Best covers

1. Informal
2. Formal
3. (book)
4.  (mask)
5. Formal
6. Formal
7. Informal
8. Environmental
9. Informal
10.  Informal
11. Environmental
12. Formal
13. Environmental
14. Informal
15. Informal
16. Formal
17.  (food)
18.  (food)
19. (food)
20. Environmental
21. Formal
22. Formal
23. Environmental
24. Environmental
25. Environmental
26. Environmental
27. Environmental
28. Informal
29. Environmental
30. Formal
31. Formal (favorite) 

W, Sept. 2011: "The Fashion Issue"
(Photograph by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott)
For W's biggest fashion issue of the year, the magazine celebrated the ways women today transform themselves by showcasing actress Kristen Stewart as readers had never seen her before. Photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot transformed the 21-year-old cover model from the Twilight teenager that audiences know best into the glamorous, grown-up vixen she's becoming. "Vampires are a little dangerous—and we girls like to test ourselves," Stewart says playfully on the cover, tempting readers to pick up the issue and see for themselves.

I choose this fashion cover as my favorite. I really like the way fashion magazines make there covers and the portraits they use. To me the portraits are beautiful and unique like this one. They catch my attention which is good. Its mostly the face of the model and shows all her features like her eyes, lips and eyebrows. For my self portrait or portrait I would like to take a picture like this one. The light and exposure are really good on this portrait. I guess you can say this portrait is formal or informal since its more fashion-y. In my opinion this would have been the magazine cover of the year 2012.