Are Babies the Must-Have Accessory for Fashion Editorials? - Fashionista

Are Babies the Must-Have Accessory for Fashion Editorials?

When it comes to accessorizing an editorial, magazine editors know that there's one thing that will never fail to instantly jazz up a shoot: Babies! You need only to look at Vogue Spain's December cover, shot by Bruce Weber and starring a chubby baby's behind (and we think that Dree Hemingway is in it as well? We weren't paying attention...) to know what we mean. Whether it's baby carriages, baby bottles, or bare baby bums, there's something about infants that is just so...chic, no? Take a look at the many fashion editorials featuring babies and get inspired to rock your baby (or niece or nephew) next time you really want to make an impression. There's only one question that remains: Just where, oh where, are magazines finding all these babies!?
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When it comes to accessorizing an editorial, magazine editors know that there's one thing that will never fail to instantly jazz up a shoot: Babies! You need only to look at Vogue Spain's December cover, shot by

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Dree Hemingway on the cover of Vogue Spain, shot by Bruce Weber.

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Anja Rubik getting a grip on her co-model, in a shoot for Vogue Italia's September 2007 issue.

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Lydia Hearst in Haper's Bazaar Russia October 2009. Babies need not always be smiley or showing off their rear-end. An infant mid-cry is just stylish.

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Karen Elson works the monochromatic look with her baby accessory in Vogue US, December 2010.

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Then-18-year-old Karlie Kloss makes one chic mom in Vogue Japan August 2011.

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What could be more chic than a baby? A baby and a pregnant lady. Smoking. Lily Donaldson in Vogue Paris, April 2009.

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Surprise! Another naked baby in Vogue, this time shot by Mert & Marcus for the US September 2010 issue.

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A model channels Victoria Beckham with the season's must-have screaming child, in V September 2009.

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A fun alternative to merely holding your child is to breastfeed it--here in V July 2010.

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The baby trend knows no cultural bounds. Here a very, um, tanned Constance Jablonski gets a hand from her adorable costar in a 2010 Numero shoot.

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And it's embraced by both genders as well. This male model, shot by Matthias Vriens McGrath for Out Magazine, might need to brush up on his baby manners though.

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Even children look chicer pushing baby carriages!

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On the cover of Vogue Paris in October 2006...

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And in Vogue US November 2008. We get it Natalia, your kids are cute.

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