As MOJEH Issue 30 hits the stands we take a look back at the iconic covers of recent years.
By Natalie Trevis
Ever-changing seasons bring new trends, fresh style philosophies and an evolving roster of creatives, models and fashion lovers. Amidst the maelstrom, the September issue provides an anchor – making sense of the joyously chaotic fashions witnessed on the runways and offering a vision of how the season might play out in our own lives. From our first September cover in 2011, when we embraced colour blocking in the brightest hues, adopted androgyny as a wardrobe staple and released our inner wild child (inspired by Lady Gaga who took to the runway for Mugler) to the current season, in which a futuristic modernism jockeys for position with an opulent take on the Bloomsbury Set, we have witnessed seismic changes in how we dress, who we are influenced by and just what we expect from luxury fashion today.
The September covers capture the essence of a season in a single image and, as we celebrate the launch of our biggest fashion issue of the year, MOJEH Issue 30, we smile fondly upon September covers past and look ahead to September issues to come.
The cover of Issue 4 playfully encapsulates the Sixties innocence inspired by so many of the AW11 collections, including Miuccia’s vision for Prada as well as the drop waists and simple shifts at Bottega Veneta, Loewe and Marni. Wearing Nina Ricci, model Noreem Carmody plays our modern day Twiggy to perfection.
Issue 10’s cover – strong, sleek and refined – is taken from A Style Soliloquy, a cinematic take on the couture highlights of the AW12 season. The elegant black crepe coat is Christian Dior, and represents a seminal moment: Raf Simons’ first couture collection for the house. Polished, architectural and streamlined, this marked the blueprint of what was to come.
Dressed in timeless Fendi with slicked back tresses and adorned in jewellery by Ugo Cacciatori, Issue 16 envisions the MOJEH woman taking over the city. The AW13 collections saw many designers turning to their archives for inspiration, reviving prints (Emilio Pucci), silhouettes and moods (Christopher Kane, Givenchy and Alexander Wang in his debut for Balenciaga).
Dripping in jewels, Issue 22 proposes an ethereal take on AW14, riding the beatnik wave of experimentation that pervaded the runways. In a season in which outerwear ruled, models reached new star status and fairytale references abounded, the cover chimes with the self-reflective mood.
And so to AW15. We’ve had farewells (Peter Dundas’ final collection for Emilio Pucci and Donna Karan’s last at the helm of her eponymous line), debuts (John Galliano’s first ready-to-wear collection for Maison Margiela) and themes from elevated Victoriana to louche Geek-chic emerging courtesy of houses from Alexander McQueen to Thomas Tait and Gucci. Issue 30 focuses on the finest of autumn fashions and photographer Lionel Koretzky takes us out to sea to focus on the dazzling Cartier jewels that encapsulate true luxury. Welcome to the season in which fashion once again finds its opulence.
