1941
This woman is so languidly glamorous. Languid glamour is not even remotely a part of my reality.
1941
I feel that this photo willed Elizabeth Perkins into existence.
1942
I want that coat NOW.
1942
I cannot comment on anything except her hand. It is possible that this is a weirdly held/curled pinky finger, but it sure as hell looks like someone put a left hand where her right one should be.
1943
I didn't realize anyone framed women working during the war as the "release" of our menfolk. Like it was women's responsibility to allow them to go and their reluctance to step up that affected troop size? PLEASE.
1943
"Father, I simply won't stand for this bullshit."
1944
"I don't 'release' men. I slam the door in their faces."
1944
She looks so shifty, like she's just checking to make sure no one's looking before she opens her purse and shoves in three dinner rolls.
1945
You're going to aggravate your back, ma'am.
1945
I would love to time travel back and be this woman for an hour.
1946
I love this. She looks great and slightly bored of everyone around her.
1947
"Dear God: I need spoilers for 2021 please."
1947
This woman has REAL Disdainful Elisabeth Moss vibes. Peggy Olson thinks her bosses are DIRT.
1948
This is sort of muddy and murky. I don't feel inspired.
1948
"If I wallpaper the whole ROOM in aluminum foil, i can tan wherever I sit!"
1949
"Yeeeeah, I caught my hat on someone's umbrella."
1949
"It's just purses. Save your money on a model and draw one."
1950
"I beg your pardon, I did NOT steal this hat from Fraulein Maria, whoever THAT is."
1950
"I don't even NEED my loupe. Fake, fake, fake."
1951
"You'll never BELIEVE what the playboy in 4G was just doing."
1951
Coming from Vogue, somehow, "More taste than money" feels like just as much of a dig as "More money than taste."
1952
This photos is strangely arresting.
1952
This pose, combined with not being able to see her hands, is very jarring.
1953
I enjoy that the arrow looks like a devil's tail.
1953
Now she looks like a tailor with dreams of being a rhythmic gymnast.
1954
Eight looks seems so quaint.
1954
"I don't WANT to be charming. I want to be RAZOR SHARP and leave BROKEN MEN IN MY WAKE."
1955
That's Dior, and what Maisie Williams wears later today -- or most of what Dior has made in the last decade -- really steps on this.
1955
Another hand issue. It is PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE that both of these hands are hers, but... not a position easily nor naturally assumed. It just looks like her hand double is swatting at her.
1956
This woman and I are both trying to imagine what the BREAKING DECORATING NEWS was that merited a whole pullout section.
1956
This veil looks like face tattoos.
1957
"Do that 1954 cover again. But with a puppy. Ladies love puppies."
1957
This is Mary Jane Russell, the same model as on the 1955 cover with the weirdly placed hand. Clearly the long red nails are her signature move. This photo is much cooler. It's weird and it WORKS.
1958
It surprises me that the monochrome covers work as well as they do. The blue one was better, though, and I think it's partly because the stripe of red lipstick provided the pop.
1958
This is also stellar.
1959
Whereas this is less successful. She looks like she just got dumped on the Orient Express.
1959
This model looks so much like Jaime King. Also, I want to understand what "Enemies of charming women; in men" was supposed to mean.
1960
Yes I DO have to be right, Vogue! STOP JUDGING ME.
1960
But what if that person was hypnotized to say only awesome things about hypnosis??
1961
"What is" fascination and "who has it"? Did Vogue not think its readers knew basic vocab?
1961
Yes, Vogue, I AM an architectural illiterate. I'M FINE WITH IT.
1962
Dear Rene Dubos: I've got some really bad news for you about mankind.
1962
What a weird cover. I keep seeing the diamonds as eyes and a pouty mouth.
1963
The Dos and Donts of Wig Care needs to be the lead story. I want to know.
This photo and that hat are HILARIOUSLY amazing, and she too seems surprised to hear that there is a luxe way to quit smoking.
1964
She is eyebrow goals.
1964
THIS IS AMAZING. Vogue, look to your past for inspiration!
1965
This is so dull, comparatively.
1965
This woman seems so bored. How can you wear that cape and be bored?
1966
Her earrings look like footballs.
1966
Celine Dion needs to recreate this look, as it is surely her destiny.
1967
Jean Shrimpton looks like they pulled her off the set of a Regency piece.
1967
"FINALLY my neck and my skull match!"
1968
This eye makeup is creepy.
1968
I'm not wild about this one, either.
1969
And this is truly hideous.
1969
"Escape into madness"? Yeah, because it's such a sexy fun getaway.
1970
Because Lauren Hutton is always in there somewhere. It's so weird to see her without the famous gap in her teeth. Apparently for a while she tried to plug or cover it and always ended up spitting out whatever it was. I'm glad she freed the gap.
1970
I want to know EVERYTHING about FRAUD IN BED, Vogue, so I hope this story delivered.