Just a month shy of the all-important September issues, we’ve got a mixed bag for August. Many familiar faces — including Bella and Gigi Hadid — along with (relative) newcomers like Emilia Clarke received top placements. This month also brought a number of surprising covers, including Nicole Kidman posing in a one-piece and cowboy hat and an international Vogue cover featuring a whopping…
All the August 2017 Magazine Covers We Loved and Hated
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Harper's Bazaar Australia
Even when naturally styled, Emily Ratajkowski oozes sex appeal.
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Glamour
Everything about this juvenile Cara Delevingne cover is messy, including the head-to-toe Prada look.
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Vogue UK
Mica Arganaraz giving us the 80s — in a good way.
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Vogue Arabia
Everything from the styling to Jourdan Dunn's makeup is stunning.
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W
Taylor Swift or Charlize Theron?
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InStyle
Bella Hadid may look great in fiery red, but the artificial-looking backdrop makes this cover look like a catalog.
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Vogue Japan
Sometimes, less is more. Case in point: This Vogue Japan cover featuring 67 Dolce & Gabbana-clad models, which looks more like a tabloid.
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Vanity Fair
A beautiful celebration of the female figure starring a pregnant Serena Williams (and a welcome echo of the magazine’s iconic 1991 Demi Moore cover).
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Vogue China
Emilia Clarke is here to remind us that fashion is fun, wearing — surprisingly — Calvin Klein.
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Cosmopolitan
Poor Miranda Lambert. This cover is at once cheesy, cheap and dated.
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Town & Country
Ruth Negga, with her piercing stare and crimson pout, proves she's an actress to watch.
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Marie Claire UK
Sophie Turner’s overdone eye makeup has her looking wildly hungover — and not even Louis Vuitton can save her.
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Vogue Paris
Though fur — real or fake — is an odd choice for an August cover, we applaud Vogue Paris' pro-animal stance with a faux fur-covered Gisele Bündchen.
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Marie Claire
This metallic Mugler top was made for editorial, but this shot makes it look as though it was Photoshopped onto an already over-Photoshopped Jessica Biel.
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Vogue
Did Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik go shopping at a local flea market for this cover? (Nope, it's Gucci.)
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Harper's Bazaar
Miley Cyrus reboots her look.
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LOVE
It's hard to be surprised by a magazine cover these days, especially one featuring an A-list celebrity, but this Nicole Kidman shot did just that.
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ELLE
Emilia Clarke, immaculately styled in Dolce & Gabbana, delivers with a sultry cover.
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Allure
Emily Ratajkowski looks stunningly beautiful in this shot and her makeup and complexion are flawless. It's too bad all we see is cleavage.
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Vogue Australia
The entire issue was dedicated to Dior, starting with a gorgeous shot of Bella Heathcote in haute couture.
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Vogue Germany
Yasmin Wijnaldum, Anna Cleveland and Birgit Kos were awarded individual covers this month, each of which was a jumbled mess with way too many clashing prints.
