Three Covers of Vogue UK May 2011

Freja Beha Erichsen

Lara Stone

Natalia Vodianova

UPDATED APRIL 06th, 2011 : Added three better images of the covers lensed by Mario Testino.

For their Wedding Issue, Vogue UK features three famous models lensed by Mario Testino : Natalia Vodianova, Lara Stone and Freja Beha Erichsen.

Below are the accompanying article from Mediaweek:

“Condé Nast has secured over a third more advertising pages year-on-year for Vogue’s May issue, which will celebrate the Royal Wedding with multiple covers for the first time in the title’s history.

The 382-page issue, which hits newsstands on Thursday (7 April), has 152 ad pages – an increase of 40 ad pages compared to last year’s issue.

Vogue is offering readers a choice of three covers featuring models Freja Beha Erichsen, Lara Stone, and Natalia Vodianova dressed as brides. The images are shot by Mario Testino.

The issue carries the coverline “Catherine Middleton, the making of a modern princess” and looks back at the magazine’s 95-year history of covering royal weddings.

Alexandra Shulman, editor of British Vogue, said: “We spent a great deal of time discussing what our tribute to the marriage of Catherine Middleton and Prince William should be, and we came up with a delicious confection of all things matrimonial, a portfolio of white fashion and a completely indulgent trio of bridal covers with Natalia Vodianova, Lara Stone and Freja as the figureheads for this commemorative issue.”

According to latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations, Vogue had an average net circulation of 211,277 for the six months to December 2010, which was up 0.4% year on year”