Vogue Paris August 2011: Lara Stone
Emmanuelle Alt chose Lara Stone to grace the cover of the August issue of Vogue Paris wearing a black dress from Haider Ackermann's Fall/Winter 2011/2012 collection and it is stunning! This is assuredly my favorite cover yet under Emmanuelle's direction; simple, memorable, cinematic, and sexy as hell. Brava Emmanuelle ! Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin shot this sizzling image. The text on the cover indicates that Emmanuelle will continue Carine Roitfeld's tradition of featuring total looks from 64 designers in the issue while also offering the top choices in films, exhibits, and books to distract us as the easy pace of summer ends and we return to routine.
Vogue Paris August 2011 issue cover image © 2011 Condé Nast. All Rights Reserved.
Whoa, a profound observation was offered by ana on Fashion Spot: "Carine's favorite model watching a departure? Interesting." Keep in mind that the August issue was the first to be entirely under Emmanuelle's control... I guess that is a bit of tit for tat for the inspiration for Carine's last cover, the soft porn film Emmanuelle. Très très très très drôle...