Well, here they are. The most anticipated magazine issues of the fashion year. With my comments, of course.
I Love…
Doutzen Kroes on the cover of Flare. Yay to models instead of celebrities! What a great choice of a cover girl. Photographer: Max Abadian
Frida Gustavvsson on the cover of Elle Sweden. Not your typical magazine cover at all...love it! Photographer: Andreas Sjodin.
Jennifer Aniston on the cover of Harper's Bazaar. I loathe her, but it is so nice to see her without her silly haircut and a quote like "I'm still mad at Angelina." Photographer: Mark Seliger.
Gisele Bundchen on the cover of British Harper's Bazaar. Great photo. Photographer: Cedric Buchet.
Bianca Balti on the cover of Spanish Harper's Bazaar. How brave to cover the model's face with text. And it is a beautifully composed image. Photographer: Txema Yeste
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley on the cover of LOVE magazine. LOVE has about eight covers coming out (yes, that idea was interesting the first time, but now it is boring.) Some I love, some I loathe. This one is beautiful. Photographer: Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott.
Buela the doll, on the cover of LOVE Magazine. It would be nice to see more illustrations and dolls on the cover of magazine. (Dolls look about as real as the overly photoshopped images we see nowadays.) And they are SO much more interesting than celebrities. In fact, a toilet would be more interesting than a celebrity. Photographer: Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott.
Gisele on the cover of LOVE Magazine. The best hair, ever. Photographer: Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott.
Lauren Hutton on the cover of LOVE magazine. Well, they've got the doll cover, so why not the old supe cover. Boring, but she looks amazing. Note to self, look like that when you are 66. Photographer: Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott.
Liu Wen on the cover of Numero China. Black and white makes such a nice change for a magazine cover, and what a gorgeous dress.
Lady Gaga on the cover of Vanity Fair. Love Lady Gaga, love Vanity Fair, love when a magazine photographs a celebrity in an unexpected way. Photographer: Nick Knight.
Scratch off covers on V Magazine. There were a few versions of this, with different models. Again, it is so nice to see something unexpected on a magazine cover. Photographer: Mario Sorrenti.
The Chinese supes on the cover of Vogue China. With makeup....and without. Fei Fei, Liu, Ming, Shu Pei, and Tao by Peter Lindbergh & Daniel Jackson.
Constance Jablonski on the cover of Vogue Germany. She's winking at me! Photographer: Alexi Lubomirski.
Marion Cotillard on the cover on Vogue Paris. First celebrity cover since September 2005, and she's a respectable one. Photographer: Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott.
Olga Sherer on the cover of Vogue Portugal. Sepia rules. Photographer: Bojana Tatarska.
Caroline Brasch Nielsen on the cover of Dansk. I love a simple magazine cover. Photographer: Henrik Bulow.
Daria Werbowy on the cover of Elle Quebec. There's nothing surprising, or particularly interesting about this, but it looks good. Photographer: Raphael Mazzucco.
I loathe…
Halle Berry on the cover of US Vogue. Bad hair, and even worse photoshopping. Plus it is boring as hell. Photographer: Mario Testino.
Mary Kate Olsen on the cover of Marie Claire. Aren't we over those twins? Photographer: Tesh.
Ashley Olsen on the cover of Fashion Magazine. Boring: see above. However this is the only September isue I have actually read cover to cover so far, and there's some good stuff in there. Just ignore the cover. Photographer: Cedric Buchet.
Alessandra Ambrosia on the cover of LOVE magazine. She is gorgeous, but here she looks...uninteresting. Photographer: Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott.
Agyness Deyn on the cover of LOVE magazine. What a hideous photograph, although at least she closed her mouth. Photographer: Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott.
Kelly Brook on the cover of LOVE magazine. It is just tits and ass. Photographer: Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott.
Sienna Miller on the cover of LOVE magazine. Didn't she stop being interesting five years ago? Photographer: Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott.
Kate Moss, Lady Gaga, and Naomi CAmpbell on the cover of i-D. Maybe the reason why the magazine is almost out of business is because they keep doing the same thing over and over again. Photographer: Nick Knight.
Emily Blunt on the cover of British Elle. She is simply not cover-worthy. Photographer: Matthias Vriens-McGrath.
Julia Roberts on the cover of Elle. She looks like a drag queen on the bottom one. Photographer: Carter Smith.
Leighton Meester on the cover of Cosmopolitan. What is wrong with this cover? A: That the words "OMG" are on the cover. B: That she is wearing a strapless mini dress for a September issue. C: All of the above.
Guinevere Van Seenus on the cover of 10 magazine. Gross.
