us vogue august 2008. kate moss. age issue. gisele.. amber. editors: karen. maryna. tanya. raquel. YSL. cat. sasha.

us vogue august 2008. kate moss. age issue. gisele.. amber. editors: karen. maryna. tanya. raquel. YSL. cat. sasha.

EDIT #1 amber by klein. I think meisel usually shoots amber in 21st century for us vogue but klein actually did amazing here. sure amber is pretty air-brushed last 5+ years but more often than not she still has it, especially here. tonne goodman's styling is so brill, this deserves 1st edit, has look of london 1965 + eggleston's memphis 1969. its just so brill, its like that testino/daria/hitchcock thing, makes me wonder why US vogue cant always be this good. klein is so inconsistent in us vogue but hes top class here. love the way the photo-tones are processed. and amber & especially tonne's styling are awesome. remarkable. 9 of 10.

EDIT #2. gisele by sims. trying to think why this is so average. it's gisele's blank faced & stilted modelling. while sims' pics are rote for him, with a better [newer] girl it could have been more substantial. anna is using this marie-amelia sauve a lot now. Im unconvinced as to her skill. I wld say pretty average here, although the pastel-y colours do have a vibe & that even feeds off klein's tones in EDIT #1. but really gisele is dead fish mannequin, styling is just ok & sims doesnt bring it up actually. 6.4 of 10.

EDIT #3 kate moss by testino + retrospective. new kate pics by testino are great, just like amber by klein "Chelsea girl" not the warhol, the London 65 CG. retro pics show that Kate is greatest model ever. anna brings kate back to vogue cover, but with subtle "Age" dig. fuuck anna, kate's the greatest & shes 100000X cooler than anna. great work by kate, testino & grace. 7.9 for retro feature, cover & new pics.

EDIT #4 chris evert by nj roy. hes pretty mediocre but I always like chrissie. 6 of 10.

EDIT #5 diahann carroll nj roy. that show "Claudine" was Great! 6 of 10.

EDIT #6 mia farrow by jon becker. wow becker makes NJ Roy look world-class. 3 of 10

EDIT #7 ziyi zhang by meisel. well its better than lucy liu in Bazaar "olympics" by lindbergh. 4 of 10.

EDIT #8 sloan barrett by francois halard. gotta love the hamish + halard. 6.5 of 10.

tribute: YSL by Penn. 9 of 10. they dont make them like they used to.

EDIT #9 catherine mcneil by klein. ooh klein's getting kinky here , and in bridgehampton no less. 7 of 10

EDIT #10 karen elson by meisel as grace. youve got to love it 8 of 10.

EDIT #11 sasha as elissa by inez & Vinoodh. I have loved elissa since 89 & sasha since whenever. it works, baby 8 of 10

EDIT #12 raquel by demarchelier as marie-amelie sauve. raquel is so sexy, do you see? 7.5 of 10.

EDIT #13 maryna linchuk as tabitha simmons by mcdean. wow I like ML in vogue by mcdean! 8 of 10

EDIT #14 tanya d as tonne by meisel. tanya is so pretty yet such a dead fish! well theres still something sexy here. 7.3 of 10

VERDICT: Whoa the age ish is usually the worst [well along with the Shape ish duuh] but this time anna got hella creative & scored big! AMBER/KLEIN IS OF 2008'S BEST. self referential "editors" special rocked hard cos of karen, maryna, tanya, raquel, & sasha. loving all the klein/cat/Bridge work. YSL/penn is all time classic. and kate/testino is equal to amber/klein/chelsea and thats Top. age stuff in between didnt really rankle even if NJ Roy & Becker are toy town. there is much to enjoy here - for the young & the perennially young at heart haha loool TWO THUMBS UP ANNA BANANA !!!! :)))))))