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Zelenska and her husband, who founded one of the biggest television entertainment production companies in Ukraine before getting into politics, know.īy putting Ms. Zelenska’s appearance in Washington last week.) Vogue - and, indeed, any outlet that allows the Ukrainian people to reach different swaths of the global population and influence sentiment - is one of them. The Russian-Ukrainian conflict is a war being conducted on all fronts: on the ground, in the air, in the digital sphere and in the arena of public opinion. (That’s why, despite the risks, they keep appearing in magazines like Vogue.) It’s one that every politician, and public figure, employs to their own ends, whether they want to admit it or not. To a certain extent, the debate simply shows how tangled our feelings about fashion still are and how entrenched the view of it as a nonserious subject remains - despite the fact that fashion is a key part of pop culture and the rare equivalent of a global language. She is not, after all, in a ball gown eating cake. Zelenska, seeing the shoot as a symbol of national pride: a means to show the world Ukrainian elegance a reminder of the balm that can be found in beauty and a subtle nod to shared humanity in the face of inhuman aggression. Still, other readers have come to the defense of Ms. (The piece, which made the magazine seem morally compromised in the face of fanciness, was later removed from Vogue’s website, though it still casts a shadow on Vogue’s coverage, especially when it comes to political figures.)

al-Assad’s husband, Bashar al-Assad, was revealed to be a bloody dictator. Especially given some of the magazine’s missteps in the past.įor example, there was an embarrassingly fawning profile of the Syrian first lady, Asma al-Assad, published in 2011 just around the time Ms. Some viewers have a visceral reaction to juxtaposing the idea of “Vogue” - with its historic connections to elitism, fantasy, wealth and frivolity - and the reality of war. Nevertheless (and unsurprisingly), the article has provoked something of a backlash.

Southern Counteroffensive: Military operations in the south have been a painstaking battle of river crossings, with pontoon bridges as prime targets for both sides.

Putin’s image weakened, his critics emboldened and his supporters looking for someone else to blame.

Putin’s Struggles at Home: Russia’s setbacks in Ukraine have left President Vladimir V.

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How the Strategy Formed: The plan that allowed Ukraine’s recent gains began to take shape months ago during a series of intense conversations between Ukrainian and U.S.Dramatic Gains for Ukraine: After Ukraine’s offensive in its northeast drove Russian forces into a chaotic retreat, Ukrainian leaders face critical choices on how far to press the attack.

The photos are accompanied by a lengthy interview and some BTS video footage of the first couple and Ms.

Zelenska by Annie Leibovitz: sitting on the marble steps of the presidential palace, staring grimly ahead holding hands with her husband, President Volodymyr Zelensky and standing next to female soldiers at Antonov Airport, clutching the lapels of a long navy overcoat. After the hoo-ha over the magazine not giving Melania Trump a cover (even though Michelle Obama got three) and the to-do over Kamala Harris’s “relaxed” portrait being chosen over her more formal cover try, comes a new controversy, related to a “ digital cover” released online featuring Olena Zelenska, the Ukrainian first lady.Įntitled “Portrait of Bravery,” the article is a collaboration between the Condé Nast Vogues (pretty much all of them) and Ukrainian Vogue (a licensed magazine owned by Media Group Ukraine). Another season, another Vogue story on a politician causing a kerfuffle.

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