Sooo... while I'm on the topic of Anna Wintour... why is it that EnVogue was never on the cover of VOGUE?? Exactly.
Right??
I know why... and you do to. Because to have put them on the cover of Vogue would have said to the fashion world and to people around the world: "Black women are EN VOGUE."
Meaning, "in fashion". That's what en vogue translates to in French. So, I get it.
I remember being in New York, August of 2008, and finally being able to get an Italian Vogue that was selling out like crazy. Remember that? It was an exclusive magazine with all the current blacks supermodels around the world. It was AMAZING. But get this... it was ITALIAN VOGUE - NOT AMERICAN VOGUE!! The issue was so successful, that they had to do a second print!! People were waiting for weeks.
As I flipped through it, I was almost in tears. I remember going out to dinner and just dazed at how fabulous everyone looked in those editorials. It showed that black women are just as bold, beautiful, and deserving of the same spotlight within entertainment, advertisement, movies, etc. and I feel as if VOGUE dropped the ball on putting EnVogue on at least one of it's covers back in the day.
EnVogue was such a bold female group. They made a name for REAL SINGING and they had great fashion sense that inspired so many designers around the world. It was like an entire group of supermodels that we all knew from the hood or around the way. EnVogue was and still is GORGEOUS and it's a damn shame that VOGUE never noticed or gave a damn enough to say: "Wow, we should feature them." I mean, come on... they are one of the top female groups of all time. They basically DEFINED the sound of Female Group 90's, but yet, they never got the due credit they deserved in the fashion industry.
From 1989 to August 2008, EnVogue sold over 24 million albums, making them the 18th most successful act of the 1990's and one of the most popular and successful female groups of all time - spending over 2,800 weeks on the Billboard charts.
Their second album, 'Funky Divas' is a bonafide classic. Those girls give you RANGE in various genres. It's like Broadway, meets Motown, meets Sunday morning, meets Rock. Amazing. Go to amazon.com or run out to Target and pick it up.
EnVogue - always.
They were in "Vogue" magazine before.
ReplyDeleteYeah, in Vogue, but not ON THE COVER of Vogue!!!
ReplyDelete: ) They deserved a cover. Hands down. I mean, look at the black and white pic of them!! They were timeless and high fashion and yet down-to-earth at the same time. All-American. But you see, that doesn't seem to fit in with the powers that be at the major fashion magazines. White girls on the cover constantly, with a few sprinkles of color when they want to go all revolutionary on us. Oprah for Beloved. Marion Jones in that long red dress during the height of the Olympics. But never Janet? Never EnVogue? Not even Mary J. Blige?? DAMN. Vogue needs to kick that s#*% up a notch and stop being so waspy-white-and-old school.