Here are eight more reasons why Love magazine’s editor-in-chief Katie Grand has earned her fashion cred. Along with getting Conde Nast to invest in the very artsy fashion mag with plenty of nudity, Grand’s visual sense harks back to the more exciting days of fashion mags. Give us a gorgeous image or reveal the magic [...]

In the not-very-diverse world of model-dom, Liu Wen (Marilyn) is a pretty big deal. After Du Juan shot to pouty-lipped prominence, fashion folk were wise to wonder if Chinese mannequins were a one-time fluke or an ongoing trend. Along comes Beijing native Liu Wen, whose delicate features are more subtle, but whose beauty grows with [...]

Yes, we know the money seems to be flowing nicely in Asia these days. But in a show of fashion muscle, Vogue China debuted not one, but two covers for the year’s big one: The September Issue. Featuring a bevy of raven-haired beauties – Fei Fei Sun, Liu Wen Ming, Shu Pei and Tao Okamoto [...]

SEEN Whew! Ethnic girls on fashion magazine covers wasn’t limited to an Italian Vogue phase. Sessilee Lopez, Chanel Iman, Jourdan Dunn (sporting a tiny model’s preggers bump) and Arlenis Sosa take the cover of  i-D magazine’s September issue. Not only are 4 women of color taking over a much watched fashion industry pub, but they [...]

SEEN While other mags (3, last we counted) are opting for recession-insurance by putting golden girl Kate Moss on their September covers, Italian Vogue editor Franca Sozzani once again runs against the tide. The blonde-haired Sozzani casts Linda Evangelista on the Italian Vogue September cover in a retro, Irving-Penn style black and white shot, just [...]