Ugh. I just saw the two May covers for Vogue Magazine and Allure (apologies for the Ebay logos, they’re the best images I could find), and now I’m totally pissed off. What in the Photoshop hell is happening? First, let’s take Catherine Zeta-Jones for Allure. I think highly of Catherine’s beauty – if she’s had work done, it’s good work that you can’t detect. She looks fabulous – although she doesn’t look 40 years old, which she allegedly is. So, if you’re a beauty magazine and you get Catherine for your cover, wouldn’t you want to do a solid, and not Photoshop two decades off of her face? Yes, she has gorgeous skin. But her skin does not look like this! It’s like they used a photo of her from The Mask of Zorro.
Next up, Sarah Jessica Parker’s cover shot (by Mario Testino) for the May issue of Vogue. Let me say this – I’m so f-cking sick of SJP’s Vogue appearances. I guess they keep putting her on because Carrie Bradshaw works for Vogue? But surely Vogue doesn’t need the cross-promotion. SJP really doesn’t bring anything to the Vogue brand. Especially considering she’s barely recognizable on the cover. What kind of soft-focus sh-t is this? Is the same sh-t that Barbara Walters gets for live television? What was Testino thinking? He usually does glossy, not soft-focus matte. I guess Anna Wintour didn’t want to see SJP’s face do “glossy”.
Oh, and if this wasn’t bad enough, sources told Page Six that SJP is in a bikini at some point in the photo shoot. Ugh. By the way, compare and contrast SJP’s actual face with her Vogue face:
Covers courtesy of The Fashion Spot’s Forums.
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