The pages at the front of a magazine are particularly fun at this time of year as brands roll out their big spring 2014 advertising campaigns, and supermodels and celebrities abound in conceptual imagery realised on astronomical budgets.

The photographers are usually as high-profile as their subjects, and locations veer between the exotic and the extreme.

From Louis Vuitton's safari ride to Prada's cool-girls sports team, click the gallery to see 20 of the best, most high-profile campaigns of spring 2014.