Featured Article: Vogue Australia 2012 Covers Recap

Ever since the new editor in chief of Vogue Australia fully take over the magazine for September issue, you can’t help but noticed that they made a history, because Edwina McCann (former EIC of Harper’s Bazaar Australia for the past three years) made a very first subscriber cover version for Vogue.

Fortunately for Edwina McCann (who took over the position from Kirstie Clements who have helmed Vogue Australia for 10 years), her risqué decision was worth it, especially the gorgeous September issue featuring the striking Bella Heathcote, who was shot by Will Davidson and styled by Stevie Dance. The following issues, October and November with Lana Del Rey and top model Catherine McNeill (her third consecutive year appearing on the cover!), also delivered striking images as the covers that was snapped by Nicole Bentley and Benny Horne respectively. The current December cover is a different story. As much as we love the race-winning horse Black Caviar, but there’s something off with the model, Julia Nobis. We wish she could engage a little bit of emotion with her co-star and Benny Horne‘s lens.

The other cover that we love is the February issue featuring Marloes Horst, by Nicole Bentley. It’s summer ready and beautiful. Bentley landed two other cover slots this year for the magazine, July issue with singer Delta Goodrem, and August issue with model Abbey Lee Kershaw. Kai Z Feng being the second photographer who landed the most cover jobs for Vogue Australia after Bentley. He snapped three consecutive covers in a row: March with Karlie Kloss, April with Julia Frauche, and May with the stunning Joan Smalls.

The rest of the front pages line up were photographed by Cedric Buchet for January with Karmen Pedaru (reprint from Vogue Paris June/July 2011), and Daniel Jackson for June with Daria Werbowy.

Which one is your favourite cover(s) this year from Vogue Australia, guys? Feel free to jump in the discussion in comment box below. You can also read our 2011 recap, here, and 2010 recap, here.

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Lana Del Rey for Vogue Australia October 2012

UPDATED SEPTEMBER 04th 2012: Added better quality newsstand cover and the subscriber cover via TFS that was also photographed by Nicole Bentley.

The current face of H&M is fronting her first Vogue Australia cover.

Click here to view last year October covers featuring Arizona Muse, here for 2010 cover with Codie Young, and here for 2009 cover with Anna Selezneva.

Image via TFS.

Abbey Lee Kershaw for Vogue Australia August 2012

UPDATED JUNE 29th 2012: Added better cover image photographed by Nicole Bentley and styled by Naomi Smith via TFS.

Click here to view last year August cover featuring Rachael Taylor, here for 2010 cover with Cameron Diaz and here for 2009 cover with Kelsey Van Mook.

Image via TFS.

Delta Goodrem for Vogue Australia July 2012

Nicole Bentley photographed the judge of The Voice Australia (she’s on the judging panel along with Seal, Joel Madden and Keith Urban) for the July cover of Vogue Australia styled by Ilona Hamer.

This issue will be the last issue edited by Kirstie Clements after 10 years as editor-in-chief for the magazine.

The new editor-in-chief will be Edwina McCann, former EIC of Harper’s Bazaar Australia for the past three years.

You can read more about the shake ups, here. This is interesting!

Click here to view last year July cover featuring Gisele Bundchen, here for July 2010 cover with Rose Byrne and here for July 2009 cover with Myf Sheperd.

Image via TFS.

Marloes Horst for Allure Korea May 2012

The cover is a reprint from Vogue Australia February 2012 photographed by Nicole Bentley.

Image via TFS.

Marloes Horst for Vogue Australia February 2012

UPDATED JANUARY 05th 2012: Added a better quality cover photographed by Nicole Bentley and styled by Meg Gray via Next Models New York blog.

Dutch model Marloes Horst gracing the spring appropriate cover of Vogue Australia‘s February 2012 issue and we love it so much!

Click here to view last year cover featuring Catherine McNeil and here for 2010 cover featuring Nicole Trunfio. You can also read our review of 2011 covers line up from Vogue Australia, here.

Image via TFS.

Vogue Australia 2011 Covers Recap

Vogue Australia are at its best when they using minimum texts, i.e the colorful March cover by Nicole Bentley featuring model Alina Baikova (who graced her second cover this year also by Bentley for November issue which also have stripes element in the cover!) and the stunning yet minimalist September cover featuring Katie Fogarty photographed by Kai Z Feng.

The only cover with texts that I liked was their January issue lensed by Carlotta Moye with that Tiffany green-ish masthead and the then 6.5 months pregnant Miranda Kerr. What about the other covers? Catherine McNeil‘s February issue by Max Doyle? I don’t really feel it, even though she looked great as always. Anja Rubik‘s April cover by Marcin Tyszka? Cool pose with glamour (read: gold) masthead, but I wished they used different color as the backdrop.

I don’t like their May (Kai Z Feng), June (Nicole Bentley) and July (Patrick Demarchelier) covers featuring Julia Nobis, Erin Wasson and a reprint of Gisele Bundchen respectively. I wish they took the cover shots somewhere other than in a studio.

Australian actress, Rachael Taylor graced the last cover with old text for August issue, photographed by Max Doyle, before making transitions to the minimalist cover series of September, October (top model Arizona Muse in three different covers photographed by Kai Z Feng, his third covers for the magazine this year) and November.

They closed this year with the simply perfect cover of December lensed by Max Doyle (his third covers this year, same as Nicole Bentley!)

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Editorial: Alina Baikova by Nicole Bentley for Vogue Australia November 2011

Alina Baikova for Vogue Australia November 2011 shot by Nicole Bentley and styled Meg Gray. Alina wears Louis Vuitton, Stella McCartney, Céline, Chanel, Marni, Prada, Hugo Boss, Chloé, Collette Dinnigan and others.

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Alina Baikova for Vogue Australia November 2011

Alina Baikova landed her second Vogue Australia cover this year! She was just featured for the March cover with that famous Prada stripes, and now she’s gracing yet another cover with stripes for the November issue photographed by Nicole Bentley.

Click here to view last year cover featuring Abbey Lee Kershaw and here for 2009 cover featuring Elyse Taylor.

Image via TFS.

Below are her latest show cards for the Spring Summer 2012 Fashion Week that was finished yesterday. She is represented by Next Model Management in New York, Milan and Paris.

Alina Baikova at Next Model Management New York

Alina Baikova at Next Model Management Milan

Alina Baikova at Next Model Management Paris

Erin Wasson for Vogue Australia June 2011

UPDATED MAY 02nd 2011 : Erin Wasson photographed by Nicole Bentley.