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The September Issue, released in theaters this past weekend, follows Anna Wintour and her Vogue flock through nine months worth of planning, shooting, and laying out for Vogue’s 2007 September issue — fashion’s annual bible. 2007′s issue marked the publication’s largest issue in history, a stark contrast from this year’s September issue, which now sits on newsstands looking as skinny as its creators. But what appeared on the surface to be a movie about the world of high fashion quickly developed into much more.

he September Issue of Australian Marie Claire hit newsstands this week with a very familiar image of Katie Holmes – the very same image that was used for the April issue of Glamour. This raises the question – is imitation is the best form of flattery or a copyright infringement?

The September Issue: it’s not just the title of the highly anticipated R.J Cutler documentary about Anna Wintour, its also what every magazine loving fashionista anxiously awaits, its hefty size a welcome antidote to the malnourished August issue. But judging from Elle’s September cover, which features Jennifer Aniston clad in black leather (last month anyone?), it’s beginning to look a lot like August.

You’d think that the unprecedented access director R.J. Cutler got to Anna Wintour in The September Issue would be the documentary‘s main draw. Sadly, it’s not. Instead the volatile state of the magazine industry has made The September Issue a period piece before it’s even been released.