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The Best Magazine Covers of 2011

Dont judge a book by its cover... Unless it's a magazine, in which case, sometimes the cover is the deciding factor of whether or not to buy the mag altogether. The best covers of 2011 returned to a new naturalism and a fun aesthetic, like the Lara Stone T cover we're still drooling over, pictured at left. Sure, there's still room for artifice in fashion (see: Stella Tennant on Vogue Italia), but 2011 was a year for reflecting on natural beauties, incredible models, and stellar photography. After toiling over hundred of covers, we're bringing you "The Best" according to us. Did we forget your favorite? Let us know in the comments.

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Fashion News Roundup: Kate Moss Photo Sells for $25,700, Margherita Missoni Gets Engaged, and Why Joe Zee Won't Put Kim Kardashian on Elle

Margherita Missoni is Getting Married: That's amore! The 28-year-old designer will marry race car driver Eugenio Amosnext year in Italy. Wonder if any of the party favors will end up on eBay? {WWD} Naked Kate Moss Photo Sold For Mucho Dinero:An anonymous buyer won a huge, rare photo of a young Kate Moss at auction yesterday for approximately $25,700. It was between this photo or a new car, but I decided to go the rational route. {Grazia} James Franco Gets into Advertising: Is James Franco getting career advice from K. Lagerfeld - or better yet, Don Draper? The actor/director/producer/screenwriter/perfume model/failed Oscar host can now add ad-man to his resume - he's set to direct and shoot Seven For All Mankind's multimedia campaign for spring 2012. {WWD}

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All the September Issues, Analyzed: Find Out Which Look, Which Model, and Which Photog Scored the Most Covers

For the past month, we're sure that you've heard time and time again about the importance of the September issue. It is one of those fashion truths we hold to be self-evident. But what does that really mean, and why? Yes, it's the month which produces magazines that can be used as semi-violent weapons, where ads skyrocket and page numbers are reported on covers like baseball stats, but the truth is that the content of those magazine hold what editors consider to be the best of the upcoming fall season. For this reason, we decided to put the September issue under a microscope. We've scoured dozens of issues from around the world, and now it's time to take a look at which designers, photographers and models were sought after for the most important issue of the year.

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A Roundup of All 51 September Issue Covers So Far

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.)

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Our 20 Favorite Images From Katie Grand's New Site, KatieGrand.com

You can imagine the excitement I felt yesterday morning when I found out Katie Grand had launched her own website housing her complete works. Grand's new website features a signature quirky design that highlights her immaculate styling. From Pop to Love to Miu Miu to The Face to Dazed and Confused to Vuitton, Grand has literally done it all. And any fashion enthusiast will consider her new site a blessing. Usually stylists' work is hard to find without trolling The Fashion Spot for hours, and even then, it's usually incomplete. Grand's site is organized and encyclopedic, and will make your mouth water. We've pulled our 20 favorites from Grand's archive, but we recommend heading to KatieGrand.com and wasting a few hours, too.

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The Best Magazine Covers of 2010

Magazine covers in 2010 could be arranged into two simple categories: the absolutely amazing and the offensively bad. But let's focus on the good here... 2010 was the year that brought us two sets of fantastic LOVE covers (including Alessandra styled by Katie Grand, and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Lauren Hutton, styled by Fashionista columnist Sally Lyndley), Anna Wintour on the cover of the somewhat mysterious Industrie magazine, Dakota Fanning doing her best starlet in Dazed & Confused, and Lara's boobs, looking better than ever on the 90th anniversary issue of Vogue Paris. Overall, covers in 2010 were dynamic, bright, and a bit raunchy, so click through to see which ones hit the right note.

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Dazed Raw Blogs

The editors of Dazed & Confused are obsessed with blogs, so much so that they've set up their own blog awards with G-Star to honor the most prolific,

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Rankin's Rule

Rankin's set to launch a double exhibition at the Old Truman Brewery on London's Brick Lane at the end of the month. Part one will cover the photograp

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Mid-Day Snack

Magical Machines: Gareth Pugh constructed outrageous plastic masks to accompany Thierry Mugler's cyborg outfits for Dazed & Confused's man machine is

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A Model Morning

Britt rode the subway to work this morning, sandwiched in the middle of six strapping male models. The three from England, signed to DNA, ran into a

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Calling London

We just got word of possibly the coolest photography exhibition in recent days - if only we were in London! Who? Matt Irwin, of Dazed and Confused fam