Update, 1/8: V has released the rest of the covers for its spring preview issue, edited by Lady Gaga. Amidst photos of Gaga, Gaga posing with photographer Inez Van Lamsweerde and Gaga's dog, Asia, there's a cover featuring The Countess herself posing naked with fiancé Taylor Kinney. Tweeting the image, she wrote, "We made love on a canvas for peace," noting that proceeds from the cover will go to her Born This Way foundation. 

[h/t Billboard

Update, 1/6: V magazine released three more covers for its spring preview 2016 issue, guest edited by Lady Gaga. Two feature the late Alexander McQueen and Isabella Blow, photographed by Steven Klein in 2002 and 2007, respectively. The third is a new image of Gaga and Daphne Guinness, also shot by Klein.  

Original Post, 1/5: Renaissance woman Lady Gaga is stepping back into the role of guest editor, this time for V magazine's spring preview issue. Her first order of business? Sixteeen separate covers featuring her "fashion guard"—"people who have kept me and protected me over the years, because they've wanted me to survive," she says. The first four covers star Gaga herself and Daphne Guinness (both shot by Steven Klein) and Karl Lagerfeld and Hedi Slimane, photographed by each other. "Karl and I had not taken photographs together for more than 10 years," Slimane said. "We used to live one building apart on the Rive Gauche and, before I moved to California in 2008, we used to have really fun dinners all the time. I love Karl's wit, his sincerity and curiosity for emerging cultures, and his intuitive perception for what is about to happen." The feeling is mutual, according to Lagerfeld: "Gaga had a good idea for us to photograph each other. In a way, not seeing each other for all those years felt like five minutes when we saw each other again. That happens with true friends."

V99 hits newsstands on January 14.

Julie Kosin is the senior culture editor of ELLE.com, where she oversees all things movies, TV, books, music, and art, from trawling Netflix for a worthy binge to endorsing your next book club pick. She's the former director of audience strategy and entertainment at HarpersBAZAAR.com. When not glued to her laptop, she can be found taking pictures of her dog or haunting used bookstores.