As editor of Vogue Portugal, make no mistake that Sofia Lucas favors issues to be crafted around a specific theme. Concepts since the start of 2023 have centered around Innocence, Lucky, Revolution, Pleasure, Voyage, [Un]Popular, Coming Back and now the magazine’s installment for October 2023 gives us: The Fame Issue. A total of five collectable covers come our way with the issue, with cover one and two going to Georgina Rodríguez (girlfriend of football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo) who poses across a pair of glam covers via the lens of Branislav Simoncik. Cover three sees modeling royalty Paulina Porizkova captured by Simoncik also while Brazilian model Cintia Dicker is photographed by Ricardo Abrahao on the fourth cover. For the fifth and final cover option, Simoncik is once again behind the lens, this time shooting Angolan model Maria Borges.
The covers ignited debate on our forums straight away. “Dead at Cintia Dicker! Vogue Portugal punched Vogue Brazil’s face – I love it,” heralded Kimy Jo.
“100% here for Cintia, entirely under appreciated in the fashion world,” echoed marsnoop2.
“Stunned by Cintia’s cover. The rest, I could’ve done without. Not the best from Vogue Portugal but definitely the better magazine (once again) this month,” Petrus chimed in.
Aracic voiced: “Something about Cintia Dicker’s cover strangely appeals to me, but I just can’t seem to fully appreciate this edition. I see the potential and I recognize the intention but it doesn’t hit the mark for me.”
“Vogue Portugal is the most pretentious Vogue cover-wise,” commented a disapproving Rigida.
“As much as I genuinely could not care less about Vogue Portugal, I will admit there always appears to be some soft of effort from the team who complies each and every issue, and the dedication to a print product is always evident. For me, here, it’s the Paulina Porizkova cover which reigns supreme…” approved vogue28.
Which cover are you most drawn to – if any? Share your thoughts on Vogue Portugal’s latest, here.
