Although I find the cover styling atrocious, I suppose they were semi successful in choosing that unfortunate glossy Prada cover all thing which helped inject some textural intrigue to the otherwise dull BW image.
When did they start crediting the designer, photog on the cover?
Who's the inadvertent cover star behind Rooney?
Can we see some design chops?
I find it hard to believe the Design Team pushed their creative boundaries with this cover... I see zero chemistry, out of the box thinking in terms of cover photo selection and cover line, text interaction.
None of these images are even editorial worthy. the second to last close-up of Rooney is pretty (boring) but I do prefer the simplicity and subtlety in styling and overall image mood. Sort of in the vein of her Calvin Klein Downtown fragrance campaign shot by Mondino.