Vogue Japan - The Cover Archive

[VogueGirl8910]

2011 (The Rest)

June: Naomi Campbell by Inez & Vinoodh
July: Abbey Lee Kershaw by Mario Sorrenti
August: Daphne Groeneveld by Mario Sorrenti
September: Karolina Kurkova by Inez & Vinoodh


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[VogueGirl8910]

^

October: Florence Welch by Karl Lagerfeld
November: Lara Stone by Mario Sorrenti
December: Aymeline Valade by Giampaolo Sgura


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[ellastica]

I have a handful of early 2000 Nippon VOGUEs edited by Hiromi Sogo. Does anyone know if/when she was replaced Mitsuko Watanabe? or was there an interim eic?

 

[YourMonster]

They've had some fantastic covers but that whole period of putting the Vogue masthead over the model's faces was pathetic. Some truely beautiful images were ruined by that foolish move.

 

[congacon]

darn, those covers with stam and natalia are so freaking gorgeous. stam covers are my favorite

 

[Srdjan]

The best Vogue ever. None compares to Japanese Vogue

 

[Pradable]

January 2012: Maryna Linchuk by Giampaolo Sgura
February 2012: Saskia de Brauw by Sølve Sundsbø
March 2012: Bianca Balti by Giampaolo Sgura
April 2012: Kate Moss by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott



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[VogueGirl8910]

2012 (The Rest)

May: Natasha Poly by Daniele + Iango
June: Candice Swanepoel by Terry Richardson
July: Daria Werbowy by Inez & Vinoodh
August: Anja Rubik by Giampaolo Sgura
September: Karlie Kloss by Mikael Jansson
October: Daria Strokous by Inez & Vinoodh
November: Aymeline Valade by Patrick Demarchelier
December: Kendra Spears by Giampaolo Sgura


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[SofiaFashionMind]

Thank you all so much! Some covers I didn't even know they existed!

 

[Bertrando3]

For 2012 only Karlie's cover really brought the high fashion edge for me

 

[VogueGirl8910]

2013

January: Joan Smalls by Terry Richardson
February: Vanessa Axente by Patrick Demarchelier
March: Lindsey Wixson by Patrick Demarchelier
April: Doutzen Kroes by Mikael Jansson
May: Kati Nescher by Mikael Jansson
June: Karlie Kloss by Hedi Slimane
July: Bette Franke by Giampaolo Sgura
August: Sasha Pivovarova by Patrick Demarchelier
September: Cara Delevingne by Patrick Demarchelier
October: Tao Okamoto by Patrick Demarchelier
November: Karlie Kloss by Patrick Demarchelier
December: Daria Strokous by Sølve Sundsbø



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[Bertrando3]

WOW they really focused on TOP MODELS for 2013, it's insane how they god every single fashionable girls from the fashion world in one year!

 

[Psylocke]

^Agreed, great cover models. I liked many of the covers, especially both of Karlie's covers and Tao's, but also Sasha's and Daria's.

 

[Creative]

I like none. They are rather average or just bad, but thank you for posting!

I always love seeing all the covers together. I used to enjoy those polls that were opened by a tfs member to vote for the best cover of the year of each edition.

 

[anlabe32]

^ Yeah me too.

Some covers are nice (Lindsey's, Doutzen's, Sasha's and Daria's) and some covers are really quite ugly (Joan's, Kati's, Vanessa's), but overall this is one of the most boring Vogue editions. Why always the white background?

 

[GivenchyHomme]

What I love most of their covers is the consistency of the photography style. Craig McDean 2004-2008 and I&V 2008-June 2009 are my absolute favorites. Giampaolo Sgura's are the worst. The over-saturated colors and mediocre quality made 2012 a disappointing year and it just shows how mediocre of a photographer he is. The addition of Demarchelier and Janson raised the quality greatly. I would prefer that they would only use one photographer and the last two I mentioned would be wonderful.

 

[balmain1914]

ALL BLANK backgrounded covers.

 

[TheoG]

Vogue Japan white background doesn't really bother me too much, its's kind of what their known for in terms of the editions of Vogue around the world. When done right it works, especially with the right photographer i.e not Sgura. I guess what frustrates me the most is the lack of Asian models they cover only about 6 in their history.

 

[VogueGirl8910]

2014

January: Karlie Kloss by Patrick Demarchelier
February: Natasha Poly by Patrick Demarchelier
March: Ondria Hardin by Giampaolo Sgura
April: Edie Campbell by Patrick Demarchelier
May: Vanessa Axente by Willy Vanderperre
June: Doutzen Kroes by Patrick Demarchelier
July: Georgia May Jagger by Willy Vanderperre
August: Lindsey Wixson by Giampaolo Sgura
September: Claudia Schiffer, Nadja Auermann, Stephanie Seymour, Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, Saskia de Brauw, Tao Okamoto, Malgosia Bela, Mariacarla Boscono, Natasha Poly, Carolyn Murphy, Eva Herzigova, Guinevere van Seenus, Karen Elson & Maggie Rizer by Luigi + Iango
October: Cara Delevingne by Patrick Demarchelier
November: Miranda Kerr by Mario Testino
December: Joan Smalls by Giampaolo Sgura



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[MON]

Craig McDean, I&V and M&M are the best things that ever happened for this magazine. Vogue Japan covers used to be striking and eye catching but now they're a complete mess. It just all went down hill by 2012, worsened by 2013 and.... now I don't even know anymore. Their covers nowadays are all about colors, being cheeky and cutesy, its like they're trying to attract teens. They should seriously stop using Sgura because he does nothing for this magazine and at the same time, they should use Demarchelier more often. His Edie and Cara covers are the covers I would love to see more often. It has this certain edginess that's striking.