Tori's Misadventures: vogue

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Thursday, February 28, 2013

Some of the best in March 2013 magazine covers

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Horrific fashion

Even fashion indulges in the dark and whimsical that Halloween inspires.

Vogue Italia March 2011 "Dreaming of Another World" featuring Guinevere van Seenus photographed by Tim Walker.

Vogue Italia September 2011 "Chic Gothic Glam" photographed by Craig McDean.

Twill Number 13 “Small Fragments of Time” photographed by Lucia Giacani.

Numéro 97 October 2008 "Mommie Dearest" featuring Siri Tollerod photographed by Sofia Sanchez and Mauro Mongiello.

Ever Magazine August 2012 "She Has Waited Too Long" featuring Clementine Levy photographed by Pauline Darley.

Elle Italia November 2008 "Evoluzione Della Specie" featuring Kemp Muhl photographed by Ruven Afanador.

Dansk Fall 2012 "Circus Humanus" featuring Maria Bradley photographed by Aitken Jolly.

Interview October 2010 "Naomi a Controversial Life" featuring Naomi Campbell photographed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott.

W Magazine October 2012 "A Modest Proposal" photographed by Michael Thompson.

Schön Number Four "The Beyond" photographed by John Mitropoulos.

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Laldy Gaga’s first cover for Vogue was such a hit at the newsstands, it became Vogue’s second best seller issue ever. Vogue has decided the second time’s a charm and has hit up Gaga again, this time for it’s all-important September cover. According to sources, Gaga is using the cover to help mark the debut of her first fragrance from Coty Beauty, which is set to come out in the fall. The scent may be named Monster, according to reports. When she signed the license in September 2010, Gaga said it would smell of “blood and semen.”

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*courtesy of WWD

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

WTH Wednesday-Wow, so glad this isn’t my mom

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The April issue of Vogue is already sparking controversy and it hasn’t even released yet. In here you will find an interesting article on a weigh loss journey by socialite Dara-Lyn Weiss. I know what your thinking…“Who gives a rat’s arse, Tori.” Personally, I thought the same thing. Until I realized the weight loss journey was not of Ms. Weiss, but of her 7 year old daughter, Bea. Now, in Ms. Weiss’s defense, and trust me, after you read the whole article, you’ll realize this is her only defense, Bea’s pediatrician told her that her daughter was clinically obese. So after that and a school teasing episode, Ms. Weiss decided to put her child on a Weight Watchers diet program.

I took a particular interest in this article because my pre teen daughter also has a weight problem and was diagnosed as pre diabetic. Her Dr. (a metabolism and juvenile diabetic specialist) told me that she had to lose weight and get her sugar levels down before medication became a necessity instead of an option. He advised me to lose the fried foods, lose the sugar, and exercise more.

Some problems I had with Ms. Weiss is she used her daughter’s weight and the word “diet and obesity” as a way to shame her into losing weight. I found her methods cruel, vanity based, and emotionally abusive. In one excerpt Ms. Weiss admits to …

”I once reproachfully deprived Bea of her dinner after learning that her observation of French Heritage Day at school involved nearly 800 calories of Brie, filet mignon, baguette, and chocolate. I stopped letting her enjoy Pizza Fridays when she admitted to adding a corn salad as a side dish one week.”

Seriously? But wait, there’s more.

“I dressed down a Starbucks barista when he professed ignorance of the nutrition content of the kids' hot chocolate whose calories are listed as "120-210" on the menu board: Well, which is it? When he couldn't provide an answer, I dramatically grabbed the drink out of my daughter's hands, poured it into the garbage, and stormed out.”

The one thing I have never done is call it a diet in my house. I just call it eating better and made my entire family join. No one in the house gets to eat anything that we all can’t eat. I never once berated her in public for her food choices. I never dramatically flung food around in grand gestures to imprint on my child how important this all was. I admit we argued in the beginning as I was trying to explain to her the better choices we had to make and why. But I never let her feel like she was a bad person for the way she looked. I taught her how to make the better choices for herself. I also maintained an open line to the Dr to make sure everything I was doing was correct. The last thing I would ever want to do is cause my child to develop issues that will effect her negatively in the future.

What really jumped out at me is that nowhere in this article does Ms. Weiss place any real empathize on exercise or teaching Bea to make better choices in a non confrontational setting. Instead she claims that the key to slimming down is by making the child eat less and then bitches about how annoying it was to listen to a child constantly whine about being hungry. All the while snacking on the very foods she verbally bashed her child for wanting.

She goes on to talk about her own personal struggles concerning her body image and her weight as a child and teenager.

“Who was I to teach a little girl how to maintain a healthy weight and body image?" she asks, given that she's spent the past three decades "[hating] how my body looked and [devoting] an inordinate amount of time trying to change it." Among other destructive habits, Weiss took laxatives as a teen and "begged" a doctor friend to score her appetite suppressants that had been proven to cause heart-valve defects. "I have not ingested any food, looked at a restaurant menu, or been sick to the point of vomiting without silently launching a complicated mental algorithm about how it will affect my weight."

We do learn that Bea hit her “target” weight, (16 lbs lighter), after a year and is now the proud owner of a whole closet of cute little dresses and mini skirts. And best of all? She has all of mommy’s love. *insert sarcasm* Do I think Ms. Weiss loves her daughter? Yes I do. But being a parent doesn’t automatically prevent you from making bad decisions and choices concerning your child. Ms. Weiss does add that, “Only time will tell whether my early intervention saved her from a life of preoccupation with her weight, or drove her to it," but I have to disagree. Bea gives the answer loud and clear at the end, and all but assures us that she will indeed have problems concerning her weight and self image when she gets older.

"That's still me," she says of her former self. "I'm not a different person just because I lost sixteen pounds." A tear rolls down her cheek. "Just because it's in the past," she says, "doesn't mean it didn't happen."

Nice going mom.

On a high note *insert sarcasm again*, Ms. Weiss got a slamming book deal out of Random House Ballantine Imprint for shaming her daughter into losing weight. YEA Random House!!!! So not only did she embarrass and humiliate her daughter for a whole year, she is also going to continue to do so AND make money off of it.

Go mom.

I think Ms. Weiss should bank that advance for her daughter’s future therapy sessions.

*article source Jezebel.com

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Tempting Tuesday-Karl WHO?

Earlier this month, Karl Lagerfeld caused quite a commotion when he called Adele "a little too fat." for him. Of course, the award-winning singer reacted with class , saying, "I've never wanted to look like models on the covers of magazines. I represent the majority of women and I'm very proud of that."

Adele opens up to Vogue in the March issue, addressing the past year and what she has in store from here on out.

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Saturday Stimulation: Adam Levine+Nekkedness=SQUEEE!!!

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The smoking hot Maroon 5 lead singer, Adam Levine and his equally yummy Victoria’s Secret model girlfriend, Anne V can't keep their clothes on, and we’re not complain!

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Oh Vogue…how you disappoint me

Beautiful isn’t it? That my friends is the beautiful extremely talented Adele. I adore this woman’s smoky jazz roughed voice who songs speak of love, betrayal, and caution.
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Adele is the cover minx for the October issue of Vogue. It’s a beautiful cover and photo spread. What really irritates me and has me very close to canceling my sub to Vogue is the fact that everything is photographed to detract from her body. I personally think Adele is beautiful from the top of her head to the tips of her toes. Yes, she is not Hollywood’s standard size 0, but honestly, when are we going to move beyond that? It’s not natural for someone to be over 5’6 and a size 0. Yet to see this Vogue spread, it’s obvious that they feel Adele may be beautiful but is far to big to be appealing from the neck down.
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