Lights, digicam, motion! A lot expertise and richness in a single body, it’s merely iconic.
In a rush of dopamine, photos of unity and sheer star energy adorn the pages of the brand new British Vogue, topped with a legendary cowl that marks the tip of a unprecedented period beneath the stewardship of its outgoing editor-in-chief, Edward Enninful.
For six and a half years, the enduring Edward Enninful — a Ghanaian, the primary male, and the primary black editor of the publication — has steered British Vogue with unparalleled grace, imaginative and prescient, and a dedication to range. As he bids farewell to his function to embark on a brand new international journey with writer Condé Nast, he leaves behind an awe-inspiring legacy on the panorama of trend and media.
Edward devoted his closing cowl to girls, whom he says have formed British Vogue for near 108 years, and have knowledgeable each second of his six-and-a-half-year tenure on the publication.
For his grand finale, he orchestrated a monumental gathering of iconic figures — described as a sisterhood of megastars that includes 40 of the world’s busiest main girls, from Oprah Winfrey to Serena Williams, Naomi Campbell, Victoria Beckham and Miley Cyrus, every of them a legend in her personal proper — to seize the essence of his tenure in a single mesmerising picture.
Vogue’s March 2024 concern is an ode to girls and a becoming herald for the upcoming Worldwide Girls’s Month.
When the preliminary concept for the duvet was ignited, there was just one query: would 40 of probably the most booked and blessed girls on earth really make it to at least one studio in Manhattan, on sooner or later in December, to take one picture collectively? Spoiler alert: they got here. From London, New York, Paris, Milan and Los Angeles, they materialised as if from a dream. As a result of who else may get 40 of the best abilities from trend, Hollywood and past in a single room for a present of unity however Edward?
— British Vogue
Vogue’s 40 cowl stars all got here right into a room in Manhattan on sooner or later in December 2023 for this epic shoot. It was the most important set Edward had been on in his vibrant profession, he stated
Everybody was within the highest of spirits and it was enjoyable to witness even probably the most worldly of stars’ jaws hit the ground at a never-before-seen gathering.
Discover the style unfold beneath and go to Vogue.co.uk to be taught extra. Vogue’s epic March concern shall be out there on stands from February thirteenth, 2024.
To get one in every of these girls on a canopy takes months. To get 40? Extraordinary
— Miley Cyrus
It was clear to all of us on the group that nobody girl may or ought to encapsulate these previous few years for the journal. What we would have liked was a gaggle, to lean into the ability of the collective to deliver to life what I hope has been a daring, disruptive and evolutionary interval in Vogue’s historical past.
— Edward Enninful
Vogue can change the world if in case you have somebody who’s utilizing it purposefully and deliberately
— Oprah
The 40 Vogue Icons featured are: Adwoa Aboah, Adut Akech, Simone Ashley, Victoria Beckham, Selma Blair, Naomi Campbell, Vittoria Ceretti, Gemma Chan, Jodie Comer, Laverne Cox, Cindy Crawford, Miley Cyrus, Ariana Debose, Cara Delevingne, Jourdan Dunn, Paloma Elsesser, Karen Elson, Cynthia Erivo, Linda Evangelista, Jane Fonda, Kaia Gerber, Gigi Hadid, Salma Hayek, Iman, Maya Jama, Jameela Jamil, Karlie Kloss, Treasured Lee, Dua Lipa, Gugu Mbatha-Uncooked, Kate Moss, Lila Moss, Rina Sawayama, Irina Shayk, Anya Taylor-Pleasure, Christy Turlington, Amber Valletta, Serena Williams, and Oprah Winfrey.
Legacy is an uncommon idea to think about (actually when you find yourself in the midst of your life!) however I hope you’ll all forgive me for a second as I – and the 40 legendary girls who function on the duvet of the March 2024 concern of @BritishVogue – replicate on what has been a joyful, profound and invigorating chapter.
— Edward Enninful
Hit the ▶ button beneath to look at 40 Vogue Icons keep in mind Edward Enniful’s British Vogue:
CREDITS
Photographed by @StevenMeiselOfficial and styled by @Edward_Enninful with hair inventive director @GuidoPalau, make-up inventive director @PatMcGrathReal, nails by @JinSoonChoi, hair colourist @LenaOtt, set design by @MaryHoward_SetDesign at @MHS_Artists, manufacturing by @ProdN_ArtAndCommerce and govt producer @RukRichards. With because of @JimmyMoff, Lars Nordensten, @HookPropsBK and @HighLineStages. For @BritishVogue
Movie Credit
Director & Editor: @Kloss_Films
DOP: @GaryBardizBanian
BCAM Operator / Gaffer: @EricSorenson
1st AC: @Commancheapache171
DIT: @FuzzyPictures.TV
Key Grip: @DonnieJamesRicketts
Sound: @Bricks_Theme
Manufacturing: @SamBren31 at @TodayMgmt
Director & Edit Assistant: @KynzaKJ
Colourist: @MaxFergusonHook @TimeBaseDarts
Sound Combine: @Reflec__
VFX: @Kithrwd & #DylanWynne
Movement Graphics: @CreativeArthur
Music: @HaleZero
Stylist: @Edward_Enninful
Hair Artistic Director: @GuidoPalau
Make-Up Artistic Director: @PatMcGrathReal
Nails: @JinSoonChoi
Hair Colourist: @LenaOtt
The 40: @AdwoaAboah, @AdutAkech, @SimoneAshley, @VictoriaBeckham, @SelmaBlair, @Naomi, @Vittoria, @GemmaChan, @JodieMComer, @LaverneCox, @CindyCrawford, @MileyCyrus, @ArianaDebose, @CaraDelevingne, @JourdanDunn, @Palomija, @MissKarenElson, @CynthiaErivo, @LindaEvangelista, @JaneFonda, @KaiaGerber, @GigiHadid, @SalmaHayek, @The_Real_Iman, @MayaJama, @JameelaJamil, @KarlieKloss, @PreciousLeexoxo, @DuaLipa, @GuguMbathaRaw, #KateMoss, @LilaMoss, @RinasOnline, @IrinaShayk, @AnyaTaylorJoy, @CTurlington, @AmberValletta, @SerenaWilliams, @Oprah, @AnokYai
