Amazingly so, nevertheless, the top results of ELLE‘s newest cowl shoot garnered destructive suggestions amongst our discussion board members. “Zendaya seems to be good as she all the time does, however I don’t look after the quilt picture,” voiced KINGofVERSAILLES.
“I like her, undecided on the quilt,” echoed Ivancica.
“It’s giving price range limitations. I don’t suppose a rooftop was the precise setting. It wanted a villa, one thing unapologetically lavish to actually amplify the intercourse and extra. The quilt isn’t good both,” Benn98 chimed in.
Additionally not precisely leaping for pleasure was DK92: “I typically like Klein’s work, however he actually annoys me with this filter that makes everybody appear like they haven’t showered in a month.”
“All of the elements are right here for a grand September cowl, resembling massive star like Zendaya and a unbelievable photographer like Steven Klein however the cowl itself does nothing for me. There’s far an excessive amount of occurring with the busy and textured backdrop of the lodge and the pink masthead is disappearing,” seen vogue28.
See extra of Zendaya as ELLE‘s September 2023 cowl star and be part of the dialog, right here.
