Vogue’s July issue features coverage of the The Costume Institute’s Ball, of which Oprah is co-chair. The article opens with a two-page spread of Oprah and Gaga, featured here, as photographed by Mario Testino. Sadly, this scan is doing eye-popping image no justice. And not for nothing but Oprah’s makeup (by Derrick Rutledge) and boobs (from good eating?) are amaaaaazing! She’s wearing Oscar de la Renta and Lady Gaga is wearing Prada. Via Gagalicious.

Lady Gaga is on the cover of  Rolling Stone’s July double issue magazine. According to her stylist, Nicola Formichetti, Gaga is wearing a custom bra by David Samuel Menkes and her shoes (image next page) are by Noritaka Tatehana. Judging from excerpts from this interview and other recent ones, Gaga is very much obsessed with how her fans perceive her these days, and according to the article, “‘If I were to ever, God forbid, get hurt onstage and my fans were screaming outside of the hospital, waiting for me to come out, I’d come out as Gaga,’ she says, adding that she models her celebrity on Michael Jackson.” What’s interesting is her focus on how she presents as a celebrity–very Warholesque, but not so much Michael, who, one could argue was as much a victim of his own celebrity as a beneficiary.

Though Amber Rose isn’t causing the tidal wave of buzz she did when she first appeared on the arm of Kanye West, she’s still out there doing her thing, including a feature in YRB magazine where we see her sporting a Marilyn-style blonde wig. It’s good to see that the staff let her spreard her wings a bit and try something in a different lane from the white-girl-with-the-big-booty that had everyone losing their minds for a minute. In the article, Rose says she was always a weirdo, and says about her beautiful bod and signing with Ford Model Agency, ““I’m lucky because I get to keep my womanly figure, and that’s very important for me and the young girls that look up to me – that they can have curves and breasts, hips, and ass and still feel beautiful.”

World Cup fever totally got the best of me as  I’m  totally late  on featuring one of our fashion favorites on the cover of Elle magazine’s July 2010 issue. Looking fabulous as usual, check out the rest of the editorial on the flip. Images courtesy of Elle.

M.I.A.’s media blitz in front of her record release continues. Nylon has her on its cover for its July/August issue, and as in other recent interviews with Complex and the New York Times, Google seems to be the biggest recipient of her rage this go round. Love her a lot, but the truth is she or someone is botching how she’s being repped right now and it’s going to take her more than a minute to clean up the messes she’s made in multitudinous aisles.

Scan above from TFS. Images from the (extremely mediocre) Nylon editorial shoot after the flip.

Some  eye-popping images of Sasha Pivovarova for the May issue of Vogue Italy (via FashionGoneRogue) in an article entitled “Love is in the Hair.”  The hair is by stylist Sam McKnight and it’s shot by  Emma Summerton. It’s more evidence of one of our favorite new trends of hair and make-up that pops out of the page. And check out the manicure–a closer look on the next page.

Continuing his mission to produce Vogue Africa, here are some more views of the latest covers by the very talented  Mario Epanya.  Enjoy! More on the next page. Images courtesy of Mario Epanya.

Russian hottie Valentina Zeliaeva is on the cover of W Korea’s June issue, sporting what is shaping up to be this summer’s hottest hair trend, candy-colored tresses, a look that’s been percolating for a while now, but judging from its recent appearance on the covers of more established rags, is about to go mass. The image comes via Twenty2.

And on a beauty related note, we here at HighSnobette are officially looking for an intern who can cover the make-up and hair space, which has been lacking on HS. Ideally you are located in some city other than New York, and even better, outside of the United States. It’s a non-paying gig, but is good for someone looking to build their resume and maybe get access to related launch events/trade shows. If your interested contact: Lois@HighSnobette.com.

We highlighted M.I.A. on the coverage of Complex yesterday and mentioned that her marriage to a richie-rich combined with her incendiary politics was likely to draw heat, and sure enough, a recent New York Times profile goes in deep on M.I.A. and shines a very unflattering light on her dichotomous personality, making the backlash official with a capitol “O.”  To add gasoline to the fire, via CollegeFashion, we’ve learned that M.I.A. retaliated by tweeting the phone number of Lynn Hirschberg, who wrote the story! Fire!!

M.I.A. is on the cover of June Complex magazine, gearing up the press push for her upcoming album release. And judging from the accompanying interview, motherhood hasn’t mellowed her a drop. She’s still intensely political and all in on various and sundry conspiracy theories. I’ll say this though, she is going to be taking an endless amount of heat given her politics because of who she married, a guy who is deeply monied and has been that way since birth.

On this page, she’s looking her usual smoldering self, in a design by Henrik Vibskov. Lots more images after the flip, some of which are compelling if only because she’s styled in a decidedly different way than the rebel bohemian look we’re used to seeing her sport.

Via DontTripYet.