I originally review this magazine in 2004 and at that time I give it four star . since that time , the magazine have deteriorate to the point that it be a toss-up whether to give it one star , or be generous and give it two . Vogue use to be America 's premier fashion periodical . back in the day , when Diana Vreeland , and Jessica Daves before she , have the top editorial spot , the magazine be a byword for class and elegance . the cover be work of art -- some of they be so good that they be suitable for frame . the model actually look like model . and the clothes exude taste and style . enter Anna Wintour , and exit class , elegance and everything else that make Vogue special . the magazine start to skid straight down the tube and , sad to say , the slide have accelerate . the cover have become just plain awful . I have see classier , more artistic cover on Women 's day . the September 2008 cover be particularly dreadful . Keira Knightley , a lovely young woman , be show with a hairstyle look like a five year old have take a blunt weed whacker to she head , wear something that look like Grandma 's old curtain cinch by a cheap patent leather belt . the clothes in recent issue look like something you would wear to a bad Halloween party , at astronomical price . and the model look like eastern european zombie . if Vogue be try to sell clothes , they should start feature clothes you can actually wear , and put they on somebody who do not look like the walk dead . Vogue use to have pretty good article , but recently they have deteriorate as well . they do run a very good , well-written , thoughtful piece in July 2008 on racism in the fashion industry in which they focus on the dearth of non-white model . great piece , I think as I read it , now maybe Vogue will take a look at the endless bland parade of european model in they own page and start practice what they preach . yeah right . in every succeed issue it be back to normal -- the same pale , empty-looking face stare vapidly at the camera . not that a black model would mean a drop in sale . in July 2008 , italian Vogue dedicate the whole issue to black model and sell out its entire print run . they actually have to go into reprint . that issue have become a collector ' item . the final nail in Vogue 's coffin , as far as I be concerned , be they December 2008 issue feature Jennifer Aniston look luscious in a long red dress with the caption -lrb- on the cover , yet -rrb- `` Jennifer Aniston : I think what Angelina do be very uncool '' . my eye almost fall out of my head . be Vogue try to reinvent itself as a celebrity tabloid ? if I want to read about the Pitt\/Aniston\/Jolie triangle for the umpteen-thousandth time , I 'll pick up Life & Style or in touch or something of that ilk . this be nothing more than the cheapest kind of pander to the fan of the trash tabloid to sell they magazine . vogue do have good photography , I 'll give they that much , but nothing that be not present better in Harper 's Bazaar . and they layout be quite good ; in fact , better than Bazaar 's . but the overall substance and content of the magazine have deteriorate to the point where Vogue and I have finally come to a parting of the way . I have just cancel my subscription after ten year . maybe if and when Wintour depart , the magazine will find its way back to its former eminence . until then , I be go with they sister publication on the other side of the pond , british Vogue . in just about every category , it be a much better magazine . Judy Lind November 12 , 2008