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 W Magazine, 2013.
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Stella Maxwell and Irina Shayk photographed by Alasdair McLellan for W Magazine, February 2017.
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Iman photographed by Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin for W Magazine, October 2015.
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Photographed by Roe Ethridge for W Magazine, May 2014.
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Photographed by Zhoe Gertner for W Magazine, September 2017.
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Photographed by Alasdair McLellan for W Magazine, October 2017.
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Lupita Nyong’o photographed by Juergen Teller for W Magazine, February 2014.
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Anna Ewers photographed by Venetia Scott for W Magazine, May 2017.
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Tilda Swinton photographed by Tim Walker for W Magazine, May 2013.
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Photographed by Sharif Hamza for W Magazine, November 2011.
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Photographed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott for W Magazine, August 2016.
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Kate Moss photographed by Craig McDean for W Magazine, May 2015.
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Gisele Bundchen photographed by Juergen Teller for W Magazine, June 2005.
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Hong Chau photographed by Juergen Teller and styled by Edward Enninful for W Magazine, February 2018.
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Daria Werbowy photographed by Ryan McGinley for W Magazine, January 2013.
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Photographed by Venetia Scott for W Magazine, May 2015.
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Oprah Winfrey photographed by Juergen Teller for W Magazine, February 2014.
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Photographed by Emma Summerton for W Magazine, June 2015.
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Eniko Mihalik photographed by Mario Sorrenti and styled by Camilla Nickerson for W Magazine, April 2009.
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Lily Standefer photographed by Colin Dodgson and styled by Lotta Volkova for W Magazine, April 2016.
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Malgosia Bela photographed by Venetia Scott for W Magazine, August 2014.
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Bella Hadid photographed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott and styled by Edward Enninful for W Magazine, August 2015.
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Joan Smalls photographed by Alasdair McLellan for W Magazine, September 2015.
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Photographed by Richard Burbridge for W Magazine, November 2014.
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Karlie Kloss photographed by Tim Walker for W Magazine, October 2010.
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Daria Werbowy photographed by Ryan McGinley for W Magazine, January 2013.
