The conversation that follows the release of each new issue of Vogue is often less about what’s inside its pages than it is about what — or who — is on its cover. Over its 121 years in print, the title that Anna Wintour once called “a glamorous girlfriend” has served as the ultimate stamp of approval for the fashionable and famous, with models and film starlets (and occasionally, men) posing for the world’s most famous photographers. And while changing times have dictated a shift in philosophy — in particular, a move away from the supermodels of Diana Vreeland’s Vogue in favor of buzzy millennials like Lena Dunham and Lupita Nyong’o — the glossy’s ability to move the cultural needle remains intact. Here, a look back at 10 of the most important covers from Vogue’s celebrated history.
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