the UK Vogue covers really started to go downhill imo when Shulman took over after Tilberis left for Harper's Bazaar. this was the worst cover that year i think (& coincidentally, the first issue Alexandra Shulman edited).
info on the editorials & main features for this issue:
December: Bono & Christy Turlington by Andrew MacPherson
"Potter's Craft" - Sally Potter
P - Platon
"More Dash Than Cash: Stretch & Satin"
P - Sheila Metzner
M - Magali Amadei
"Vogue's Eye View: Fame - The Clothes, The Stars, The Look"
P - Andrew MacPherson
M - Christy Turlington (with Bono & The Edge)
"Hippy De Luxe"
P - Arthur Elgort
M - Lucie de la Falaise & ? (5 others i can't ID, possibly inc. a young Chandra North)
"Designer Fashion & Rock & Roll"
P - various
M - Helena Christensen & Michael Hutchence (by Max Vadukul), Vanessa Duve & Lenny Kravitz (by Patrik Andersson), Betty Boo, Shakespears Sister & Right Said Fred
"Make Up & Be Friends" - Sam McKnight
"Vive Le Couleur"
P - Tyen
M - Patricia Hartmann
"Queen D" - Donna Karan
P - Eric Boman
"Bohemian Rhapsody" - Helen Mirren
P - David Bailey
"The Soft Touch"
P - Pamela Hanson
M - Claudia Mason