Vogue Japan

I will do another post for Vogue in general but I have to give a special mention to Vogue Japan, otherwise known as Vogue Nippon.

I'm completely and utterly obsessed with this magazine and whilst I can mostly only read it online, I do get a few copies a year but I really would like to find someone willing to import them to SA or a way I can ship them here. I would do that!

Reasons I'm obsessed with Vogue Japan:

The fashion is flamboyant and completely unapologetic.

Japanese fashion is truly the dopest

Japenese pop culture is always on point and this urban eastern cool fusion is showcased in the magazine.

Anna Dello Russo is the Editor at Large and she is the ultimate free spirit (sometimes comes off as weird) and she's brave in her fashion choices. she's another obsession of mine.

Vogue Japan is tres importante in trendsetting and is not afraid to be controversial: Gaga meat dress cover anyone?

Obsessed with Vogue Japan!

x Bisous x

bootiful.

am diggin the bleached brows.

bootiful.

am diggin the bleached brows.

France Elle's December 2008 issue

I don't know about you, but this is a beautiful picture. Can't you see it? Her posture embodies power. Her skin is creamy and has that touch of cocoa beauty. And my God. That afro. Isn't it stunning? I honestly could care less if all, most, half or a quarter of it is not her actual tresses, the point is . . . I mean, look at it! Tell me it doesn't speak to you in some way?

Some are saying that because its not natural, its nothing to get excited about. Some said that it looks too exaggerated, so that's nothing to get excited about either, because Black women who DO strut their afros won't strut it as vibrant as this piece of artwork over here. Some also said that France's Elle is copying the July issue of Vogue, who embraced the spread of Black Models.

But, to be discreetly honest, who cares? I mean, who gives a dime if one magazine does a spread of famous black models such as Naomi Campbell and furthers the new posing black young beauties such as Chanel Iman, Jourdan Dunn or Arlenis Sosa and then another magazine does it, too? You gotta realize something. They're embracing them. There was a time when they were everywhere and people loved it, then that time passed. You soon saw more whites than blacks and then you saw none. But now, people are embracing them again. I mean, Jourdan Dunn is bracing the cover! Isn't that good enough? So what if her afro is not hers? So what if its too vibrant? So what if it copied Vogue's July issue? Look at that picutre and tell me you don't see something beautiful.

Just in advance. If you do, I might have to hit you with my trusty broom, right here.