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Continuing our year end wrap ups, we present MDC’s favorite covers of 2009. Be sure to catch our favorite campaigns too!
01. W, November 2009
Photographer: Pierpaolo Ferrari
Model: Linda Evangelista
W’s November cover was a timely and irreverent send up of the current economic situation, risky subject matter for a fashion publication but W pulled it off admirably.
02. Acne Paper, S/S 09
Photographer: Daniel Jackson
Model: Missy Rayder
Acne Paper, always has striking covers but Daniel Jackson’s image of a blindfolded Missy Rayder was pitch perfect.
03. Dazed & Confused, April 2009
Photographer: Josh Olins
Model: Lakshmi Menon
The Lakshmi as goddess theme never gets old and Dazed‘s cover was simply stunning; if there was one magazine that jumped out at you from the newsstand, it was this one.
04. Numero, May 2009
Photographer: Solve Sundsbo
Model: Magdalena Frackowiak
White orchids, platinum haired Magdalena – this cover was pure elegance.
05. Tar Magazine S/S 09
Artist: Damien Hirst
Model: Kate Moss
Artist collaborations always make for interesting covers and Damien Hirst’s vision of  Kate Moss, was an especially intriguing (and attention grabbing) take on the issue’s theme of transparency.
06. Wallpaper, October 2009
Photographer: Karl Lagerfeld
Model: Baptiste Giabiconi
Say what you will about Karl Lagerfeld, but he doesn’t beat around the bush : peel back the first image of Baptiste on Wallpaper’s cover and you will find an even more revealing picture of the world’s foremost male model.
07. i-D, September 2009
Photographer: Emma Summerton
Models: Sessilee Lopez, Jourdan Dunn, Arlenis Sosa and Chanel Iman
i-D’s irreverent headlines never fail to amuse and The bold “pretty young things” on the cover, is the perfect description for these four beauties. 2009 had plenty of multi-girl covers but this was the coolest hands down.
08. Muse, F/W 2009
Photographer: Panos Yiapanis
Model: Natasha Poly
Both covers of Natasha’s special issue were great  but the shot of her in Givenchy’s couture finery was especially haunting.
09. Vogue Italia March 2009
Photographer: Steven Meisel
Models: Kinga Rajzak and Hanne Gaby Odiele
10. Vogue Italia, September 2009
Photographer: Steven Meisel
Models: Jamie Bochert, Anna Jagodzinska, Sasha Pivovarova, Ash Stymest, Christian Brylle, Max Rogers & Will Lewis
You can’t just pick one Vogue Italia! This years strongest VI covers featured Meisel at his most idiosyncratic; from a wild boar joining Jamie and Christian on their cover to the voyeur feel of Hanne and Kinga’s image, the best covers were the ones that went off in wild directions.
What were your favorite covers of 2009? Let us know what you loved!
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December 23rd, 2009
at 7:47 pm
Wallpaper is definitely on my list.
http://fusionofeffects.blogspot.com
December 23rd, 2009
at 7:52 pm
W and MUSE are my favorites of this year… :)
http://thesingular.blogspot.com
http://ftourist.blogspot.com
December 23rd, 2009
at 8:18 pm
I love Acne Paper, that cover’s amazing. Don’t really care for the Wallpaper one though. I’m a big fan of That 70s Show and Baptiste looks exactly like Fez to me.
Here’s a picture:
http://lukeyboi6.tripod.com/fez.jpg
December 23rd, 2009
at 8:57 pm
MUSE is the best cover of the year!
Natasha deserves that and more!
December 23rd, 2009
at 9:06 pm
Great choices..I love the Vogue covers..but i think you guys missed the SKLEIN/NICOLA FORMICHETTI Vogue Hommes Japan…that people are still GAGGING/LIVING for from this list
December 23rd, 2009
at 9:45 pm
I am in LOVE with that Muse cover with Natasha. That whole issue is mind-blowingly spectacular, so glad I bought it.
December 23rd, 2009
at 10:39 pm
I vote for the Muse cover!>
love it :)
December 23rd, 2009
at 11:36 pm
Love magazine with beth ditto
isabeli’s fontana on french vogue
guinevere on dazed and confused.
they all did it for me!!!!
December 24th, 2009
at 12:49 am
Of this bunch, Lakshmi on Dazed, Magdalena on Numero, Wallpaper and I-D
I loved LOVE with Beth Ditto, Naomi-V59, Eva Herzigova-Numero Tokyo Sept. 09, Isabeli-Deutsche Vogue Jan. 09, Anja Rubik-Deutsche Vogue Sept. 09, Arlenis Sosa..Deutsche Vogue May 09…I’m beginning to notice a trend here! Isabeli-Vogue Brasil Jun. 09.
Travis Hanson-Vogue Hommes Japan. Eniko-Numero Oct. 09, Eva, Helena & Claudia- I-D Winter 09…etc.
I apologize..there was overwhelming brilliance this year. Mainly on the photographer/artistic direction side. But I absolutely love the covers where the models are vividly front and center, like my faves above.
December 24th, 2009
at 5:23 am
2009 was a great editorial year. each italy Vogue impressed me. The eds were awesome
http://allaboutmodels.blogspot.com/
December 24th, 2009
at 5:29 am
MAGDALENA FRĄCKOWIAK on NUMERO and LARA STONE on september VOGUE paris
December 24th, 2009
at 8:09 am
Definately W.
That was the first image of Linda where I thought she did a perfect job altough I never liked her. :)
December 24th, 2009
at 10:59 am
good choices all but the ones on the right would make a good top 5 =]
December 24th, 2009
at 11:01 am
jordan dunn looks amazing on the i-d cover and w’s art issue cover’s cool too
December 24th, 2009
at 1:25 pm
MUSE IS THE BEST COVER OF THE YEAR !!!! LOVE IT !!!! W BEAUTIFUL ! MDC GOOD CHOICES .
December 24th, 2009
at 1:34 pm
MUSE cover with Natasha Poly!!!!
December 24th, 2009
at 3:30 pm
love the one of Kate Moss
December 24th, 2009
at 10:15 pm
I-D Magazine my fav and Dazed
December 25th, 2009
at 11:14 am
VOGUE PARIS WITH IRIS,SIMPLY EPIC!!!!!
December 25th, 2009
at 11:47 pm
My faves are 1,3,4,5!! But they are all great.
December 27th, 2009
at 10:27 am
i think W and Muse are my favourites – all really cool though
December 27th, 2009
at 3:59 pm
muse com natasha polly!!!!incrivel!!!
December 27th, 2009
at 4:41 pm
The W cover is unforgettable. Linda is legendary, Linda is eternal!
December 27th, 2009
at 5:35 pm
W and Dazed & Confused
December 29th, 2009
at 3:34 am
What about dazed & confused dec 09 cover with abbey lee kershaw. thats an awesome cover.
December 29th, 2009
at 11:19 pm
That i-d cover is stunning stunning fierce! Another one that sticks out is Vogue Italia’s May 2009 cover w/ Sasha. Something about it just pops to me! She’s fierce on it, no?? Also, Abbey Lee’s December Numero cover is to die. It truly is an epic image! That should have DEFINITELY been mentioned.
http://calvinshow.blogspot.com
December 30th, 2009
at 6:39 pm
Politics and fashion, I always thought those two subjects had no identifiable relation to eachother. But the first cover(W), it seems so right!
Fascinating, looks like a candid shot.
December 30th, 2009
at 10:40 pm
I love the August issue of Dazed & Confused in 3-D with Julia Hafström (@IMG) on the cover!!
December 31st, 2009
at 2:14 am
A brunette Lara Stone on the cover of Vogue Paris, September 2009!
December 31st, 2009
at 8:47 pm
TAR is TOP…. Fantastic
December 31st, 2009
at 9:15 pm
i adore acne paper
January 3rd, 2010
at 1:42 pm
I love the Vogue cover with Christian Brylle, it is so diff. from all others!!!!
January 5th, 2010
at 6:49 am
MUSE !!!!!!!
January 6th, 2010
at 12:22 pm
Without a question… TAR
January 7th, 2010
at 8:43 am
Vogue Italy, Dazed and I-D