The Gentlewoman

And Tavi Gevinson turns legal voting age!

The Fourth of July is about more than just barbecues, fireworks and baseball games. It's about independence! Beating the system, forging your own path, etc., etc. So we thought, what better time to highlight some of our favorite independent fashion magazines who are doing just that.

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

It is a truth acknowledged by all fashion folk that The Gentlewoman is a universally loved magazine. That's why we're super excited for issue three, covered by hit Brit singer Adele, whose album 21 was recently released in the US and the UK.

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.

While Elle Fanning in Somewhere and photos by Juergen Teller are dominating our December mood board, there are plenty of other goodies inside from new Clhoê for Opening Ceremony to Elisa Sendaoui shot by Natalie Joos. So check it out!

Our monthly obsessions.

more From Left to Right: Photo via Garance Doré, Alexander Wang grey sweatshirt at OAK, Phoebe Philo in The Gentlewoman Spring/Summer 2010, Freja Beh

I can't tell you how many newsstands Kate, Lauren & I have popped into over the last two weeks looking for The Gentlewoman. Like Kate says, "A naked