Katy Perry Covers Elle Magazine September 2012

Katy Perry covers the September 2012 issue of Elle Magazine, which hits newsstands on August 14th. Inside her covers tory, Katy Perry: Hard Candy, the pop singer speaks about her career, being a role model, marriage and much more.

For her Carter Smith-directed photo shoot, Katy‘s adorned in statement necklaces and printed dresses from Etro, Bottega Veneta, and YSL with a sexy Versace Fall 2012 pump.
For high-shine hair, stylist Renato Campora used Frédéric Fekkai Coiff mousse on Perry's deep-purple hair while makeup artist Jake Bailey chose smoky black eyeliner to craft a dramatically dark cat eye. Perry worked her own girly glamour into the shoot, enthusiastically switching up her nail art for different looks and weighing in on clothing choices. By the looks of it, the time she spent in the front row of Chanel, Miu Miu, Viktor & Rolf, and YSL at Paris Fashion Week last spring paid off in spades.