Wednesday, November 4, 2009

I Feel So Awkward: The December Issue of Harper's Bazaar


Prepubescent girls (and quite a honestly, a lot of my twenty-something friends) are going to be gawking at the cover of December's Harper's Bazaar. The magazine features Twilight heartthrobs Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart on the cover, with a full goth-glam fashion spread. Yay, more vampires!

In the tradition of all cheesy vampire narratives, the shoot features two star-crossed lovers in lots of black, crimson roses to denote true love, and, naturally, lots of eyeliner to underscore brooding, fervent eye-love-making. Pattinson looks quite handsome in his Dior Homme, and Stewart rocks an Alexander Wang dress as she clings to Pattinson on a motorcycle - because vampires are bad boys. Get it? Good.

But in an Alexander McQueen gown, the nineteen-year-old looks like a teenager who's just lost in a big expensive dress. Maybe Beyonce could pull it off? The gown commands a presence that the seemingly shy, evasive Stewart just isn't ready to give us. But then again, maybe it's not her fault - maybe it's the intensely awkward Pattinson, who's trying to seduce the camera while blatantly ignoring his beloved.

Images via HarpersBazaar.com.


4 comments:

  1. vampire love is weird. like wtf, shes like a 17 year old in the movie and her vampire man is like 450 years old? how is that a healthy/equal relationship!?!? kinda chi-mo

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  2. This whole shoot looks low-budget and awkward. Except maybe the motorcycle shot.

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  3. Agreed...I feel as if they are trying to garner the same kind of attention that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt received after their first shoot as a couple in W...didn't work quite as well for them.

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  4. the shoes in the second pic are KILLIN IT thoooo

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