Madonna Covers V Magazine

Someone on Instagram -- it might have been Ira Madison? -- said this looked like Rita Ora and now I will NEVER be able to unsee that. I am not sure who I would have thought this was, if I didn't know it was Madonna, but I don't think I would have guessed Madonna? The person in question is gorgeous, though!

Madonna Covers V Magazine

I see where they're going here -- and this looks more recognizably Madge. The Intentional Filtered Look here is interesting; a lot of the Marilyn shots were through a veil or a kind of scrim, and I think the effects on this shot and the next one are a reference to that.

Madonna Covers V Magazine

Voila, in fact.

Madonna Covers V Magazine

This is obviously the most Artistic Subscriber-y Cover of them all.

Madonna Looks Very Smooth on the Cover of V Magazine

But the profile is fascinating.