What says, "I'm very much my own woman and will sure as hell carve out my own niche" better than essentially pulling a 360 on your predecessors work? When we announced Emmanuelle Alt's replacing of Carine Roitfeld as French Vogue editrix back in January, we mused whether or not she'd pull a volte-face on Carine's, err, distinctly S n' M aesthetic.

Well the goods are in and for her first issue, Alt has only gone and slapped a, shall we say, distinctly ethereal looking Gisele on the cover in a floaty white lace Dolce and Gabbana number with the strapline "white: simply chic."  If there was ever any confusion over what Alt would do, then this cover kinda bears all the hallmarks of a new, more romantic, less shock-tactics French Vogue.     

Posted on March 14, 2011 at 3:49:39 by The Real Runway