Presenting Image Issue 45: Image Makers. The artists in the annual fall fashion issue are making work that, like L.A. itself, is expansive and multiple. Let the 2026 Image Makers be your guide to this city that refuses to be any one thing.

• Cover 1: Becky G. Photography by Gizelle Hernandez and styling by Keyla Marquez.
• Cover 2: Guadalupe Rosales. Photography by Sandy Kim and styling by Lyn Alyson. Featuring Maria Rosales, left, Guadalupe Rosales, center, and Danny Mejia.
• Cover 3: Eli Russell Linnetz. Self-portrait, collage and styling by Eli Russell Linnetz.
• Cover 4: Collectors of Japanese fashion. Photography by Dana Boulos and creative direction by Keyla Marquez. Featuring Emilia Yin.
• Image flag by Keyla Marquez.