US Cosmopolitan Spring 2026 : Sydney Sweeney by Morgan Maher

[MModa]

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[MModa]

Sydney looks like a 1990's supermodel on the cover shot by Scavullo. She looks stunning and this cover puts a smile on my face

 

[MulletProof]

She’s almost like a straight man who one day woke up with boobs. Just.. get over it, girl..

Whoever is advising her and handling her PR really does not have her best interests. I actually think she’s pretty solid as an up-and-coming actress, outstanding? no, but not bad by any means and she’s treating her potential as if she was on the same level as Anna Nicole Smith and trying to milk the most out of some SI cover, a relationship or something on that level.. and as if no woman before in the history of show business had attempted to grab the bull that objectifies us by the horns and own the narrative with in-your-face, unapologetic cynicism. Spoiler alert: it never works. Self-objectification backfires in the long-term, always, because it’s not made to accommodate your wishes and ambitions but those of whoever is entertained by you.

 

[MModa]

She’s almost like a straight man who one day woke up with boobs. Just.. get over it, girl..

Whoever is advising her and handling her PR really does not have her best interests. I actually think she’s pretty solid as an up-and-coming actress, outstanding? no, but not bad by any means and she’s treating her potential as if she was on the same level as Anna Nicole Smith and trying to milk the most out of some SI cover, a relationship or something on that level.. and as if no woman before in the history of show business had attempted to grab the bull that objectifies us by the horns and own the narrative with in-your-face, unapologetic cynicism. Spoiler alert: it never works. Self-objectification backfires in the long-term, always, because it’s not made to accommodate your wishes and ambitions but those of whoever is entertained by you.

Whatever she is doing let it be. As a result, I am finally noticing Sweeney and seeing her as one stunning woman. I really like it.

 

[grimesisnotmymother]

Trash woman and a trash team keep pushing her. Sick of Morgan Maher and her trash photography too

 

[GivenchyHomme]

Oh god, women are going to hate this.

 

[MModa]

Oh god, women are going to hate this.

I can see it.

 

[tomtakesphotos]

i wonder if amy troost, carin backoff, morgan maher will work a lot at alasdair mckimms new magazine / agency

 

[kokobombon]

I like the early 2000s vibes

 

[tigerrouge]

Making money off the basis of having a pair of t*ts is a well-trodden path, but the window of opportunity for that is short, so she may make the most of it, then move on.

For a while, when those UK men's magazines like Loaded, Zoo, Nuts etc were all the rage, becoming a model for those magazines seemed to be so lucrative that you had actresses and aspiring fashion models diverging from their original career paths, getting a boob job, and then cashing it in from endless half-clothed shoots and calendars.

That time came to an end not because the magazine world moved on, but because the world moved on without needing magazines.

 

[BalkaniStaCouture]

COSMOPOLITAN US Spring 2026 Cover​

Photographer: Morgan Maher
Hair: Kevin Ryan
Makeup: Pat McGrath
Manicurist: Mei Kawajiri
Celebrity: Sydney Sweeney
(cosmopolitan.com)

 

[Kimy Jo]

Its Playboy or Cosmo?

 

[mikel]

Sydney looks like a 1990's supermodel on the cover shot by Scavullo. She looks stunning and this cover puts a smile on my face

It may have the feel of those classic Scavullo covers, with the background, glamours get up and simple lay out. But it’s a poor approximation. Don’t think those classic covers ever had a model with such a cheesy smile, or a pose where the model smushed her breasts together.

 

[TurkicMongol]

Don't know a lot about her but love her boobs for which she is famous for? Very confused about body positivity when it comes to showing your boobs is wrong?

 

[MModa]

It may have the feel of those classic Scavullo covers, with the background, glamours get up and simple lay out. But it’s a poor approximation. Don’t think those classic covers ever had a model with such a cheesy smile, or a pose where the model smushed her breasts together.

Yes, it is not exactly the same execution.

 

[tigerrouge]

Don't know a lot about her but love her boobs for which she is famous for? Very confused about body positivity when it comes to showing your boobs is wrong?

Fashion magazines are very good at taking the principles of feminism, body positivity, environmentalism etc and repurposing them in order to fit into their financial agenda, often with the claim that they are "furthering the cause".

But the premier consideration behind the content in most mainstream magazines is its commercial value, with any other principles being a long way down that list, no matter how they dress things up.

The wider political context of how a pair of boobs might swing to the right, that's a whole other layer of (mis)interpretation, but again, it's handy for clickbait.

 

[Alquimista]

It's fun. The ed is super boring tho.

She wants to be the auto repair shop's muse and nobody should stop her tbh.

 

[MulletProof]

Very confused about body positivity when it comes to showing your boobs is wrong?

I’d do my research on how her career has unfolded then and un-confuse myself by figuring out who said showing body parts is ‘wrong’ (psst, no one), just going by what happened last time with this confusion and ‘women are hypocrites’ and ‘me, a nomadic man, would be scared’ and deleting accounts and all that..

 

[Royal-Galliano]

so who exactly is cosmo's reader? last time i checked there were topless hunks to thirst over inside, not this busty babe lol.

it feels so weird to go from this hyper-inclusive just a few seasons ago back to this unapologetically white (trash) barbie. especially in the current climate.

 

[tigerrouge]

For anyone who's blissfully unaware, the wider context of the editorial is that she's just launched (or put her name to) a new underwear brand Syrn ('siren') apparently backed by Jeff Bezos.