Lara Stone Covers Vogue Paris' October Issue

The frenzy of September issues now over, it's time to concentrate on what's set to be the year's biggest fashion extravaganza: Vogue Paris' 90th anniversary October issue.

A hefty 624 pages--276 of which are ads--of new editorials (shot by Mario Sorrenti, David Sims, Terry Richardson, Steven Klein, Hedi Slimane, Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, and Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin), snippets from the Vogue archives--like actress Romy Schneider shot by Helmut Newton in 1962--and 104 pages of well wishes from designers around the world. If you purchase the issue in France, you'll also receive a portfolio of oversized photographs from the magazine's nine decades. Carine Roitfeld even plans to celebrate Vogue Paris' 90 years with a costume ball in Paris on Sept. 30.

Keeping with the masquerade theme, coveted cover girl Lara Stone sports a wolf lace mask with matching gloves, a cameo choker, and...that's about it. Costume balls certainly require that guests hide their eyes, but we suppose breasts can be on full display. "Vogue Paris has always played the card of audacity," said Roitfeld. "We couldn't do a lukewarm issue."

90 ans d'excès proclaims the cover, and we wouldn't want anything but. We hope Vogue Paris stays decadently hot for another nine decades to come!

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