Apparently the Chuck Taylor look was supposed to be scrapped.
Vogue magazine had the option of making Kamala Harris look like a professional boss or a cool mom-next door. They went with the latter. Tensions online are slowly rising after Vogue released their February cover, featuring the vice-president-elect. The cover features Harris in a black outfit rocking Chuck Taylor Converse. The issue here is that Harris’ team and the Vogue team, including Anna Wintour, “mutually agreed upon” another cover.
You know Black women are about to drag you for a whole ass 24 hours, right?
— ⚖️Imani Gandy ⚖️ (@AngryBlackLady) January 10, 2021
A source told journalist Yashar Ali that this cover is also not what Harris’ team “expected.” The OG cover features Harris in a blue suit, looking much less casual. The OG cover looks much more presidential and victorious. It is being reported that Vogue is now planning to drop the OG cover digitally, however, the Converse picture is already printed on millions of hard copies.
The switch-up has angered fans of Harris, who claim Vogue is purposely trying to undermine her team. “Delete the chucks picture and change the cover to the blue suit MVP agreed to…this is disrespectful,” wrote one Twitter user. The anger seemed to bounce around the social media universe as more and more people became annoyed at the mix-up.
Some fashion magazine news….
1. The February Vogue cover featuring VP-elect Kamala Harris has been widely criticized on social media this evening
But according to a source familiar with the publication plans, this is not the cover that the Vice President-elect's team expected pic.twitter.com/lBC9DnfYNC
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) January 10, 2021
4. Here is the Vogue cover Kamala Harris’ team thought would be released.
I’m told this cover on the left will be the digital cover, but the much maligned cover on the right has already gone to print and will be the cover available for sale and sent to subscribers. pic.twitter.com/5eWjPMTbdP
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) January 10, 2021
Delete the chucks picture and change the cover to the blue suit MVP agreed to…this is disrespectful.
— BlackWomenViews Media (@blackwomenviews) January 10, 2021
Anna Wintour needs to retire if she thought the second photo was Vogue cover worthy. The first photo is powerful and elegant. It’s the Vogue cover Kamala Harris deserved https://t.co/ZVq28u7nKT
— ᴊᴇʟᴀ (@jelevision) January 10, 2021
This is the only Vogue cover I am acknowledging of our VP. But even better….the cover story was written by a Black woman! let’s normalize that for 2021.
Congrats @alexis_ok !!! https://t.co/7grudhufv4
— Kellee Nicole Terrell (@kelleent) January 10, 2021
Vice President Kamala Harris turns heads at inauguration in rare Nike Bionicles pic.twitter.com/O23ICxHq6x
— cboy is short for cowboy (@alexqarbuckle) January 10, 2021
Anna Wintour needs to go. If the only time her team can properly style a black women is when she’s covered in couture then her tenure has ran it course. Look at how Kamala Harris’ Elle cover straight up bodied Vogue. Electric chair! pic.twitter.com/aBVZIho98P
— MVP Harris (@PTA_Daddy) January 10, 2021
Anyone shocked by the poor quality of Kamala's Vogue cover hasn't paid attention to Anna Wintour's bullshit w/people of color. It spans decades. Team Kamala should've known better. Anyway, enjoy this pic that effortlessly shows her beauty w/o stripping her of her power(suit)😉. pic.twitter.com/S6RK9lpmIj
— Trish (@StilettoRoyalty) January 10, 2021
It means that someone changed the cover without informing the Vice President-elect Kamala Harris' team after they mutually agreed upon a cover look.
And there's only one person with that level of power: Anna Wintour. https://t.co/sVrSClfNpt
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) January 10, 2021
*Most powerful black woman in the country gets disrespected by the nation’s premiere fashion magazine*
White women: pic.twitter.com/SsYmpnnh3U
— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) January 10, 2021
