Kamala Harris is Vogue’s new cover girl, but she doesn’t get any votes.
The vice president-elect appears on the front cover of the fashion bible in February in a set of her own duds – a brown Donald Deal jacket, black jeans and black Converse sneakers – unworthy of her office due to a deluge of fans.
‘I’ve seen many of your covers. Kamala is our FIRST VICE PRESIDENT EVER! one person wrote on Vogue’s Instagram account.
“PLEASE DO HER JUSTICE and DO this cover AGAIN! Set her on a background as regal as she is! Your old sheet from the CEO’s office is insulting. This doesn’t represent this fine woman !!”
Another reader wrote. “I love that she’s on the cover, but why this one ?! You could have done MUCH BETTER. “
New York magazine contributor Yashar Ali caused further controversy when he tweeted that one source “Familiar with publishing plans” told him the photo – a full-length photo of Harris standing on an overly long pink curtain against a green background – is not the photo her team expected to see the cover of the print edition of the magazine. would get.
Harris’ camp instead expected that the photo of Harris used for the digital edition of Vogue – with her in a baby blue Michael Kors Collection trouser suit – would also be used for the print edition, the source reportedly said.
But Vogue sources denied this to The Post.
The veep-elect insisted that Vogue wouldn’t style her, sources said – with Harris’ clothes, hair and makeup decided by her team.
Harris chose the green and pink background of the print edition because those are the colors of her sorority in college – and she thought it would be fun using them, the source said.
“Both looks have been selected by the VP-elect and her team,” said the source.
“Our approach to working with elected Vice President Harris and her team was to capture her as a leader and as a person, and because she felt most comfortable, so we worked closely together on all creative decisions, including that. she would dress and style. herself for the shoot. “
Still, no one should approve a cover, even its subject, and the magazine decided which image to use for print and digital, the source urged.
“Vogue chose the image for the print cover that we believe captured her personality and authenticity,” said the source. “Of course we love both images and celebrate both covers digitally.”
Vogue was even forced to deny to The Post that the magazine had lit Harris’ skin for the print edition snapshot amid online allegations, with sources saying no such thing had been done.
But the printed cover photo was so bizarre to some tweeters that they thought it was a joke.
“Is this a joke?! The Kardashians get more respect from Anna Wintour for Vogue covers than VP elect! What a bad portrayal of a colored woman in power! Crossdressing,” one woman tweeted.
Both shots were taken by Tyler Mitchelle, the 26-year-old photographer responsible for Beyoncé’s sensational September 2018 Vogue cover.
In the mag interview, Harris admits she was so baffled when she found out that she and President-elect Joe Biden had won in November that she forgot to turn off the shower.
She said they plan to focus on the pandemic, adding, “We’re thinking about the first 100 days in terms of what we need to do to support mayors and governors and local officials in their distribution and their public health systems.
“Getting this pandemic under control will be a critical factor in reopening our economy.”