Hits and Misses: Magazine Covers of February 2024

There’s always a strong sense of renewal in the air whenever the February issues of our fave fashion glossies drop. It’s our first look at the new season and the vast majority of magazines came out this month in full force, in an attempt to impress – and succeeded. From Vogue Turkey eating up the other editions of Vogue with a “sharp, sexy and minimalist” Grace Elizabeth cover to American ELLE proving you can never truly go wrong with a flawless portrait cover image of Penélope Cruz. However, on the opposite end of the spectrum, the team behind Flaunt‘s February 2024 cover shoot ultimately rendered Cindy Crawford unrecognizable and just how did American Harper’s Bazaar manage to do THE Gisele Bündchen a disservice?

Scroll further to see which February 2024 covers made the cut (and which didn’t) this month, all in accordance to theFashionSpot’s unfiltered forum members:

HIT | Vogue Turkey with Grace Elizabeth by Yulia Gorbachenko

“Look at Vogue Turkey eating up the vast VAST majority of Vogue editions! First the flawless Rosie Huntington-Whiteley cover and now another equally as stunning offering with Graze Elizabeth. This right here is gorgeous, easily the strongest Vogue cover I’ve seen this month. Sharp, sexy, minimalist, slightly suggestive… I love it,” [vogue28]

HIT | ELLE Spain with Bianca Balti by Rocio Ramos

“Spanish ELLE and Spanish Telva are worlds away better than anything Spanish Vogue is trying to pull out – it’s crazy! I love these covers.” [Bertrando3]

HIT | UK Harper’s Bazaar with Julianne Moore by David Roemer

“Love the cover! Julianne looks youthful and beautiful!” [MModa]

MISS | US Harper’s Bazaar with Gisele Bündchen by Luis Alberto Rodriguez

“Can US Bazaar mess up a cover featuring the mighty Gisele? Yes, they can!” [tigerrouge]

HIT | Vogue Japan with Selena Gomez by Michael Bailey Gates

“I’m able to admire and appreciate this, a thousand times more than Selena’s Vogue Mexico cover. This is far more simple, more chic and far more easy on the eye. Also love how she’s wearing the Prada coat, as well as the black and white photography teamed with the orange Vogue Japan masthead. A nicely done cover, IMO.” [vogue28]

MISS | Vanity Fair with Simone Biles by Adrienne Raquel

“This girl is an amazing athlete, and is also 4ft 8 (142cm). PLEASE give her a chance instead of shrouding her in some disgusting pink pillowcase. The styling is so bad. It’s very distracting from her face.” [Kite]

HIT | UK Vogue with Julia Roberts by Lachlan Bailey

“ReneSanchez shared the same level of enthusiasm, adding: “”I love this cover, I find Julia Roberts quite refreshing on a fashion magazine cover as she very rarely appears on one!” [ReneSanchez]

HIT | UK ELLE with Lashana Lynch by Ekua King

“It’s very pleasant! Love the vibrant color of the outfit and the yellow title.” [Ihhbl]

MISS | Vogue China with Du Juan by Margaret Zhang

“Could it be more amateurish?” [OllieJE]

HIT | US ELLE with Penélope Cruz by Zoey Grossman

“She’s breathtaking. Can’t go wrong with a closeup of hers!” [thiago]

HIT | US Vogue ‘Digital Edition’ with Usher & Carolyn Murphy by Campbell Addy

“The fact Carolyn Murphy is on the cover is fantastic, and the cover itself feels very vibrant, celebratory, joyous and very American!” [vogue28]

MISS | Vogue Australia with Nicole Kidman by Steven Klein

“It’s giving me fan made movie poster on Letterboxd.” [blueorchid]

HIT | Harper’s Bazaar Italia with Rianne van Rompaey by Willy Vanderperre

“Thank God for Harper’s Bazaar Italia! This reminds me fashion magazines still have high standards!” [Rigida]

HIT | Vogue Mexico with Georgina Rodriguez by Javier Biosca

“Both covers are beautiful. I love their simplicity, polish, gloss, and elegance. Vogue Mexico publishes some of my favorite covers these days.” [MModa]

MISS | Vogue Spain with Penélope Cruz by Ned Rogers

“When you’re going to make a cover with the concept of a reel, you need to have strong and good images in all of them, I don’t think that’s the case here…” [DK92]

MISS | Vogue Italia with Valeria Buldini, Maty Fall, Adele Aldighieri, Ajok Daing, Malika El Maslouhi, Paola Manes and Marina Moioliby Mark Kean

“That looks like an America’s Next Top Model first episode shoot.” [Urban Stylin]

HIT | Vogue France with Chloë Sevigny by Larissa Hoffman

“A Vogue France cover I actually would want to buy. It feels more confident than most of their recent covers.” [kikifoz]

HIT | Zeit Magazin with Linda Evangelista by Cass Bird

“Truly a powerful moment with her visible scars, I’m very proud of her. It’s wonderful to see how much her confidence grew since the initial comeback and it’s such a pleasure seeing her at work.” [aracic]

HIT | Marie Claire France with Carolyn Murphy by Pamela Hanson

“Carolyn is consistently classy, elegant and beautiful.” [Velasco]

HIT | Harper’s Bazaar France with Karolina Spakowski by Alasdair McLellan

“I’m in love with this modern take on Twiggy.” [kokobombon]

HIT | Vogue Korea with Georgia Palmer by Hyea W. Kang

“GEORGIA! I’m already sold!” [crmsn]

MISS | Flaunt with Cindy Crawford by Greg Swales

“I’m sorry, who? Cause that ain’t no Cindy Crawford. [aracic]

MISS | Vogue Greece by Lena Kitsopoulou

“I’m speechless, and not in a good way.” [Kimy Jo]

HIT | Harper’s Bazaar Spain with Sharon Stone by Eric Michael Roy

“Mature glamour, I’m feeling this. At least they’re using high quality references to get it right, and right they did. Sharon looks great, she’s scintillating in this.” [TerraVera]

HIT | ELLE France with Yasmin Le Bon by Jan Welters

“This cover is extremely refreshing. Completely invigorating and the sight of Yasmin Le Bon is just the icing of the cake. What an absolute treat. Always thought Yasmin was an extremely beautiful woman, and think she looks terrific here. The sight of actual skin texture and fine lines is very much-welcomed. Not a bad word I can say about this…” [vogue28]

HIT | D la Repubblica with 21 Models by Robin Galiegue

“Wow, there’s not a single bad cover! Loving them all. Malgosia [Bela]’s is my favorite, though. Stellar casting.” [thiago]