Vanity Fair criticised for best-dressed list

Vanity Fair magazine's just released '2009 International Best-Dressed List' which includes 53 best dressed people, accounts for only 10 countries out of 195. The list does not feature celebrities from Asia or Africa.

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Fri, Aug 07, 2009 10:36:03 IST

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NO BOLLYWOOD or Indian celebrity figures on Vanity Fair’s prestigious '2009 International Best-Dressed List'. Out of the eleven (of a total of 53) showbiz personalities which appear on this list, six are American, and one each British, French, Spanish, Russian, and Italian-American. People of only ten countries out of a total of about 195 countries in the world, show up on the list. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed has criticised the list for unevenness. He averred that this “best dressed list” appears to be telling us that we in about 185 countries representing about 90 percent of the world population, including the continents of Asia and Africa and most populated countries like China and India, do not know how to comb our hair or how to tie a half Windsor knot with the dimple on the neck tie or that our wardrobes are not chic or that we lack a sense of style.

Showbiz celebrities who appear on the list include Oscar-nominated American actor-producer Brad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Oscar winning Spanish actress Penelope Cruz (Volver), BAFTA nominated British actor-producer Daniel Craig (Casino Royale), Oscar winner American actress-producer Renee Zellweger (Cold Mountain), Oscar-nominated French actress-model Catherine Deneuve (Indochine), Oscar-nominated American actress Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married), American musician-actress Alicia Keys (The Secret Life of Bees), American actress-television personality Kelly Ripa (The Stand-In), Oscar-nominated American filmmaker-photographer Bruce Weber (Let’s Get Lost), Russian actress-model Natalia Vodianova (Probka), Italian-American director-cinematographer-writer Chiara Clemente (Three Worlds).

Besides showbiz people, this 70th annual list features politicians, wives of politicians, royalty, fashion professionals, jewellery designers, writers, bankers, artists, financiers, professional bullfighters, as well as the US President Barack Obama. Launched in 1913 and published from New York, Vanity Fair claims a readership of 6,107,000.

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