It happens every year: Our ever-growing pile of fashion magazines inches higher with each passing month, and by the time December rolls around, we can barely sift through the hundreds of stylish images we bookmarked for inspiration. 2011 was no exception, and in a year that celebrated retro supermodels, androgyny, vivid colors, and plenty of experimentation in the beauty department, choosing our favorites was particularly difficult. The best editorials of the year ran the gamut from huge ensemble casts of blue-chip models styled by greats like Katie Grand and Carine Roitfeld, to intimate, one-on-one portraits of our favorite girls like Lindsey Wixson and Daria Werbowy. The acid brights that dominated the spring collections allowed for some pretty trippy trend stories last season, but the fall glossies featured much moodier imagery, with a number of gorgeous spreads in black and white. Here are the editorials from 2011 that will stay tacked up on our walls and fill our inspiration boards well into the new year—and beyond.

• By Alyssa Vingan Klein
  Dec 21, 2011

Fashion is always looking for the next big thing--and that means photographers, models and magazines are continuously pushing themselves onwards and

• By Steff Yotka
  Dec 27, 2012

We started to see a different side of Karlie Kloss when she stripped for Vogue Italia's December issue (and ignited an internet shitstorm of eating disorder and photoshopping accusations). Now, she's showing us even more of that side (both literally and figuratively) in the latest issue of Numero. (This is NSFW, by the way)

• By Dhani Mau
  Sep 25, 2012

I don't have to tell you that the September issue is the most important issue of the year... But in case you're living under a rock without a copy of The September Issue, it is. Lucky for us, just about every magazine's September issue cover has been revealed, from Vogue US romantic Kate Moss shot to a sexy Cindy Crawford on the cover of Harper's Bazaar Singapore. Still missing from the pack is V's highly anticipated cover styled by Carine Roitfeld and Vogue Italia's cover. From the existing covers we've discerned that Louis Vuitton is the new Prada. Vuitton's AW11 collection appears on 6 of the 51 covers shown here - more than any other label, so far. And don't forget that LOVE's model covers hit newsstands on September 1! Will you be getting a Lara or a Mariacarla? (p.s. Yes, that is Leigh Lezark on the cover of Harper's Bazaar Korea - it's the last slide.)

• By Steff Yotka
  Aug 19, 2011