Kamala Harris poses for the Vogue cover in her Tiffany earrings in fawning magazine issue calling her the ‘candidate of our time’
Vogue Magazine published their glowing profile of Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday, revealing a long story of what it was like for her when she was swept into the presidential race to claim the Democratic nomination after President Joe Biden dropped out.
Harris sat for an interview and took part in a photo shoot with famed photographer Annie Leibovitz for the profile at her home on October 7.
The coverage functions Harris wears her own Gabriela Hearst suit and $800 Tiffany earrings at the vice president’s residence as it describes her as “the candidate for our times.”
There are few new details about Harris in the profile, but the author follows her on the campaign trail and talks to people close to her who describe her “as a roll-up-sleeves leader.”
Harris says if she is elected president, her first action will be to reduce costs for the American people.
‘It’s literally about: How does this end up on the street? How do people actually experience the work in a way that benefits them?’ she explains. Harris also vows to begin pushing for federal legislation in Congress to legalize abortion.
“Work is, one senses, a cheerful word for Harris,” the profile notes, as Harris admits “when I speak of myself in the third person… I feel quite uncomfortable.”
Harris also makes fun of the ridicule surrounding her use of Venn diagrams while speaking.
“People have memes right now about my love for Venn diagrams,” she admits, talking about how she will govern as president.
Harris has expensive fashion taste, including Cartier watches, gold Tiffany necklaces and multiple pearl necklaces.
The profile guides the reader through various aspects of her biography, with glowing reviews of her political history before finally concluding with behind-the-scenes details of her campaign.
The Vogue profile is the latest piece in Harris’ media blitz, with just 25 days until the presidential election. Harris has appeared for interviews with Howard Stern, The View, Stephen Colbert and even the sex podcast Call Her Daddy.
Democratic presidential candidate and US Vice President Kamala Harris looks on during a campaign event
US Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to speak to supporters on the campaign trail
The publication of the profile sparked backlash on social media from conservatives who said she should not have posed for photos with an elite fashion magazine while people were still suffering from devastating hurricanes.
‘She doesn’t care about Americans’ wrote conservative activist Steve Cortes on social media. “All she cares about is power.”
The Trump campaign criticized Harris for doing her cover shoot on October 7, the anniversary of the terrorist attacks on Israel.
“On the 1-year anniversary of October 7, and as the bodies were recovered after Hurricane Helene, Kamala Harris sat down for a photo shoot with Vogue,” wrote Karoline Leavitt, former President Donald Trump’s national press secretary.
The profile and photos were well received by Harris and her supporters, a very different reaction from a controversial cover showing her election as vice president in 2021.
Harris famously hated the 2021 cover, which showed her in a full-body shot against a backdrop of pink and green silk curtains, wearing an almost casual dark blazer, black slim-leg trousers, a white T shirt and black Converse sneakers.
The new profile includes scraps of details from Harris’ campaign activity at a Pennsylvania pretzel factory, the Democratic convention, her campaign event with Liz Cheney and finally the moment she takes the campaign stage with Oprah.
Behind the Curtain, the profile author describes Harris as she prepares to take the stage.
‘In the dark she seems to allow herself the greatest luxury for someone who has been everything to everyone on stages and cameras for over a month: being invisible. Harris brings her hands palm to palm, tucks them between her knees and drops her shoulders forward and tilts her neck toward the monitor as she rolls a lozenge over her tongue. For a moment, she really seems like ‘one of us’: an American, tired after a day of meetings, travel and speeches, who gives way to gravity and TV,” the author reveals.
Finally, Harris takes the stage, as the author concludes, “The crowd jumps to their feet, the stagehand gives the go sign, and Harris runs forward into the light.”