Key Takeaways:
- Sara Moonves has been the editor-in-chief of W Magazine since 2019.
- Lana Del Rey is featured on the cover of Volume #4 for 2025, styled by Karl Templer.
- The cover shoot was photographed by Steven Meisel, showcasing a vintage aesthetic.
- Reactions from the theFashionSpot forum members vary from admiration to critique.
Sara Moonves continues to make big strides installed as editor-in-chief of W Magazine. Since taking up the top job in 2019, Moonves has demonstrated the ability to secure the crème de la crème from the world of fashion and entertainment as cover stars. Throughout 2025, everyone from Zendaya and Chappell Roan to HoYeon Jung and Sydney Sweeney has graced the magazine. Up next on the cover of W Magazine is Lana Del Rey. The celebrated American singer-songwriter is reunited with Steven Meisel, fronting Volume #4 of 2025 (dubbed the big fall fashion issue). The Brit Award-winning talent oozes an old-school ladylike charm in the portrait cover shot. Styled by Karl Templer, Lana poses in a Prada look, plucked straight from the Fall 2025 collection of co-creative directors Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons.
Lana Del Rey for W Magazine Volume #4 2025
Read below the reactions of theFashionSpot’s forum members:
“Truly, truly beautiful! I am obsessed,” instantly declared aracic upon checking out the cover.
“Lana looks absolutely stunning and styled to perfection. From the beautiful Prada look (which I adore) to the marvelous color scheme, it is a perfect cover and a must-have for me,” MModa raved.
“The best cover of this year, holy sh*t. Meisel is still the best, and no one comes close,” commended forum member grimesisnotmymother.
Also very much a fan was vogue28. “Absolutely beautiful cover. I love the surprise element of seeing Lana Del Rey by Steven Meisel and I’m massively into the old-school ladylike glamour the cover radiates. As per usual with a Meisel shoot, the beauty and fashion styling are both absolute perfection!”
Yet not everyone was so forthcoming. “Meisel’s retouching is reaching Pixar animation levels here. Really drags down the end result,” Melancholybaby critiqued.
“What on earth did they do to her face?” asked Hchloe.
“Looks like Lana’s face pasted on someone else’s body,” noted penny609.
See more of Lana Del Rey from the W Magazine Volume #4 2025 cover shoot and join the conversation here.
