An enchanting cover featuring Sasha Pivovarova for Paris Vogue October, shot by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott. Via Fashioncopious.

Another August cover, this time it’s Lara Stone for Paris Vogue. I guess we are officially over mourning the end of Carine Roitfeld’s reign at the mag, and no longer scrutinizing every move of the new head honcho, Emmanuelle Alt, as most of the comments out there in fashion world seem to be quite upbeat on this shot. Me on the other hand, no. It’s still hard for me to believe that someone of Carine Roitfeld’s talent level could end up tossed. Then again that’s corporate life for you. It’s often inexplicable.

Newly-installed Paris Vogue Editor, Emmanuelle Alt, has turned to Kate Moss for her second cover, the May issue. (Giselle grabbed cover No. 1 for those of you not keeping up.) It’s still early on, but clearly Alt is turning to establishment heavy hitters to lay down her foundation. This will be viewed more or less as a misstep by the Carine Roitfeld faithful (count us as a member), though it could mean bigger sales in the long run. As for the cover itself with everyone reaching for a piece of Moss, meh, more like lately she’s handing it out with reckless abandon to whomever comes along with a big enough paycheck.

U.S. Vogue landed the first Tom Ford editorial, but Vogue Paris has Ford on its December cover and assisting on editing duties. Here he is with 15-year-old Dutch model Daphne Groeneveld (who some feel for this shoot has been excessively styled to resemble Lara Stone), as photographed by Mert & Marcus.