Vogue editor, Anna Wintour, is taking time to smell the flowers during these uncertain times. Photo by Christian Vierig/Getty Images
The world’s fashion bible, Vogue, is launching a special June/July issue linked to the coronavirus. The special Vogue U.S. June/July issue with the cover line “Our Common Thread” will drop on 23 May, boasting the magazine’s first still-life photograph cover in over 50 years – an unpublished image of a rose taken in 1970 by Irving Penn.
Hypebeast reports that the upcoming issue was produced remotely as this is now the modus operandi for print publications, and "features many images and anecdotes submitted by frequent collaborators and previous cover stars including Florence Pugh, Marc Jacobs and Kim Kardashian West, whose work comes together in the series Postcards From Home.”
Additionally, "there is also a selection of photographs shot by Ethan James Green, which captures frontline healthcare workers in New York."
In her editor's letter, Anna Wintour explains the special issue, saying “Like you, no doubt, I’ve been left reeling by the dramatic changes we’ve experienced in the space of a few short weeks and the constant emotional challenges of striving to look after our families, friends, colleagues – and ourselves”.
“The crisis is global in scale, and none of us have been left untouched. We’ve all witnessed terrible scenes and felt acutely how the coronavirus has affected our lives, and we are incredibly grateful for those who have selflessly stepped forward to keep our communities safe.
“As I write this, it has been just over a month since we returned from the fall 2020 collections in Europe, though the shadow of the coronavirus had already started to fall on us even then, as we watched in horror while the situation in Italy began to unfold.
“We barely had a week back in the office before making the move to working remotely, changing everything – including our June/July issue, which was created as the worlds of fashion, theater, movies, and art were on lockdown.
“For this special issue, we asked a number of our friends and collaborators – including designers, actors, artists, photographers, and models – to create self-rendered images that reflected the new realities of their lives," she writes.
Anna Wintour goes on to write that “with this June/July Vogue we are in unexplored territory – commissioning, designing, and producing everything remotely”.
“Thanks to the hard work and dedication of the Vogue staff, I hope that we have created a document of this moment for the years to come: a poignant reminder of how we were all acutely missing the miracles of everyday life and the joy that they can bring.”
"I don’t think I am alone in wishing for a little bit of hope right now – though one of the few positives of our current time is that one can find it if one goes looking for it. I’m thinking, for instance, of how quickly people have come together to help,” she adds.
Since the coronavirus outbreak, other Vogue editions have published blank covers, cover stars in masks, and even a CGI cover.
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