Rumor has it that Blake Lively will be on the cover for the third time. That says enough about the quality of US Vogue.
Carine put an actress on the cover this month too but that is Marion Cotillard. Talented beyond belief, interesting and super nice. Anna had Marion on her cover too, but US shot her by Mario Testino and Paris by Mert Alas and Marcus Pignot. That's the difference and that's why Paris is always better. They make every shot a work of art.
I think Pierre certainly fits your model: handed a private university edu, which he doesn't finish (though he came so close, and failed/repeated his exams almost the whole way through) and then handed majority shares of his father's company. But this not very "Casiraghi" because the Casiraghi family (Stefano's parents, siblings, and their children) are really in your first group! Marco and Rosalba and Daniele, and Afra, and Fernanda Jr and Marzia, and Gaia, etc. They are all workers, even though born to the manor, so to speak. And as you said, Caroline certainly was never a slacker. It is perhaps a wonder that Pierre didn't imbibe more of that spirit. And then, for Andrea.... well, I think he does what he does largely because of his mother. he talks about how she inspires him, motivates him. I think Charlotte has a desire to distinguish herself as a true "professional" of something, but she gives me the impression of not quite knowing how to do it! I wonder if she eventually gains a distaste for something when she is too publicized. They made a great splash for Ever Manifesto, which second issue is expected in November this year! I don't know....... sometimes, if something is too easy to gain, too easy to achieve, it means very little, it excites little passion or excitement. Maybe Pierre should have started in the mailroom, and Charlotte as a copy aide at ABOVE instead o "editor-at-large"!
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True, besides being really sweet, charming and somewhat intelligent, there might be not so many things special about her. To me, she seems a bit too uptight about her background and stuff. For some reason, she doesn't want to admit to being just like other privileged socialites that she honestly is.
Sometimes I get the impression that her name, family and her face overwhelm her a bit, in a way that they create something she can't really live up to. So her way out of it, is somewhat isolating, keeping a low profile. That's how people start to fantasize like crazy about her, but here might not be this much there.
They could have done better but let's face it - they could have done worse too.
Cool! C'est vrai. And the party has only begun!
Honestly...how do we know that she is "really sweet and charming?" We only ever see her interact with her friends and family, and it is easy to be affectionate and carefree around people we care about.
I think it's normal to project certain things on people that we don't know...for example because someone is beautiful,people will also often assume that person is good, or has a great character...which unfortunately is not always the case.
Charlotte has beauty and lineage and intelligence...happy accidents of birth which she had NOTHING to do with. She is still very young and her character is forming...just like her mother at the same age.
