Raye UK ELLE May 2024

Make no mistake that as editor-in-chief of British ELLE, Kenya Hunt has demonstrated the ability to drop covers featuring a whole bevy of A-list and buzz-worthy talent – from Lizzo and Margaret Qualley to Cara Delevingne and Jodie Turner-Smith. Added to Hunt’s impressive list of cover conquests with the unveiling of the ELLE‘s May 2024 offering is Raye. The English singer-songwriter, who earlier this year made Brit Awards history by taking home a record-breaking six awards, can be found posing before the lens of photographer Brendan Freeman. Against a fabric backdrop, Raye poses in the cover shot wearing a crochet look from the Spring 2024 Andreas Kronthaler for Vivienne Westwood collection, as selected for the occasion by stylist Jenny Kennedy.

Read below the reactions of theFashionSpot’s forum members:

“The styling is a mess,” cried out MDNA the moment the cover struck.

“Looks like an unfortunate nappy…” honeycombchild chimed in.

Also quick to share their absolute disapproval was MModa, exclaiming: “This cover is an eyesore!”

Vogue28 could not have agreed more, sharing: “A horrible cover, which appears even more unflattering in person. Not at all sure who would be enticed enough to look at this and want to purchase. The colors, the dress, the hair, the total lack of energy and zero signs of life… I am dumbfounded this even made it to print.”

“Awful. All of it. Raye is a pretty woman and they just trashed her,” expressed Alquimista.

Are you impressed? Care to see more? Share your own thoughts on Raye as British ELLE‘s May 2024 cover star over on theFashionSpot forums, here.