The British Vogue September issue is out, and we are all excited about the guest editor, Duchess Meghan Markle. She revealed her vision and title for the magazine as #ForcesForChange. The Duchess of Sussex has been working with the British fashion magazine for seven months, and the result is phenomenal.
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In an old but recent post on the official Instagram of the Duchess and Duke of Sussex, she shared her vision. According to the post, the issue highlights “a diverse selection of women from all walks of life, each driving impact and raising the bar for equality, kindness, justice and open-mindedness.”
It features 15 world-leading women who are reshaping public life for the global good.
Feminist author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Somalian Boxer Ramla Ali and Models Adwoa Aboah and Adut Akech were featured. Also featured were Actress Yara Shahidi, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, Sinéad Burke, Jane Fonda and Laverne Cox. Finally, it also featured Gemma Chan, Salma Hayek, Jameela Jamil, Greta Thunberg, Francesca Hayward, and Christy Turlington Burns.
The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle penned in Vogue magazine:
“These last seven months have been a rewarding process, curating and collaborating with Edward Enninful, British Vogue’s editor-in-chief, to take the year’s most-read fashion issue and steer its focus to the values, causes and people making an impact in the world today.
“Through this lens, I hope you’ll feel the strength of the collective in the diverse selection of women chosen for the cover as well as the team of support I called upon within the issue to help bring this to light. I hope readers feel as inspired as I do, by the ‘Forces for Change’ they’ll find within these pages.”
Edward Enninful, the magazine’s editor-in-chief said this about the feature:
“For the past few months, the Duchess and I have been working together on this shared passion project: to dedicate British Vogue’s biggest issue of the year to all the remarkable women who are redefining our world for the better. We have called it – and them – our #ForcesForChange.
“The story begins with this cover, starring 15 changemakers, all titans in their respective fields, who have been personally selected by the Duchess and myself for the powerful and positive differences they are making in our world. The 16th slot will appear as a mirror on the printed cover and was included at the special request of the Duchess to show that you – that all of us, in fact – are part of this moment too.
“It’s been a real labour of love and I feel very humbled today to be able to finally unveil it to the world. Read about how the Duchess became the first guest editor of the September issue in the magazine’s 103-year history at Vogue.co.uk now, and discover the full cover story in the new issue, on newsstands Friday 2 August.”
Meghan Markle chose not to appear on the cover of the magazine. But she rather chose to give other women the honour. Also, both Markle’s sister-in-law Kate Middleton and her late mother-in-law Princess Diana have posed for the title’s cover in the past.
She made history as the first guest editor of the September issue of British Vogue, in the magazine’s 103-year history.
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