Hits and Misses: Magazine Covers of May 2024

The month of May has belonged to Zendaya. Period. At least in terms of magazine covers. After all, the American actress and ultimate fashion darling has graced the covers of American, British and Australian Vogue within the space of four weeks. Impressive, right? Kate Moss also dominated newsstands worldwide this month, with the iconic British model taking to Vogue Germany and Vogue Taiwan (in addition to Vogue Japan‘s offering for June 2024). Elsewhere down on the newsstand, we’ve encountered the likes of Salma Hayek Pinault oozing pure unapologetic glamour via the lens of Cuneyt Akerolgu for not one but three terrific Vogue Arabia covers. Samira Nasr at Harper’s Bazaar impressed us to no end with a pair of Anok Yai and Christy Turlington covers while we were left shaking our heads in disbelief over Vogue France doing Céline Dion a total disservice.

Scroll further to see which May 2024 magazine covers made the cut (and which flopped) this month, all in accordance to theFashionSpot’s unfiltered forum members:

HIT | US Vogue with Zendaya by Annie Leibovitz

“A truly GORGEOUS cover, absolutely love and always 100% here for Wintour going all quintessential American Vogue on us. The colors are fabulous, love the lush greens with the red Dolce & Gabbana Alta Moda piece and how polished and poised Zendaya looks.” [vogue28]

MISS | UK ELLE with Raye by Brendan Freeman

“The styling is a mess.” [MDNA]

MISS | UK Harper’s Bazaar with Nicole Coughlan by Agata Pospieszynska

“Nicola Coughlan may not have a model body, yet she has a very beautiful and classy face, and looks beautiful overall. However, that cover makes her look too short. Not sure why they couldn’t crop it differently or use the picture in the same place where she’s more zoomed in.” [Srdjan]

MISS | Vogue China with Cate Blanchett by Szilveszter Makó

“Terrible! She should have worn one of the long gowns or skirts from the collection with some blowing hair instead of this contrived thing!” [Lola701]

HIT | Vogue Germany with Kate Moss by Nikolai von Bismarck

“Love everything about this cover! Beautiful.” [MModa]

HIT | US Harper’s Bazaar with Anok Yai & Christy Turlington by Ethan James Green

“Love everything. Beautiful covers and both models look radiant.” [Alquimista]

MISS | Vogue Australia with Zendaya by Josh Olins

“It had potential with a different hairstyle and better photo quality. That green tint gives it a cheap element.” [Urban Stylin]

MISS | Vogue Brazil with Paloma Elsesser by Zee Nunes

“Vogue Brazil started the year very well, only to have a horrible cover for the anniversary edition.” [caioherrero]

MISS | Vogue Spain with Amelia Gray by Brett Llyod

“All sorts of awful, and I don’t even mind the sight of Amelia Gray. Awful makeup, atrocious hair, horrid choice of Miu Miu and my biggest pet peeve is when the cover subject isn’t engaging with the reader. Not a fan of this, whatsoeverrrrrrr.” [vogue28]

HIT | US ELLE with Dua Lipa by Dan Beleiu

“I love it, the styling is great and eye-catching!” [Ihhbl]

MISS | Vogue France with Céline Dion by Cass Bird

“What the hell. The styling! She deserves better so much better.” [GivenchyAddict]

HIT | ELLE Spain with Monica Bellucci by JuanKr

“Another triumph for ELLE Spain, I absolutely love this. A beauty like Monica Bellucci doesn’t need any added extras, so a simple studio shoot like this always works perfectly. The two covers are flawless. [vogue28]

MISS | UK Vogue with Zendaya by Carlijn Jacobs

“Atrocious composition. The framing, the text placement, the art direction… a competent editor would never run a cover like this.” [Marc10]

MISS | Allure with Willow Smith by Zhong Lin

“Again, a waste of pixels.” [blueorchid]

MISS | Vogue Netherlands with Stella Lucia by Kate Bellm

“No wonder magazines don’t sell when you see this. Gosh, the image doesn’t say anything. The tagline isn’t impressive either. I can’t believe a Vogue title produced this.” [Bertrando3]

HIT | Vogue Taiwan with Kate Moss by Nikolai von Bismarck

“Beautiful cover, everything works!” [avonlea002]

HIT | Harper’s Bazaar France with Naomi Campbell by Karim Sadli

“Perhaps her best cover in recent memory, Karim captured a softer side to Naomi that we don’t see very often. I love this!” [aracic]

MISS | Vogue Adria with Abby Champion by Thomas Giddings

“Too dark and too depressing. Abby Champion is a stunning girl, they should’ve toned it down. I am happy for Abby snatching the cover, but sad for Vogue Adria. This is another disappointment of a cover.” [BelkaniStaCouture]

HIT | Harper’s Bazaar Italia with Apolline Rocco Fohrer by Nathaniel Goldberg

“The cover is so beautiful in its simplicity.” [vogue28]

HIT | Vogue Singapore with Sara Grace Wallerstedt by Txema Yeste

“Txema Yeste never disappoints!” [Petrus]

MISS | Vogue Korea with Jennie by Kim Hee June

“Nice as supplements covers. Not strong enough as main covers.” [Xone]

HIT | Vogue Arabia with Salma Hayek Pinault by Cuneyt Akeroglu

““The best Salma Hayek Pinault has ever looked. These are stunning covers but the first is really powerful. I’ve missed Cuneyt Akeroglu photographing covers.” [marsnoop2]

MISS | Vogue Italia with Irina Shayk by Theo Liu

“Horrible. That traffic light thing totally ruins the shot.” [mikel]

MISS | Vogue Turkey with Stella Maxwell by Emre Unal

“No. She looks like any random young socialite. Feels like daddy paid for the cover to happen.” [FAdS]

HIT | D la Repubblica with Mila van Eeten by Carlijn Jacobs

“That Mila van Eeten cover is absolutely GORGEOUS, so striking and visually-arresting. Absolutely love the black background, teamed with the stark beauty styling and jewelry. Very nicely done.” [vogue28]