Winning at Twinning? Two September Vogue Covers, One ConceptCan you spot all the similarities between American Vogue's Beyoncé cover and British Vogue's Rihanna cover?

[Collection]Great minds think alike? Although a clear attempt at cover ingenuity, American Vogue’s top secret September issue featuring Beyoncé, released today, bears a striking resemblance to the September cover of British Vogue featuring Rihanna, released a week ago. Outside of the obvious coup in nabbing the two biggest female pop stars for their biggest issues of the year (every win counts for Condé Nast right now), both covers heavily feature an abundance of flowers atop the beautiful heads of the two megastars, who have a similar soft gaze — let’s call it a “Smize” (a la Tyra Banks) —  and appear in a portrait style on a simple photo set. Eagle-eyed Vogue readers may even compare the new Beyoncé cover, styled by veteran Vogue editor turned contributor Tonne Goodman, to British Vogue’s August issue featuring Oprah Winfrey — another portrait, this time in profile, as is Beyoncé, with a similar simple gray background. Winfrey also appears in an off-white billowing, ruffled dress, and those same descriptors can be used to describe Beyoncé’s turn of the last century inspired gown. While the style of the cover dresses differ, it wouldn’t be too difficult to take the Rihanna and Oprah British Vogue covers, mash them up,

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