V75 SPRING PREVIEW 2012
The Music Issue
For the past seventy-five issues of V, musicians have filled our pages and graced our covers, but there has never been a bigger moment for music and fashion than the present. For our 75th issue, we present V75 The Music Issue, devoted to the artists, performers, and pop stars who inspire sartorial magic and help bring all of our favorite fashion to life!
For this issue, we turned to some of our most cherished collaborators to highlight the biggest and brightest stars of sound and stage: Britney Spears, Lady Gaga, Drake, Dolly Parton, Barbra Streisand, Marilyn Manson, Katy Perry, Metallica, Lana Del Rey, Shirley Manson, Ke$ha, Nina Hagen, Richard Hell, Sky Ferreira, Bjork, Yoko Ono, Ariel Pink, and more! Pop's crown prince, Justin Bieber, comes of age in a cover story photographed by Inez & Vinoodh and styled by Nicola Formichetti. With further contributions from Mario Testino, Terry Richardson, Hedi Slimane, Drew Barrymore, Mick Rock, Mario Sorrenti, Hype Williams, and many others, the music—and fashion—will take you over! V75 The Music Issue is on sale January 12th.
The Best of Visionaire and V Magazine
In a special bilingual edition (Spanish and English), Spanish V looks back at twenty years of Visionaire, showcasing each individual issue with new interviews from the collaborators who made them come to life. The issue also celebrates V Magazine’s greatest moments from the past ten years, including never-before-seen images from Lady Gaga’s first shoot for V with Sebastian Faena, at which she and her close collaborator Nicola Formichetti first met. Other highlights include early work from contributors and icons such as David Bowie, Mario Testino, Karl Lagerfeld, Carine Roitfeld, and Inez & Vinoodh.
As Spanish V looks back at all of the incredible contributors who have shaped V and Visionaire over the years, we nominate Lady Gaga as the ultimate “visionary,” and celebrate the icon by featuring her on the cover. See how she embodies the spirit of V and Visionaire in this glimpse into our history. Here is to the next twenty years!
