Nina Garcia’s ELLE outshines the competition on the regular, leaving the likes of Anna Wintour’s Vogue and Samira Nasr’s Harper’s Bazaar in the dust. Throughout her tenure as editor of the Hearst-owned fashion title, Garcia has championed fashion models as ELLE cover stars – very much to the delight of us here at theFashionSpot. Irina Shayk, Imaan Hammam, Gigi Hadid, Kaia Gerber and Gisele Bündchen have each been blessed with covers of late. Now, it’s Vittoria Ceretti’s turn in the spotlight for March 2024. Shot by Mario Sorrenti and styled by ELLE‘s fashion director Alex White, the Italian beauty and current face of Michael Kors Collection wears pieces from Gucci and Willy Chavarria across a duo of simplistic covers.

Read below the reactions of theFashionSpot’s forum members:

“Hum… It’s great that ELLE continues to use models, but this one (cover) in particular is bad!” shrieked DK92 upon digesting ELLE‘s latest.

“Too empty. I don’t know… there’s something missing on the cover,” chimed in matheus_s.

“US ELLE‘s covers are usually great,” confessed tigerrouge. “I wasn’t expecting to see Vittoria looking like a drowned rat in an ill-fitting dress.”

“What’s with the greasy hair?” quizzed blueorchid.

Kokobombon commented: “I could do without the hairstyle, but gosh that stare!”

“What a disappointment. Vittoria is always spectacular, but she deserved better than this,” remarked aracic.

Nevertheless, not everyone was left so disappointed. “Must definitely be lowering my standards lately, because despite the general consensus of this thread, I’m very much a fan of the two covers. In particular… the second with Vittoria wearing the Willy Chavarria. I have a massive amount of respect and admiration for Nina Garcia endorsing fashion models as cover stars,” applauded vogue28.

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Nina Garcia continues to secure the crème de la crème of the film, music and fashion industry for American ELLE‘s front covers. Rivaling Anna Wintour’s Vogue and Samira Nasr’s Harper’s Bazaar, Garcia’s most recent cover accomplishments have included Zendaya, Phoebe Dynevor and Irina Shayk, while last month’s offering saw Garcia drop a whole plethora of covers starring a handful of Hollywood’s finest. ELLE‘s first offering of the new year for February 2024 sees Penélope Cruz take to the cover, via the lens of photographer Zoey Grossman. In the crisp and commanding cover image captured in black and white, the Spanish actress gazes down Grossman’s lens whilst styled by Alex White wearing a (barely-visible) Chanel jacket and earrings.

Read below the reactions of theFashionSpot’s forum members:

“That can’t be the newsstand cover, can it? I don’t mind it, just surprised. I mean, I assume Chanel paid for this, I imagine they want to see Chanel prominently on the cover…” voiced KoV the moment the cover struck.

“She’s breathtaking. Can’t go wrong with a closeup of hers,” admired thiago.

Also giving the cover their instant seal of approval was HodanChloe, raving: “Stunning! This woman is ageless!”

“Fabulous cover! Karl Lagerfeld was right, she could have been perfect as the face of Chanel No. 5! A stunning and timeless beauty,” enthused Lola701.

“Penélope looks great as always but I was expecting a little bit more. It’s good but extremely safe,” noted forum member WAVES.

Vogue28 said: “I’m strongly starting to feel like Nina Garcia’s ELLE is the gift that keeps on giving! Irina Shayk by Daniel Jackson, Jennifer Lopez by Solve Sundsbo and now Penélope Cruz by Zoey Grossman. Three terrific covers in a row, if you ask me. Penélope on the cover of ANY fashion magazine will always be a good idea for me – no matter the end result!”

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Nina Garcia’s ELLE is the gift that keeps on giving – officially. Throughout 2023 alone, the editor of the Hearst-owned American fashion glossy has bestowed upon us a whole plethora of ultra-fabulous covers. Those covers have given us Kaia Gerber, Gigi Hadid, Jenna Ortega, Megan Thee Stallion, Karol G, Imaan Hamman, Zendaya and we fell completely head over heels with last month’s Phoebe Dynevor offering.

The cover of the magazine’s November 2023 issue goes to Irina Shayk, who fresh from the cover of British Vogue poses before the lens of photographer Daniel Jackson. The Russian beauty proves less is always more in the minimalist and crisp cover image, kneeling on the floor of Jackson’s photographic studio, with stylist Alex White dressing the current face of Versace in head-to-toe Ferragamo, with a pair of Van Cleef & Arpels earrings and watch completing the cover look.

We’ll race you down to the newsstand for this one. “This is going to pop on the newsstands. I haven’t purchased a copy of American ELLE in ages but will be picking this up when I see it,” said Velasco.

“Love the cover and editorial. Irina looks HOT. Getting this issue for sure!” MModa echoed.

“American ELLE continues to eat Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar up. I really love how simple yet striking this is. Beautiful editorial as well,” raved crmsn.

In complete agreement was vogue28: “A 10/10 from me, and in all honesty I am not able go praise this cover enough. It was love at first sight. What a roll American ELLE has been on lately, this is just the icing on the cake and far outshines Harper’s Bazaar.”

“Typically not a big Irina fan, but I’m into this,” forum member KoV confessed.

“Fashion models on the covers of American fashion mags! Such a dream,” favored ivano.

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