- Vogue released the cover for its upcoming 2023 September issue Friday.
- It features the "greatest supermodels of all time," including Naomi Campbell and Cindy Crawford.
Four of the most iconic supermodels of "all time" are gracing Vogue's September 2023 issue — but the photograph chosen for the cover sparked an outcry among fashion-watchers who believe it's highly edited.
Naomi Campbell, 53, Cindy Crawford, 57, Linda Evangelista, 58, and Christy Turlington, 54, all of whom shot to fame in the fashion world in the late 1980s and early 1990s, were photographed for the upcoming September issue of Vogue, released digitally on Friday.
The magazine cover was also shared on Vogue's official Instagram Friday. It shows the four models posing in a line wearing distinct all-black outfits. The headline reads: "The greatest of all time."
"In the late '80s to mid-'90s, high fashion went from a niche aspirational hobby to a pillar of mainstream entertainment—and at the center of this transformation were Christy, Naomi, Cindy, and Linda, whose rare combination of extraordinarily photogenic features, born-with-it confidence, quick wit, intuitive style, intense curiosity, and utterly bananas work ethic flipped the switch for the industry," the caption reads. "And the lights have never gone off."
Per the caption, the photo was taken by Brazilian photographer Rafael Pavarotti, known for his "bold tones and captivating compositions," according to The Business of Fashion.
Although the post, pinned to the top of Vogue's Instagram page, received more than 290,000 likes as of Saturday, some fans and social media users are questioning whether the photo of the supermodels has been overly Photoshopped.
Vogue did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment, made outside regular working hours.
"Great cover, maybe ease up on all the photoshopping tho," one user wrote in a comment that has received over 350 likes. "They are all stunning without it."
"Iconic," another commented. "But when will we let women age."
Several social media users also questioned why Claudia Schiffer, 52, a woman who Vogue itself declared a "legendary supermodel," was not pictured in the cover issue.
When Diet Prada — a page once called "the most feared Instagram account in fashion" by The Business of Fashion — reposted the photos, it was largely met with the same response from fashion fans.
"If we cannot allow these iconic goddesses to show their genuine, authentic beauty without an absolutely obscene amount of identity-erasing Photoshop," one person wrote, "what the hell hope do the rest of us have?"
Fashion designer Natalia Fedner chimed in, calling the models "Gorgeous women who are overly and unnecessarily photoshopped."
However, some did praise the magazine for bringing together four of the most well-known supermodels in modern history.
English model Karen Elson wrote, "More of this always and forever please," while actor Olivia Munn appeared to show support by commenting: "Of all time."
"Icons only!!!," TikToker Tinx commented on Vogue's Instagram post of the cover. "Now this is a cover!" Tinx continued.