Last month, the cover of American Eli Took us completely by surprise. The title offering features actress Julia Garner smoking a cigarette (something you definitely don’t see on newsstands every day), dressed in Baleniaga haute couture. on the front cover Eli He is none other than Hunter Schafer, who fronts the November 2026 edition of the magazine. Joining Rihanna, Anne Hathaway and Billie Eilish as cover stars this year, the actress posed for photographer Szilváztor Mako. Styled by Jessica Willis, the American talent and muse of design duo Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons carried a Prada handbag in the stylish cover shot, wearing a pencil skirt and cardigan from Haider Ackermann’s Tom Ford.
Hunter Schafer on the cover of ELLE November 2026
Read reactions from FashionSpot’s forum members below:
“Terrible! And Szilvzter is so limited. Stop now; we’ve seen too much,” pleaded the forum member. DK92 Upon examining the cover.
“I’m already so bored with this photographer. Everything looks the same,” Kite Called out.
frenchie Commented: “I think this photographer is taking advantage of the attention and opportunities, but damn, the fatigue. Spending completely more time than necessary on his work!”
“For me, the worst part is that Hunter doesn’t even look like herself on the cover. She looks like some random period-piece character. Honestly, I don’t understand it at all,” voiced Matthias_S.
“It seems like this is very far from the stereotypical American Eli Cover, and I can’t say I appreciate it. It’s fashion-forward, yes, but so… dull and drab. At the same time, Szilárvest Mako’s work is becoming increasingly tiring,” vogue28 wrote.
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