After the large and overwhelming hype which surrounds the September points, October can usually really feel like a non-event when it comes to buzz. Nonetheless, that’s maybe not the case this yr. Vogue Japan managed to wow us with a shocking and placing Mona Tougaard cowl and Phoebe Dynevor dialed up the old-Hollywood glamour (to nice fan fare on our boards) for US ELLE. In stark distinction, Vogue Taiwan’s providing for the month has left us speechless (within the worst approach doable) and Dangerous Bunny felt just a bit an excessive amount of out of left area as a Self-importance Honest cowl topic.
We’ve rounded up the very best and worst of what the newsstand needed to provide this month, full with working commentary from our unfiltered discussion board members. See which covers made the lower – and which didn’t, under:
HIT | Vogue Japan with Mona Tougaard by Hugo Comte
“STUNNING! I really like seeing style via Hugo’s lens and Mona appears superb.” [fenty]
HIT | UK Harper’s Bazaar with Saoirse Ronan by Agata Pospieszynska
“Saoirse’s cowl is pure heaven!” [Velasco]
MISS | UK Vogue with Lily Gladstone & Leonardo DiCaprio by Craig McDean
“Dreary, uninteresting, drab, lifeless, boring, bland, uninspired, lackluster, lifeless and so forth. and so forth. What a non-event of a canopy.” [WinstonH20]
HIT | US Cosmopolitan September/October 2023 with Halle Bailey by Lenne Chai
“I’m kinda loving the green-on-green artwork route, which immediately took me again to Cosmopolitan covers from the 80s.” [vogue28]
HIT | US ELLE with Phoebe Dynevor by Mark Seliger
“Lovely cowl! Interval editorial performed proper. It’s gorgeous and Phoebe appears attractive.” [WAVES]
HIT | US Vogue with Kate Winslet by Annie Leibovitz
“A win for me. It’s totally different, it’s kinda cool and off and most definitely surprising, which I like. Additionally, Kate. Very a lot right here for Kate.” [honeycombchild]
HIT | Vogue Italia with Isabella Rossellini by Zhong Li
“Isabella appears nice. I really like this portrait, the hair, the make-up, the styling and that confidence within the eyes in addition to the glamour she oozes. Such a cultural icon and an awesome lady. Good cowl!” [Bertrando3]
MISS | Vogue Spain with Amber Valletta by Alex Webb
“Speechless at how unhealthy that is.” [liberty33r1b]
HIT | Harper’s Bazaar France with Amelia Grey by Karim Sadli
“I find it irresistible. I by no means use this phrase, however this cowl is so CHIC. It’s stunning to see lovely covers amid the entire mediocrity coming from varied Vogues world wide.” [NYLA22]
MISS | Vogue Brazil with Maryel Uchida by Mariana Maltoni
“Trash.” [A.D.C.]
MISS | Vogue Taiwan by Manbo Key & Chien-Wen Lin
“Incorrect in each approach.” [FiLeReD]
MISS | Self-importance Honest with Dangerous Bunny by Szilveszter Mako
““Do common VF readers care about Dangerous Bunny?” [Rigida]
HIT | Vogue Thailand with Zoe Saldaña by Thomas Whiteside
“I knew for 100% indisputable fact that I’d love this, once I noticed Thomas Whiteside’s identify hooked up. The 2 covers are GORGEOUS, love each single aspect.” [vogue28]
MISS | US Harper’s Bazaar October 2023 with Margaret Qually by Amy Troost
“After I noticed Margaret Qualley’s identify, I imagined a pleasant portrait. In fact… Samira Nasr would by no means.” [blueorchid]
MISS | Vogue France with Malika El Maslouhi by Malick Bodain
“”Ceci n’est pas une couverture [this is not a cover].” [tigerrouge]
HIT | City & Nation with Diane Lane, Demi Moore & Chloë Sevigny by Ruven Afanador
“Nice cowl! It’s so OTT, so completely City & Nation and so brilliantly executed from all these concerned that I couldn’t probably complain. All the time a pleasure to see Demi Moore!” [vogue28]
MISS | UK ELLE with Florence Pugh, Ncuti Gatwa, Gemma Chan, Tema & Suki Waterhouse
“The colour grading and the over-saturation make my eyes burn. Some photographers have such a heavy hand on their retouching. These cowl really feel very newbie.” [GivenchyAddict]
HIT | Vogue Australia with Kylie Minogue by Alique
““Kylie delivers as all the time. Madam Padam is a greater print mannequin than most present high fashions these days.” [Wintergreen]
HIT | Vogue China with Zhang Zifeng by Annie Lai
“Dreamy!” [fluxxx]
HIT | Tatler with Ruth Wilson by Luc Braquet
“I’m a BIG fan of Ruth Wilson, seeing her on Tatler is a pleasant shock.” [tigerrouge]
MISS | Vogue México with Sofia Vergara by Norman Jean Roy
“It appears like a Good Housekeeping cowl coming from a photographer whose aesthetic regarded like Annie Leibovitz’s. A waste of Sofia Vergara.” [crmsn]
