Fashion Mags De-Model Fall Covers

Every good fashion lover knows the September issue of every fashion magazine is the biggest and the best; we wait with breath that is baited. However, there seems to be only one magazine this September featuring actual models on its cover. Neither Vogue nor Elle; the former's cover girl is Kiera Knightly, and the latter chose to go with "musician" and sometime "actress" Jessica Simpson. The September model mag honor goes to Vanity Fair of all places, which will feature all the marquee-name 1990s models. Confirmed for the VF cover are Stephanie Seymour, Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer, Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, and Cindy Crawford. Are models such an endangered species that only an ensemble cover had any chance of getting play for fall?