Amanda Seyfried & Justin Timberlake Go Retro For W's October Cover (PHOTOS)

Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried may not be dating in real life (Amanda was seen at the U.S. Open with an unidentified beau and JT is rumored to have reconnected with Jessica Biel). But the two Hollywood stars make a picture perfect couple on the October cover of W.

Posing as a presidential candidate and his would-be First Lady, the pair unsubtly channeled the famous Kennedy couple in the retro photo shoot, in which 25-year-old Seyfried dons a classically cut Carolina Herrara satin dress as well as a Calvin Klein sheath on the cover.

Timberlake looks dapper as ever in a Calvin Klein suit and a platinum Harry Winston wedding band (it's all about the details, people).

The former pop star also gets a hair makeover with some Kennedy-esque waves. It may not be as cool as Timberlake's typical 'do, but at least it's not those *NSYNC-era cornrows. Timberlake talked to W's Lynn Hirschberg about such fashion regrets:

It's different now, but in the past I've had some accidents, for sure. I think I have to laugh about the fact that I grew up in public. All these weird stages in my teenage years are documented. Why did no one tell me how terrible some of those outfits were?

Amanda Seyfried also talked a bit about her personal style... although it's not exactly what you'd expect. She told Hirschberg:

I'm a big fan of the artist Mark Ryden. He also paints girls with big eyes. I'd like to do a project where I'm his muse in some way. I would love for him to paint a caricature of me, with blood trickling down my throat and me holding a dead cat. It's morbid and fun and dark, obviously, but I love that.

Who knew Seyfried's personal aesthetic hewed so closely to Lady Gaga's?

For more photos and the full interview, head to WMagazine.com.

Comments

[pleasantlyvague]

05:51 PM on 09/18/2011

He's too goofy and nice looking to run for president.

And scruffy. Although I LOVE a scruffy man, it's definitely considered unpresidential in these modern times.

[Reticent2]

11:28 AM on 09/18/2011

Only if they profess to be reborn xtians, sign a lot of silly pledges, build up many off shore bank accounts with Koch and various corporate money, and have no souls. Then the public would apparently go mad for them.

[bubbepenny]

06:27 PM on 09/17/2011

no resemblance whatsoever. to either.

[TaxpayingVoter]

07:10 PM on 09/16/2011

I find her so luminescent. Very pretty woman.

[SimonBao]

12:13 PM on 09/16/2011

Sorry, not quite.

Timberlake looks great, but where does one find a legislator in a suit with a flag pin on the lapel, who is also sporting some unshaved scruff? Not a criticism of Timberlake, but the look is miles from authentic or persuasive. And certainly it's not Kennedy-esque.

And where are there any first ladies or legislative spouses sporting the Raccoon Eyes of Seyfried? Not Jackie, that's for certain.

Not a criticism of Seyfried either, but they're not working very hard at channelling the Kennedys, are they?

[XxDisfngustedxX]

11:17 AM on 09/16/2011

I think JT looks very, VERY handsome in the black & white pic.

[GuddhaVonChuda]

05:47 PM on 09/15/2011

I normally would never comment on this kind of story, BUT she is amazingly gorgeous and he is pretty funny...

[Connie Markley Boppre]

01:34 PM on 09/17/2011

he's HILARIOUS ! and i really don't know who amanda is but i love the photos. great hair and makeup !

[Cindy Guley]

04:44 PM on 09/15/2011

wow i never realized how really NOT so good looking justin is......something about this photo shoot is just creepy,i dunno.

[boxroogs]

04:34 PM on 09/15/2011

AMANDA IS FULLY HOT!!!!

[shuffleoff]

01:39 PM on 09/15/2011

Silly cover, silly subject matter.

[missmkb]

01:23 PM on 09/15/2011

Love them both and they look great, but I'm not sure if I buy political theme of the shoot, they don't exactly look the part.

[Curtice Engelman]

04:48 PM on 09/15/2011

So true! This girl's make-up says "pole-dancer", not "politico's wife". Although she looks very pretty.

[sparkygirl91]

05:54 PM on 09/15/2011

And I third the comment. If they wanted channeling, at least get two people who look closer to the originals than these two (although cute in their way).

[Tulka2]

12:20 PM on 09/15/2011

The gold lame' dress is authentic, but the leather dress in the first shot is an anachronism.  No sweet young thing in 1962 would have worn leather except perhaps as a coat unless she was very much the wrong kind of gi

[jdzs009]

12:01 PM on 09/15/2011

I like the retro style.
http://www.fashionintheshop.com

[Urfavrussian]

11:46 AM on 09/15/2011

These are fab! I absolutely adore the retro style :)

[prafmm]

11:05 AM on 09/15/2011

she looks like Mila Kunis

[Litho-stone]

04:19 PM on 09/15/2011

If only more did.
It's the eyes.

[Billdabuilder]

05:05 PM on 09/15/2011

Thanks. I couldn't quite peg who she reminded me of.