As if further proof were needed that US Vogue's Editor in Chief need finaly step down, the magazine's January 2010 cover seems to want to usher in the new decade with nostalgia. Harking back almost to the days of Anna Wintour's youth, a time when housewives everywhere would long for perfectly coiffed hair and a neatly buttoned cardigan, Hollywood sweetheart Rachel McAdams resembles what can only be described as the American Dream's First Lady. It's not that I have a problem with the seemingly idealistic concept behind the styling, or indeed the choice of the printed silk Dolce & Gabbana S/S 2010 ensemble. It's more the accompanying coverline, referring to her latest role in Guy Ritchie's interpretation of Sherlock Holmes, which reads 'Mean Girl to Sexy Sleuth'. Is the aforementioned nod to suburban living circa 1950 somehow embodying a supposedly feminist, and in Wintour's own words I hasten to add, sexy sleuth? Do spies run around sporting pink lipstick and some serious ear bling? I think not. Come on Ms. Wintour, must try harder.
