Gwyneth Paltrow 'Harper's Bazaar' Cover Ushers In New Era (PHOTOS, POLL)

Harper's Bazaar promised a new streamlined look and boy, did they deliver.

The monthly fashion magazine, which previously announced it would undergo a redesign in 2012, has released the cover of its March 2012 issue featuring Gwyneth Paltrow looking totally sleek (and faceless).

If not for the small tagline written next to her, "Gwyneth Revealed," you might not know it was her.

Photographed by Terry Richardson, a Bazaar fave, Gwyneth features prominently in the new issue, with a cover shoot and her own page called "The A List" (we're assuming it will be very GOOP-esque).

Glenda Bailey, editor-in-chief, gave Women's Wear Daily a sneak peek, explaining some of the recurring features and the streamlined look of the revamped mag.

We haven't gotten a look inside yet ("The team hasn't even got a copy yet," Bailey told WWD) but we have to say we are in love with the cover. Gwyneth can essentially do no wrong in our eyes plus we're curious to see what's different -- and what's the same. Harper's Bazaar is the oldest fashion magazine in the U.S., meaning it's undergone plenty of rebirths. We're excited to see how this one stacks up.

Vogue, your move.

UPDATE: Bazaar went ahead and published the Gwyneth cover story online. Check it out here.

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Comments

[Highball]

04:21 AM on 02/04/2012

Holy crap, that's a fantastic cover.

It's not quite as great as the Harper's Espana with Candice on the cover, but this is very, very close. And that's saying something!

Aww, Gwynnie. You look dangerous, girl!

[Jlbeaverton]

01:22 AM on 02/04/2012

Those shoes are beautiful.

[inkongirl]

11:40 AM on 02/03/2012

Hmmm, thin blonde on the cover of a magazine. New era? How so?

[ellen105]

03:12 PM on 02/02/2012

Oh, please, why cannot you use proper grammar in print? "...you wouldn't know it was her?" -- You wouldn't know it was SHE!

No wonder Americans have such woeful language skills.

[csmomo]

11:01 AM on 02/03/2012

I doubt any American would ever say "didn't know it was she--"

[Highball]

04:23 AM on 02/04/2012

Not to mention that it should be:

"didn't know it *were* she ..." since you need to use the subjunctive in a conditional phrase like that.

I mean, if we're being grammar NAZIs, and all. :)

[certmuff]

05:56 PM on 02/01/2012

photo shopped to the max- she is thin but not thin

[Highball]

04:24 AM on 02/04/2012

I love it. People see her on the red carpet and say, "OMG! She's anorexic!" Then other people see her on a cover and say, "OMG! Look how thin they made her look using PS!"

HAHA!

[JustplayinKoi]

05:41 PM on 02/01/2012

wow.. they photoshopped her face.. maybe she'll take that to the plastic surgeon as a template..

[ragdollannie]

05:21 PM on 02/01/2012

The "A List" - seriously??? She should have been moved from the "A List" to the bottom of the "Z List" after calling her grandmother the "c***" word in a televised interview - and not even apologetically. Can't believe Coach didn't dump her after that. There's an old saying that "you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear." Dress her up all you want - she remains a sow's ear.

[Highball]

04:25 AM on 02/04/2012

DO you remember why she actually said that? Or are you just referring to something to which you only have minimal knowledge?

[cdub1991]

04:48 PM on 02/01/2012

Love that first photo above. The light-dark contrast. The counter-symmetry (if there is such a term) above and below the waist. The long lines. That little bit of shadow at the top of the thigh. All nicely done.

[Highball]

04:25 AM on 02/04/2012

Couldn't agree more.

[Stella Hart]

04:36 PM on 02/01/2012

This woman is anything but attractive. Skin and bones..

[traceymarie]

04:58 PM on 02/01/2012

ah yes the big girl has spoken, go to the story on the 300lb girl wearing 3 spanxs

[JustplayinKoi]

05:32 PM on 02/01/2012

If it weren't for her parents do you think she'd be where she's at.. I think not.. and she is a stick figure,, nothing attractive about her at all.

[Stella Hart]

06:14 PM on 02/02/2012

Are you talking to me??? I am size 6. What about you, cowgirl??? And learn how to spell...

[dboiani]

04:13 PM on 02/01/2012

At Stanford University's Department of Physical Sciences, there is an incredible piece of equipment known as the tunnelling electron microscope. With this amazing device, scientists are able to examine the most minute particles of matter, right down to the very tiniest atom, to unlock many of the mysteries of the universe. If I had access to such a device, I still would be unable to locate my interest in this story.

[traceymarie]

04:58 PM on 02/01/2012

yet you clicked and made a rambleing post

[JustplayinKoi]

05:33 PM on 02/01/2012

and yet once again I agree with someone.. she's not all that..

[mbdlawyers]

09:09 PM on 02/01/2012

... and you replied with a brilliantly mis-spelled retort. Touche.

[Arlene Faile]

03:49 PM on 02/01/2012

I do not think she looks skeletal, she looks healthy. Sure she is air brushed, maybe even body paint but so what...it is for a magazine and that is what they do. As a woman, there is always tricks we try to do to enhance our appearance. I can't afford high end products but if I could I would.

[helensaghy]

09:47 PM on 02/01/2012

She has the body of a pre-teen boy. To each his own, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, blah blah blah but no matter what they do to her? She's still a run of the mill looking woman. She needs all the makeup and photoshop she can get.

[thejadedentrepreneur]

03:22 PM on 02/01/2012

She looks beautiful and all you know nothing photoshop experts need to stuff it. I don't tell mechanics how to fix cars and you don't need to tell artists how to do their job when you CLEARLY don't have a clue what you're talking about. K? Thanks.

[Mr Me]

03:18 PM on 02/01/2012

Her picture is stunning, if you're in to skeletons. I thought it was Leanne Rhimes, the other walking skeleton.

[traceymarie]

04:59 PM on 02/01/2012

there is a story of a 300lb women wearing 3 pairs of spanx, have at it

[JustplayinKoi]

11:01 PM on 02/01/2012

law off the spanx already.. by the way, how does one get so many fans with the same comment over and over..

[kmvproductions]

02:48 PM on 02/01/2012

In every news article about a famous woman, all I read is despicable comments. Why are women and men tearing down only famous women? You don't see this kind of nonsense for people such as Brad Pitt, George Clooney or Ben Affleck. If you see a cover of them then you go after their significant others. Get a life people and get some happy juice flowing because you're all miserable.

[NYCSingleMom]

02:14 PM on 02/01/2012

love the cover because we dont see her face. Does she really sell magazines?

[oliviaengland]

02:16 PM on 02/01/2012

NYC SINGLE MOM SHE DOESNT SELL MAGAZINES SHE HAS NO TALENT OR PERSONALITY-HER TALENT IS AS DRY AS THE DESERT

[thejadedentrepreneur]

03:19 PM on 02/01/2012

Are you new? Or just out of touch? She's an oscar winning actress with a bevy of uber successful titles under her belt. Get a clue.