Vanity Fair December 2025 : The Hollywood Issue by Theo Wenner

[mepps]

I like the second cover the most as well. Harris Dickinson is on it 😀

They could have just given him a solo cover, and called it a wrap.

 

[tomtakesphotos]

maaan sean thomas does a much better bruce weber pastiche

 

[eugenius]

Wait...Jonathan Bailey & Glen Powell were on the last Hollywood issue from a few months ago, so why are they in another one? (This, I'm certainly not complaining about.)

Anyways, while I agree the cast of characters, these pics don't do much for me. Not the photographs, and not the fashions. A missed opportunity, IMO. But an article w/ Nicholas Ghesquiere will pique my interest...maybe.

And no footprints in the sand?

 

[tigerrouge]

Given the nature of the Hollywood covers, there'll always be a lot to pick apart, from the choice of photographer to the faces chosen for the line-up - even who makes the first page and who gets relegated to the fold-out.

I can see they've tried to avoid some of those criticisms - new photographer, a choice of three different covers, but that just leads into a fresh set of things to find fault with.

Yes, I would always like to see something glamorous, and no, I can't see this one being a keeper in my collection on the basis of those cover shots... but I'm holding out for the contents.

Back in Sep, there was some general discussion in the Cover Rumor thread about men-only VF Hollywood covers, where I mentioned:

Taking a long view of the Hollywood issues, they have done this several times in the past (1996, 2003, 2007), it's just that nobody remembers those covers with an all-male line-up because they were on the boring side.

And there have been many more all-women Hollywood covers, including 1995, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016 and 2017. Over the years, the ladies haven't been deprived of having their moment (I do prefer an all-women cover simply because of the potential for red carpet dresses).

If anything, it was when VF was under a female editor that we stopped seeing all-female Hollywood cover shots, so I wouldn't be too fast to slam the replacement for potentially returning to the older idea of alternating between different types of line-up.

 

[tigerrouge]

Unsurprisingly, this portfolio also forms the covers of Vanity Fair France and España, but I get the feeling there may only be one cover on offer from these editions.

 

[Thefrenchy]

Nice photos, awful styling.

 

[LastNight]

I love this! The first two covers are great, the third with Paul, MBJ and Austin is definitely the weakest.

I hope I receive the first cover. Even though I hate the shorts on Jeremy, I think that cover is so strong and clean, and the black, white and red colour palette works best on this one. They all look so handsome too. I wouldn’t mind the 2nd though, because Riz, Jonathan and Andrew are my crushes.

Love the new design. Feels very classic Vanity Fair. Overall there’s a feeling of the playfulness here that has been missing.

 

[KoV]

Theo Wenner, you'll never be Bruce Weber.

 

[hamburgers]

I get why everyone's wearing a black jacket but it's so clunky looking with the art direction and photography. A bit surprising to not see Josh O'Connor here considering how stacked his roles are.

Fun intro by Ottessa Moshfegh as expected, full edit is up on Vanity Fair's IG/website.