Vanity Fair could not get a celebrity for its September issue. They were forced to go with fashion designer Marc Jacobs instead.
Vanity Fair is NOT a fashion magazine. That’s what Vogue is for at Conde Nast. Marc Jacobs means nothing to the magazine’s readers. He’s very talented, but not a draw.
This happened because singer Miley Cyrus backed out at the last minute, according to my sources.
This is a real blow for the magazine’s new staff including editor Mark Guiducci.
As Dick Stolley and Pat Ryan used to say at the original People magazine, when in trouble go with television. Vanity Fair could have embraced the Emmy Awards for September with lots of shows and actors to choose from.
Did they all say NO????
This is an abomination for a celebrity magazine. Advertorial on the cover, and the September one at that. (See cover, scroll below.)
I think I told you, years ago when I edited Fame magazine I once had a nightmare that the magazine came out and the cover was just trees! No person! No star for the newsstand. I awoke in a sweat, and immediately got Bruce Willis’s publicist, Paul Bloch, to say yes. The Marc Jacobs cover must have everyone at Conde Nast dopey from no sleep.Â
What happened here? When Radhika Jones left as editor, and Anna Wintour replaced her with Guiducci, Anna’s daughter’s friend, the magazine fired all of its Hollywood staff. Most of them came from Entertainment Weekly and had the connections to bring in covers. A lot of the time, Jones didn’t want those choices, it was her fault they didn’t happen. But now the Hollywood staff is gone. This is the result.
