Cara Delevingne is British Vogue’s September cover girl. I am underwhelmed. I always sort of thought Cara was an overrated model, and this image reinforces that idea for me: is this a strong image? Is this a compelling image? Is this a worthy photo for the September cover? No, no and no. This is Cara’s fifth British Vogue cover, but that doesn’t mean much to me – I mean, British Vogue puts Kate Moss on their cover several times a year, it feels like. They need to branch out a bit, I guess.
Cara isn’t on the September issue just to make a grand return to modeling though – she promoting her role in Suicide Squad, which is out this Thursday/Friday. Cara plays Enchantress, and while I’ve seen a little look at Enchantress in a few of the trailers, I still think the film is just going to be all about Margot Robbie’s performance. Cara was hoping that Suicide Squad would be her big breakout: I don’t think it will be. Here are some highlights from her Vogue interview:
Love with St. Vincent: “I’m completely in love. Before, I didn’t know what love was – real love. I didn’t understand the depth of it. I always used to think it was you against the world. Now I know the meaning of life is love. Whether that’s for yourself or for the world or your partner.”
The word “gay”: “As a child, I used gay as a bad world, as in, ‘that’s so gay.’ All my friends did. Her parents have been so, so supportive. I’m obviously in love, so if people want to say I’m gay, that’s great. But we’re all liquid – we change, we grow.”
Equal pay: “In terms of equal pay I need to be paid the same as the guy who has equal billing with me. Otherwise I won’t do it. Because if you accept less, you’re just letting everyone else down and continuing the cycle.”
[From Vogue UK via Contact Music]
I don’t think we’re ALL liquid, but some people are liquid and some aren’t and that’s fine. I do think St. Vincent has been a stabilizing force for Cara, and for that I am grateful. She seems less bratty these days.
A few more things… Cara debuted a new haircut at Comic-Con two weekends ago and I LOVE IT. The choppy, piecey lob is really everywhere in the past year, and I keep seeing photos of celebrity women rocking that cut. And I keep thinking, “Maybe I should try it.” I keep going shorter and shorter with my hair, but I haven’t had my hair to my shoulders or shorter since college. The thing is, if I got this haircut, my hair wouldn’t look like this. I could never get it to look so choppy, and that’s the look I want! Also, Cara has been wearing a ring on her engagement-ring finger and people have been wondering if she’s engaged to St. Vincent. Er… I think that’s just a ring, you guys, not an engagement ring. But who knows?
Photos courtesy of British Vogue, Fame/Flynet.
To me, she just an angry and bratty Susan Dey knockoff. Uninteresting and spoiled brat.
omg Susan Dey! yes!
She has the luxury of turning down roles if she’s not equally payed because she comes from money and from a successfull modellig career. Another up and coming actress couldn’t do it. This idea that if you accept less you’re letting everybody down turns the blame towards actresses rather than the studio is wrong, in my opinion.
I think she’s a really good model, the best of the nepotism bunch, and usually photographs really well, but this is underwhelming. As an actress though, horrible.
That quote sprung out to me as well. She has a point, but she doesn’t seem to realize how privileged she is. Again.
The ‘equal pay’ portion could have used some caveats to make her sound less out of touch, but it didn’t make her sound too bratty. I wish she would have said: “Given the fortunate position I’m in, I have the flexibility in turning down roles that don’t give me equal pay for equal billing. I like to do my part in breaking the cycle.” But, that may be requiring a lot out of someone to think on the spot.
Except that her “doing her part” is still a 23 year old “doing her part” who CAME FROM MONEY speaking after the fact when other celebrities had to deal with this crap behind closed doors. The only reason anyone can talk about this openly now is because of the SONY Hack. So it’s easy now for women like Cara, who are super young and privileged, to take a swipe at someone not receiving equal pay but it’s nasty and mean because there is no acknowledgement here that she herself BENEFITTED from other women’s humiliation in order to make this conversation more safe and public.
I don’t get the whole “out of touch” criticism whenever a rich and famous actor/ singer is being interviewed about their pay. Obviously they are not scrounging for dollars at minimum wage, obviously they live a different life to those that are not rich and famous. There wage equality struggles center more on equality than financial survival, but don’t we know all that? Do they really have to say every time that they make more money than a cashier in order not to be taken down in the comments? Constantly emphasize how lucky they are?
Isn’t part of the reason we are following her words that she is not a minimum wage struggling cashier at walmart? I’m reading this for escapism and I fully understand and accept that these people do not face the exact same daily struggles as me, in fact that is part of the appeal.
“Constantly emphasize how lucky they are? ”
Yes, people want to hear celebrities constantly emphasize how lucky they are. The likeable celebrities are the ones who always remind you that they know they’re fortunate.
Well obviously I don’t understand why. Maybe I assume that they know that life could have been worse for them, and I don’t need them to say it constantly. It doesn’t give me a warm and fuzzy feeling if they do. I’m rather more interested if they partake in such issues as gender equality, no matter if their position is more or less fortunate than mine in financial terms (and possibly others).
I don’t need her to say she’s more fortunate than a cashier ( although I wouldn’t be surprised if she thougt her life is harder), but when she puts the blame on the actresses who agree on bein pay less she doesn’t acknowledge that most actresses aren’t in a position to say no.
Man I wish my hair would look like that. It is too fine.
Go to Youtube. There are hundreds of video how-to’s for Lobs.
Here’s one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqDQ1R1QizM
I love her lob! And yeah, I think sexuality is fluid for alot of people.
It’s a boring picture, but I love her face so much. There’s just something arresting about it.
Or maybe it’s just the eyebrows.
Is she even in Suicide Squad that much? (Rhetorical question, since it’s not out yet.) She’s barely in the trailers at all.
I didn’t see her in the trailers. Then again, when I watch the trailers, I’m just suffering everyone else until Will Smith or Margot Robbie show up again.
I think the cover is stunning and reminiscent of the mid eighties and she is gorgeous
She looks like taylor hanson
agreed. there is something honest about Cara. also, I like the way she talks about her relationship, she is not in your face, just a girl in love.
Are we asking straight celebrities about their straightness? I get that visibility is important, but I wish that would be reserved for outlets such as “Out” or “Advocate” etc. that handle it much better. When mainstream outlets do it, it has a way of being “othering.” Like, ‘hey your sexuality is different, let’s delve into this difference so we can try to understand your weirdness, but if not, we’ll just settle for a good pull quote.’
Cara is a 23 year old former supermodel. Her comments are privileged and nasty not only because she’s white and thin and traditionally beautiful but she’s also YOUNG in an industry that tosses women out on their butts when they hit late 30’s for younger women. A woman, for example, who is over 35 may not have the luxury to walk away from a big role.
Also, I think it’s really easy for some of these women, like Cara, to come out after the fact and talk about the equal pay now that other women who were actually struggling through it had to suffer through it without this kind of public support. It’s a lot easier after the fact to be like, “Oh yeah, I would never accept less than a man.” Oh really? Because what if you were in your late 30’s and this was NOT the kind of public conversation it is now? What then Cara? What if you didn’t come from money and had a different perspective on money because you didn’t always have it? She’s a beautiful woman but I am so done with her. Too many ignorant, privileged interviews.
I love St. Vincent’s music and I wish she’d get more attention from it than from dating Cara, but I’ve also heard that she can act like a violent nutcase sometimes, so I don’t know about her toning Cara down.
Came here to say this. She’s as much of a mess as Cara, if not more so.
I spent what felt like forever (but was probably a month) a few years back, telling the Sixlets to say pants and not gay when they were unimpressed with something.
“It’s saying bad because men being sexy with each other is bad but it’s fine.”
“What are you talking about? No it isn’t. It just means useless.”
“CHILD, HEAR ME NOW…”
That was a very annoying Britisher slang fad.
I’m not English but I say things are “total pants” all the time. It’s a great expression.
They still say pants now!
Those brows…yuck. I’ll be happy when this “thick, natural” trend goes away.
Cara is gorgeous. She has a unique type of beauty, but the cover doesn’t do her justice. Her teeth are a little small but maybe I am so used to celebrities with horse veneers.
I don’t like her hair that length. I loved Taylor Swift’s hair on the cover of Vogue but Cara looks much too old with the shorter hair. Go back to long.
As much as I strongly dislike this person, I’d still rather see legitimate models on fashion magazines covers, so I’ll take it.
I actually really like Cara as a model and am in love with her sense of style. Thought her acting was terrible in Paper Towns, but she’s a newbie and it sounds like acting has grounded her, we don’t hear about her boozing and hard partying so much these days.