The Chloe Malle era at Vogue continues with a whimper. Inasmuch as it’s the Chloe Malle era at all, of course. I feel like she gets saddled with the public-facing stuff Anna Wintour doesn’t want to do, but has all her other decisions second-guessed in a very passive-aggressive Obi-Wan “You must do what you feel is right, of course” way. So it’s anyone’s guess who is really responsible for the September Issue cover this year, but Malle is the one who got the editorial director job and who was tasked with publicly insisting that Anna has indeed handed her the reins. The yield:
I will start with my nice comment: Both of them are smiling and happy, which is a rarity for a fashion Bible that loves to peddle beautiful misery. Homer Gere’s outfit, though, is absurd for both a fashion magazine and a pivotal seasonal issue thereof; he’s 26 and dressed like a prep-school kid who’s interviewing for an internship at his dad’s company that he knows he’s going to get but he ha…