Fug The Cover: January Jones

Again, much like with Maxim, I get that the point of this cover has absolutely nothing to do with January Jones’ face.

And when you have someone as delicately beautiful as January is on Mad Men, I understand roughing her up and making her edgy and bad-ass because it plays against her alter-ego, and thus Joe Schmoe at the newsstand might buy the magazine because he’s pretty sure she’s the kind of girl who will do naughty things with his tire iron. But none of that explains why GQ chose this particular angle on her face, which I don’t think works to her advantage. She looks menacing, kind of clunky, and vaguely tired, none of which she is — well, okay, she might be tired. I don’t know her life. At least the advertised story on where to find the best coffee in America could help her with that. Hey, wait, maybe THAT’S why GQ chose this angle on her face. Brilliant! Forget I said anything.