Alt was chosen became editor she is an integral part of the aesthetic Carine created for the magazine. If they wanted someone to break the mould they would not have chosen Alt. I'm glad Alt is the editor exactly because i loved Carine's work and i would not have wanted the magazine to have gone in a different direction.
I think the discussion we are having about Parisienne style is totally absurd, real Paris style has nothing to do with with Vogue Paris version of Paris style. Paris is a multicultural city and is no longer defined by an elite, that incidentally even in the past was also was a mash up of all sort of nationalities. So the irony is glaring.
Vogue Paris simply perpetuates a fantasy of Parisian woman, maybe the YSL fantasy of Parisian women, do this covers look like Vogue Paris to me? Yes they do, I couldn't care less if the models or the dress is not french, I'm actually quite happy Alt didn't also. It's just an aesthetic, nothing more. And aesthetic that can be recreated by any anyone anywhere in the world.
Carine already did the french models literally dressed as a cliché for the french issue. To tell the truth i much prefer this covers, they won't set the world alight, the others didn't also, but the girls look beautiful and very Paris Vogue.