A bogus Kate
Middleton image on the cover of Marie Claire magazine in South Africa
has quite a bit of a stir, leaving readers perplexed and deeply outraged. The
Duchess of Cambridge (née Kate Middleton) is seen on the glossy magazine cover
wearing a multi-colored dress, beaming broadly.
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| Fake Kate on Marie Claire cover |
The question on everyone’s lips
is how did Duchess Kate agree to pose for Marie Claire, considering she had
refused to pose for the prestigious Vogue magazine last year? Even Anna
Wintour could not convince the future Queen of England to grace theCover of Vogue, thanks to the ironclad diktat of the royal
family.
Fact is that Duchess Kate didn’t
agree to appear on Marie Claire magazine’s front page. The cover photo is a
sham. As Marie Claire writer, Marisa Crous herself said it is an "A fan
art tribute".
The wily team at Marie Claire’s
came up with the idea of doctoring up a very true-to-life "hyper-real
illustration" of the Duchess Kate attired in a dress by South African
designer Clive Rundle for their August cover.
The August MC issue ran a
tantalizing headline: "Fashion's new royal icon wears SA's best local
designers*" and a disclaimer: "*Of course she doesn't. But she
should." Naturally most of the readers fell for this fashion gimmick.
Marisa Crous told Yahoo News:
"We were so inspired by her fairy-tale wedding and her life as a
modern-day princess, which is why we elected Kate Middleton as our cover star
for the August issue".
Meanwhile Aspasia Karras, editor
of MC told The Daily Telegraph “Kate Middleton is, without a doubt, the world's
new style icon…. We have honored her with a fan-art tribute, dressing her up in
clothes by South African designers and placing her in all sorts of fun,
everyday situations."
However, the dress worn by the
photo-shopped Kate does not look like something Duchess Kate would normally
wear. She has never worn Animal print ever and her hair has never looked so
dreadfully ashen brown. It’s obvious the face has been attached to someone
else’s body which is clearly evident in a tiny asterisk at the conclusion of
the headline.
Inside the MC August issue, five
local illustrators dress Kate Middleton up in their finest dress illustrated by
Catherine Gauche. The multi-hued animal print dress on the cover comes courtesy of
Clive Rundle. The laser-cut diaphanous dress is by Gavin Rajah. The baby doll dress (right) with Peter Pan collar
by Abigail Betz and the leopard print gown (left) is a Marianne Fassler
number. The ginormous duck, no idea whose creation it is.
In 2010, a royal spokesman told
E! News, "Both William and Kate feel it would be wrong for Kate to promote
herself as a fashion or style icon. That's not what they are about and they
take their royal duties far too seriously to, in one sense, trivialize
them".
Of this latest photo-shopped Kate image, one reader on Marie Claire's website
wrote in apparent disgust: "I'm not really a fan of this idea. (So I) will
not be buying this magazine!" One of them questioned in anger, "She
didn't actually pose for the cover? How is that a good thing? Aren't you
cheating your readers as well as your cover subject?"
Tigger Too of Lexington, US
wrote: “… but now crap about Kate Middleton is coming out of the woodwork.”
Stacy Korn of Sunnyvale, US wrote: “Most of these photos are squished”
Said Colin from London, UK: Is the news so bad you have to
print this rubbish?
Would like to know what you think
of the cover … Super … Creepy ….Unethical?
Sources: Contact Music.com/The Telegraph
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