W Magazine China Volume #7 2024 Nicolas Ghesquière Rianne van Rompaey

Designers themselves on the covers of our fave fashion glossies is far from out of the ordinary. Throughout time, we’ve encountered everyone from the late Karl Lagerfeld to Tom Ford down at the newsstand.

Nicolas Ghesquière is no stranger to gracing the odd magazine cover or two either. Throughout his tenure as Louis Vuitton creative director, Ghesquière has fronted the covers of Vogue Korea, Vogue Brazil and Vogue Japan (to name a few). W Magazine China is the French designer’s latest conquest, fresh from presenting his 10-year anniversary collection at the helm of the storied French fashion house during Paris Fashion Week. Shot by Alasdair McLellan and styled by Marie-Amelie Sauvé for Chinese W‘s Volume #7 2024, Ghesquière poses alongside his muse Rianne van Rompaey in cover one (below), with the pair each going solo (decked out in Vuitton, obvi) on their respective covers (after the jump).

Read below the reactions of theFashionSpot’s forum members:

“I like the idea of designer and his muse concept,” Xone approved.

“Rianne looks lovely!” exclaimed BalkaniStaCouture the moment the covers struck.

“Nicolas Ghesquière looks great!” added forum member moonmoon.

Aracic shared the same sentiments, echoing: “They both look quite good! Rianne’s second cover as a designer’s muse. And another stellar result at that as well! Her solo cover is simply beautiful, she’s such a gem in an era of highly unremarkable models!”

“Rianne is really special and truly gorgeous. I’m happy she’s still a muse of Nicolas,” shared NicholasII.

“Absolutely love this! Alasdair McLellan has photographed Nicolas Ghesquière and Rianne van Rompaey here perfectly, they both look fantastic. All three covers are superb!” heralded vogue28.

See more of Nicolas Ghesquière and Rianne van Rompaey as W Magazine China’s latest cover shoot and share your thoughts, here.