Combining artistry with graphic appeal, fashion editors’ love affair with Prada’s vintage-auto-inspired shoe continues, from major blog attention when the shoes first appeared on Spring 2012 runways to grabbing full-page spreads in U.S. Elle’s (above) and Vogue’s January issues.

See Vogue’s take on the next page.

Elle is featuring four models on the cover of its October issue with the theme being they all work for Victoria’s Secret. We liked this one of Chanel Iman in a Herve Leger swimsuit the best. But on another note, question: did Victoria Secret pay for this cover/product placement? It seems crazy that Elle would do this for free–especially given it’s October, which isn’t exactly know as a month when anyeone is pushing bathing suits.