It’s a truth universally acknowledged that September fashion magazine covers are the most important of the year. With fall just around the bend, September issues are packed to the brim with the newest trends. (They’re also packed with advertisements, essential to a magazine’s survival.)
And if there’s one thing you can say about this year’s September covers, it’s that the good covers are great and the bad ones are truly horrible. Notably absent from the bunch are Vogue Paris and Vogue Italia, whose cover images have not surfaced yet, but are sure not to disappoint.
Click through to see the best and worst of September’s covers!
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Actually looks a lot like Adam Lambert lol
My comment is in regard to Vogue Germany btw
That Vanity Fair image is just beautiful. Apart from that, it feels the most contemporary. Harking back to the 80′s and the 60′s in nice and all, nostalgia can be captivating in advertisements and fashion shows, but this is the September issue of a fashion magazine, so it only makes sense to be firmly rooted in the present.
Whoa to the Vogue China covers!!
I love this cover. Different but nice.
What a great item! I totally agree on the Vogue UK cover. Too easy. If you use Kate, please make it something special instead of this boring picture. I absolutely loved Swedish ELLE, but her American sister won’t make my heart pump any faster. And last month’s (Drew) was really good in my opinion.
Can’t wait to see what the French & Italian Voguettes will come up with.
I love how the beginning of this post touts “And if there’s one thing you can say about this year’s September covers, it’s that the good covers are great and the bad ones are truly horrible” but then all throughout it talks about covers being ‘average’ and ‘just interesting enough.’ I see few really great and few truly horrible covers on this list. Overall, it’s a pretty run of the mill line up.
Love, love, LOVE Vogue Germany’s cover. Love the image, the colors, the G hooking around her open eye, the typography. Just an awesome and very chic magazine cover design.
One thing I would get rid of are the labels on her body…
It’s Barbra Streisand, not Barbara.
ladies, these slideshows are driving me INSANE
ladies, these slideshows are driving me INSANE
Nice job, you guys! Your critiques were so thoughtful and plainly stated—I liked!
I disagree on the Babs cover, though. Using your same theories of critique, the image is captivating and just interesting enough that I want to see more.
(Honestly, though, I don’t know how these magazines sell anything anymore, when the spreads are plastered all over the internet before the issue even hits newsstands. We all saw the Barbra spread 2 weeks ago so, on the other hand, why buy the magazine on that photo shoot’s merits alone?)
I’m sort of with you on that, but not as a very harsh criticism because I’ve been really interested in the topics of all of them. There’s just something unsatisfying about the format, and I feel like I, for one, absorb information better if it’s visible on one page, so you’ve seen it in your periphery before you arrive at it.
Gawker media (may be competition, I know, but hey, credit where credit is due) has a great format that’s somewhat like a slideshow, but not in fact. All the pictures are visible at the bottom of the introductory page, but the information associated and full-size image only show up if you click the thumbnail. I think something like that would be well suited to articles like this. I will say again, however, that I love the content and idea behind these slideshows.
i want to read the content but i get so frustrated by the slideshow format
Do your research and actually read the magazine. The August issue’s was Tonchi’s first.
I agree! I do not have patience to click through all 20 slides and wait for the whole page to reload, there has to be a better format! I am interested in the content but I only get through like the first two slides…
I agree.
Lauren already addressed the issue…
http://fashionista.com/2010/07/friendship-bracelets-go-from-camp-to-cool/#comment-65228935
I can’t believe you guys forgot this cover…
http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz360/taytrong/first_issue.jpg
hilarious…looks like something my boyfriend would of designed :)
It was actually called “Style with Elsa Klensch (stylelikeu mis-quoted me) and it came on at 1:30pm where I lived at the time. I recorded my favorite episodes and still have the first Salvatore Ferragamo RTW show. I was also disappointed that it was only 30 minutes long. Not many people were into it because it was on CNN and mid-day Saturday. I think she lives in NYC and one day I hope to meet her. She invented fashion television.
Because they load so slowly? I gave up.
We’re still talking about women’s bodies as “trends”?
thanks, RR!
If ever you need help ranking in the future, I am an expert ranker. I also have a problem pronouncing the letter ‘W’.
Elle Sweden reminds me of claire fisher’s art project… Or was it Russell’s?
ahahhahahah!!!!!!!!! rashy you are the best
I’d say that I really liked it, but that might encourage you.
I liked the VF cover, although it’s not a fashion mag (but full of prestige label ads) and also the Love cover which was very striking. Considering China has now overtaken Japan and is the second biggest economy in the world, I would’t mind knowing a bit more about the famous models featured on their cover.
http://asianmodelsblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/tao-okamoto-liu-wen-shu-pei-ming-xi-sun.html
when did halle grow alligator arms…
when did halle grow alligator arms…
Seems like Vogue goes Elle or Glamour
didn’t like most of the covers, I think the only decent one could be the Chinese one, because they still have those rich colors and the sence of being exclusive and haute couture
the rest of them are too trendy: minimal and retro
dissapointed, very dissapointed :(
I don’t like the US Vogue cover AT ALL. Halle Berry is so gorgeous, and it’s such a trashy image. Should’ve been #20 for sure–the Marilyn and Streisand impersonation is a bit silly, but at least the images themselves are visually appealing and well-composed.
Also, when every I see or read “W,” in my head it sounds like “woo,” not “double-you.” Not sure why. The italics make this effect more pronounced. >_>
Actually, the Deustch cover is more Etta James than anything. Marylin Monroe was not the only blonde woman in the world back then…
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The Vogue China cover on the right is aMAZing.
Totally agree with your critic of Vogue US. So disappointing. Boring, artificial and not appealing. Plus, so tired to see actresses again and again. The Gwyneth covers always look the same, it’s so flat.
Nostalgic about the covers from the 90s, with Christy, Cindy, that were so colorful, joyful. Not mentioning some Bazaar covers with Linda or Christy that were so sophisticated and perfect.
So much potential wasted as you say.
Hope AW reads your comments.
Yes, but unlike your boyfriend, I am fashion and I know fashion.
So, if you ever want to talk about dresses, hit me up.
I will be in San Fran for the winter.
Well, well Mr. Fashion. I am intrigued. Would love to talk dresses with you. My heart skipped a beat when I learned that you watched “Fashion with Elsa Klensch”( I did my research too)When I was a little girl I couldn’t wait all week until Saturday morning at 10:30 when she would be on. That half hour made my week. I think until now you are the first person I know of who watched it. Sad but true.