Into the Cover: Vogue Italia May 2011 by Steven Meisel

"Swimwear" is the headline on Vogue Italia cover this month, with a beautiful Kristen McMenamy wearing a John Richmond bikini. However, the atmosphere is everything but sunny and hot, and the top model is a kind of bohemian ice queen sitting by a window on a luminous, blue-grey and certainly freezing New York. Going through the pages, you see that the inspiration comes from the 70's, within the fascinating environment of the historic Chelsea Hotel and the artists, rockers and poets who lived in its rooms.