Kamala Harris’s team says it was blindsided by Vogue magazine cover photo choice

US vice-president-elect Kamala Harris has landed on the cover of the February issue of Vogue magazine, but her team says the photo of Ms Harris which appears on the cover was not what both sides had agreed upon.

Instead of the powder blue power suit Harris wore for her cover shoot, the first African American woman elected vice-president is instead seen in more casual attire and wearing Converse Chuck Taylor sneakers, which she sometimes wore on the campaign trail.

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Ms Harris’ team was unaware that the cover photo had been switched until images leaked late on Saturday, according to a person involved in the negotiations over how Ms Harris would be featured on the cover.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity and Ms Harris’ office…