Lana Del Rey Covers W Magazine’s Fall Fashion Issue

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W MAGAZINE released the first of three covers for its latest issue, Volume 4, The Fall Fashion Issue, featuring indie pop icon Lana Del Rey. This year, The Fall Fashion Issue “Peak Of Chic” is inspired by the incomparable photographer Steven Meisel. It references some of the arresting and distinctive poses of Meisel’s early work, yet feels completely of the moment.  

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Recalling meeting her husband Jeremy Dufrene: “I realized pretty immediately that I loved him, but that it might get difficult because of what I was bringing to the table. Jeremy said, ‘I work with alligators—I have tough skin.’ And he is a man of his word. All the things that made me upset—and there were so many!—he would just listen and say, ‘You be you—and I’ll just love you more.’”

Remembering first moving to Los Angeles: “When I moved to L.A. from the East Coast, I didn’t know anyone who had been to California. I loved New York, but I bought a one-way ticket to L.A. and didn’t look back. I had to romanticize it, because I was enchanted by the landscape. I would get in my car and drive from Sunset and La Cienega down to the beach. I would stop at the 76 gas station in the Palisades that has now, sadly, burned down. I’d have Mexican hot chocolate at a food truck, and I’d visit my favorite magazine stand and study W! I got so many melodies from L.A.”

Whether she ever thinks about trying acting: “Yes, I’d love to be in a film. When recording, I’m a one-off taker on a song. But with my videos, I love to do a million takes. Of course, I love Quentin Tarantino. He and David Lynch have been the biggest influences on my work. But the majority of what I watch is not films. My favorites are shows on the Hallmark Channel. Hallmark movies are great. Going into 2018 and 2019, it was a bad time and I had Hallmark running on the TV 24 hours a day.”

Written by Lynn Hirschberg
Styled by Karl Templer
Photographed by Steven Meisel

[Photo Credit: Steven Meisel/W Magazine]

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