
LeBron, as you can see, is on this month’s cover of Vogue. The photograph is arresting, I’ll give the man behind the camera that, but other than that there’s definitely shit about this image that irritates me, but rather than climb up on top of a soapbox (it’s way too early for that!), I’m gonna break this thing down like a report card:
Vogue’s willingness to put a black model on the cover even when the male subject is a brother: F (Though maybe this should be a “C” since this is very typical, come-to-be-expected kind of shit out of Vogue.)
Level of stertotypical poking at race relationships by pairing the hulking black man with the frail white chick: C
Hilariousness of dumb-ass/ignorant comments made by fashion bloggers attempting to comment on either LeBron or the game of hoops: B+
Wrongness of pairing Picasso-face (that would be Gisele) with LeBron when she already has an extremely high-profile relationship with a very famous– albeit not nearly as hulking–professional athlete (that would be frat-boy archtypeTom Brady): C+
Ickiness of being Gisele knowing that your boyfriend once had a semi-serious relationship with Tara Reid: A++++
Cheers!
Lois: HighSnobette at Hotmail dot com
