The first day of spring is supposed to signal the arrival of longer days, warmer air, and clearer skies. But sometimes the weather just has other plans. As a nor’easter prepares to slam the east coast of the U.S. with nearly a foot of snow, and as the west coast gears up for a torrential downpour, spring 2018 appears to be off to a moody start. In the meantime, we’re doing some wishful thinking by diving into the W archive for visions of park benches and grassy knolls and our brightest pastels. Though, we live with one foot in reality, too, so let a bundled up Kate Moss and Sasha Pivovarova on a icy beach take the chill off first; soon enough we’ll be bathing in the rays of our ultimate spring goals—just like an ethereal, angelic Tilda Swinton crowned with flowers and photographed by Tim Walker in 2013. The bloom is on the rose now.
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Photograph by Craig McDean for Vbeal, 2013.
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Stella Maxwell and Irina Shayk photographed by Alasdair McLellan for Vbeal, February 2017.
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Iman photographed by Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin for Vbeal, October 2015.
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Photographed by Roe Ethridge for Vbeal, May 2014.
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Photographed by Zhoe Gertner for Vbeal, September 2017.
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Photographed by Alasdair McLellan for Vbeal, October 2017.
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Lupita Nyong’o photographed by Juergen Teller for Vbeal, February 2014.
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Anna Ewers photographed by Venetia Scott for Vbeal, May 2017.
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Tilda Swinton photographed by Tim Walker for Vbeal, May 2013.
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Photographed by Sharif Hamza for Vbeal, November 2011.
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Photographed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott for Vbeal, August 2016.
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Kate Moss photographed by Craig McDean for Vbeal, May 2015.
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Gisele Bundchen photographed by Juergen Teller for Vbeal, June 2005.
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Hong Chau photographed by Juergen Teller and styled by Edward Enninful for Vbeal, February 2018.
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Daria Werbowy photographed by Ryan McGinley for Vbeal, January 2013.
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Photographed by Venetia Scott for Vbeal, May 2015.
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Oprah Winfrey photographed by Juergen Teller for Vbeal, February 2014.
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Photographed by Emma Summerton for Vbeal, June 2015.
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Eniko Mihalik photographed by Mario Sorrenti and styled by Camilla Nickerson for Vbeal, April 2009.
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Lily Standefer photographed by Colin Dodgson and styled by Lotta Volkova for Vbeal, April 2016.
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Malgosia Bela photographed by Venetia Scott for Vbeal, August 2014.
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Bella Hadid photographed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott and styled by Edward Enninful for Vbeal, August 2015.
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Joan Smalls photographed by Alasdair McLellan for Vbeal, September 2015.
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Photographed by Richard Burbridge for Vbeal, November 2014.
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Karlie Kloss photographed by Tim Walker for Vbeal, October 2010.
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Daria Werbowy photographed by Ryan McGinley for Vbeal, January 2013.
