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Two new magazine covers came out today, which we spotted on Fashion Gone Rogue: Ashley Greene posing on the December issue of FLARE, and Aymeline Valade posing for the January cover of Vogue Japan.

The ladies look gorgeous, but we couldn't help but notice one thing: there's some serious pit flashing going on in both of these covers.

What's the deal with the pit posing, ladies? Are underarms the new toe cleavage? Are you just trying to air things out? Are we all going to be walking around baring sideboob this winter? Brrr.

Though it seems extra buzzy right now, it turns out underarm flaunting cover shoots have a long history. Check out our retrospective slideshow of some of our favorite magazine covers from over the years. It looks like everyone waxed except for Mr. Franco.

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LOVE Magazine Issue Three, 2010(01 of16)

James Franco on Vogue Hommes International's Spring/Summer 2011 cover(02 of16)

Gisele Bundchen for the April 2011 cover of Vogue Paris(03 of16)

Taylor Swift for Glamour Magazine, July 2009(04 of16)

Eva Mendes covers Vanity Fair Italy, September 2009(05 of16)

Anne Hathaway on British GQ's February 2010 issue(06 of16)

Kate Moss on Vogue Russia, September 2009(07 of16)

Alessandra Ambrosio covers Vogue Nippon, July 2010(08 of16)

Aymeline Valade for Vogue Nippon, December 2011(09 of16)

Drew Barrymore on the August 2010 ELLE cover(10 of16)

Ashley Greene for Flare's December 2011 issue(11 of16)

Shilpa Shetty on Vogue India, June 2009(12 of16)

Miranda Kerr on the cover of Vogue Espana's September 2010 issue(13 of16)

Megan Fox on the cover of UK's Harper's Bazaar, April 2010(14 of16)

Eva Mendes for Germany Vogue, February 2010(15 of16)

Leighton Meester on the September 2010 issue for UK's Cosmopolitan (16 of16)

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