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"Blairbrushed": Tony Blair on the cover of Men's Vogue

I don't doubt for a minute that we haven't seen the end of airbrushing but I was surprised to see Tony Blair on the cover of Men's Vogue looking so... smooth. Now they didn't do a Redbook on him by any means but he definitely looks a little soft focus. The picture on the left shows that he actually bears more resemblance to political cartoonist Steve Bell's depiction of him than the Vogue cover.
Calling him "The man who made Britannia cool" (mmm... questionable!) Vogue followed him on his farewell tour around Africa in May. The photograph itself was shot by recent Condé Nast signing Norman Jean Roy who is known for his flattering image-making.
[via Daily Mail]

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Posted by Catwalk Queen on August 13, 2007 3:30 PM in Fashion News
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Dear Isabelle

Although your own questionable comment has now been removed from this post, it would have been nice to have some kind of email to acknowledge that my comment was being taken on board. To have it deleted without mention surely discourages any (positive) criticism?

Jill

Posted by: Jill Pollock | August 14, 2007 1:25 PM

Sorry Jill. Isabelle's out the office today and it was one of us who deleted her comment. It somehow slipped through the editing net as we were a staff member down yesterday and eager for content, but it shouldn't have gone up in the first place.

Hands will be slapped where appropriate.

Posted by: Gemma | August 14, 2007 1:35 PM

No problem Gemma. I just thought I'd mark it up b/c it's not the sort of content I expect from the (usually fab) blog.

Posted by: Jill Pollock | August 14, 2007 2:46 PM

Perhaps the article itself should be considered:

www.mensvogue.com/business/politics/feature/articles/2007/09/tony_blair

Posted by: fred | August 17, 2007 7:28 PM

Perhaps the article itself should be considered:

www.mensvogue.com/business/politics/feature/articles/2007/09/tony_blair

Posted by: fred | August 17, 2007 7:54 PM

I'm sorry, but the Vogue cover does not look airbrushed to me.

Posted by: Michele | August 24, 2007 2:42 AM