I remember completely rejecting this issue at the time, because I thought the two unknowns on the cover were awful-looking. The concept of the editorial was great, but I just couldn't get past the girls' faces. In the case of Lily Cole, I still can't, no matter how well her body looks.
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Sasha seems to be the new-and-improved Gemma - as soon as she arrived on the main scene, Gemma faded, as if nobody wanted her anymore, they had something better.
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I'm allowed my own observations, you'll give me that much. Gemma was doing very well for a while, but then Sasha arrived like a powerhouse, working everywhere - and Gemma seemed to fall away. I do find them to be similar-looking girls, therefore my rationale above, that perhaps people were taken more with Sasha.
Personally, I found I grew to like Gemma, then when Sasha arrived, I didn't like her, but when I saw the variety of her work, that changed, and Gemma was the one I wasn't so keen on. She seemed limited in comparison to the spark of Sasha.
But maybe Gemma took a step back to work on other projects - who knows why she's not on the cover of UK Vogue anymore, and Sasha gets it instead.
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I don't think Gemma disappeared because of Sasha; I know that over the past couple of years she's been pursuing acting, so I guess modeling has taken a back-seat to that? I'm sure she could land huge jobs if she wanted to - the soft-faced aesthetic that she introduced to fashion is still huge right now.
This magazine is so old - I remember that particular feature with Natalia Vodianova! She's so lovely and the photos with her son are adorable. Daria, also, looks incredibly fierce.
I think I'd stick with the big-money jobs while the fashion world still wanted me, acting being an unreliable source of income when you're starting out, but it'll be interesting to see what roles she gets/goes for. At the moment, there's not much on the resume at imdb, so I hope she's got something big for 2009.
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I would have thought Gemma would have been one of the few with staying power since she was the one who introduce that whole look to begin with. I have to believe she's takining a break because all the other girls from her "group", Lily D, Trentini, Sasha are still going strong.
gemma paved the way for these girls.. i think gemma was part of another group of models. she was featured with giselle, karolina, and the other girls. then vogue did the issue w/ stam sasha, the next group. gemma already reached icon status..
i love both sasha and gemma but let's give credit where credit is due.
ps i love the cover and eds from this very old issue.
(very feminine)
but the karen's ed is in HFGL
as to the jacquetta ed...i think i once saw it on the jedroot.com
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