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Fashionista is floating an almost-probably-true rumor that Steven Meisel just shot an issue of Italian Vogue using all black models. So…Vogue Italia will look like any other month at ESSENCE?

So who’s in the issue? Here are my obvious, crazy-if-they-didn’t guesses: Chanel Iman, Jordan Dunn, Liya Kebede. And my hopeful, fingers-crossed wishes: Wakeema Hollis, Kinée Diouf, Georgie Baddiel, and Ajuma Nasenyana.

I don’t care who’s on the cover, I’m just glad all of these girls are getting some work and thrilled that someone recognizes the need for more diverse models in the pages of major fashion magazines.

As the Elle turns. So Nina Garcia was sort-of-maybe fired on Friday, but the relationship between her, Elle, and Project Runway is so tangled that everyone may have jumped the gun a bit. Oops!

The scoop according to Fashion Week Daily:

Nina Garcia may have parted ways with Elle as fashion director, but in lieu of an outright dismissal, Fashion Week Daily has learned that Garcia has been offered a new role at the magazine: editor-at-large or contributing editor.

Should Garcia, whose contract was up for renewal this month, accept this lesser role, she would be allowed to remain on Project Runway for at least one more season. The hit reality series has just started casting for season five, with Elle as a confirmed partner, and will start filming June 8 and premiere on Bravo. According to sources, however, Elle is not expected to continue its partnership with Project Runway once the show transitions over to the Lifetime Network beginning with season six.

Gwyneth Paltrow for Vogue May 2008
Photo credit: TFS

Gwyneth Paltrow racks up her 6th cover for Vogue magazine. The actress was shot by Mario Testino and wears an Oscar de la Renta dress from the Pre-Fall 2008 collection.

Inside the mag, she looks cool and futuristic in a robotic-themed editorial that ties in with her upcoming movie Iron Man.

The editorial is nice, but I’m not a fan of this cover at all. For God’s sake…bring back the MODELS! The only good thing about this cover is that now the Lebron/Gisele cover won’t be on the stands. So at least there’s that.

Photo credit: Chic Report

On the other hand…the same issue has a F-I-E-R-C-E editorial featuring Coco Rocha styled as a variety of super she-roes. See Coco Rocha as Catwoman after the jump. (more…)

Photos from Necole Bitchie via Alicia Keys Daily

Songbird Alicia Keys lands on the cover of the April issue of Harper’s Bazaar. She looks beautiful as usual and I love the Fendi belt she’s rocking from the Spring collection.

See the rest of the snaps from Alicia Keys’ Harper’s Bazaar photo shoot over at Necole Bitchie.

Photo credit: SI.com

The April issue of Vogue is out and has baller LeBron James sharing the cover with catwalker Gisele Bundchen. Inside, the annual “shape” issue also features other athlete/model pairings including Olympic gold medalist swimmer Michael Phelps with Caroline Trentini, snowboarder Shaun White with Daria Werbowy and speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno with Doutzen Kroes.

Lebron James is only the third man to grace the cover of American Vogue, joining Richard Gere and George Clooney who also shared the cover with Gisele in 2000.

I like the cover, but I wish they would have made him look more dapper instead of going the scary savage in basketball clothes route. It’s a swing and a miss for me. Oh Vogue.