Credit: Elle magazine
The newest issue of Elle magazine, on newsstands April 12, focuses on women in music, highlighting some of today's brightest female stars (see: Willow Smith and Robyn) as well as longtime icons (see: Aretha Franklin and Stevie Nicks). Of course, it was surely hard to choose only a dozen of today's most promising ladies (where's Lady Gaga and Jessie J?), but editors have to cut it off at some point, and they did their work dutifully.
Gwen Stefani leads the pack, gracing the magazine's cover and providing some lip service about her undeniable role in helping sartorially shape today's pop stars like Katy Perry and Rihanna, neither of whom made the cut. "I don’t see myself in those girls," she tells the magazine. "I usually put pants on. I see these girls as more going for the sex-symbol thing. I was more, in the band, like a tomboy. Of course, I think every girl is sexy, so there's going to be a little of that. But I see a lot of younger artists going more toward the sexy thing."
C'mon, Gwen, let's not pretend you weren't (and still aren't) CRAZY HOT. Pants on or not, who could help but fall in love with you (certainly not Gavin Rossdale, that's for sure)?
+ Read Elle's women In music feature article, and check out photos of Willow Smith, Jennifer Hudson and more after the jump.
