Visits: 20 ¿Las influentes de tallas grandes deben una explicación a sus seguidores cuando sus cuerpos cambian? A Tianna James le encantaba ver las fotos que Dronme Davis subía en Instagram. Davis, modelo de tallas grandes, incluía fotos de sus …
Beverly Johnson, ‘the Model With the Big Mouth’
Visits: 23 In her new one-woman show, she details her 50-year modeling career, her tumultuous relationships — and an unsettling encounter with Bill Cosby. She was 18, new to New York, a tenderfoot in an industry said to eat its …
Helen Williams, Top Model in a Segregated Era, Is Dead at 87
Visits: 43 She was one of the most photographed Black models of the 1950s and ’60s, seen mainly in magazines, like Ebony and Jet, aimed at the Black middle class. Swan-necked and with an arched-eyebrow hauteur, Helen Williams was the …
What Does It Take to Be a Vogue Model?
Visits: 43 The fashion industry’s bible embarked on a public model search. There were 67,000 applications. What exactly were they looking for? It is a curious moment in modeling. There is a gale-force wind of nostalgia for the super-famous supermodels …
Vogue World Comes to London
Visits: 33 A starry night orchestrated by Anna Wintour kicked off the city’s fashion week. At Royal Theatre Drury Lane, a full house had taken their seats at the behest of the voice of God, who happened to be Sir …
Do Supermodels Age, or Just Get Airbrushed?
Visits: 42 The cover of Vogue’s September issue has ignited a new debate about beauty standards. Well, hello there, Linda, Christy, Naomi and Cindy, the O.G. supermodels; women for whom the term was created; creatures who became so famous that …
A 1920s Wristwatch With a Story
Visits: 25 The ’70s model Susy Dyson likes to let things go, so she put the Mellerio dits Meller timepiece up for auction. Susy Dyson, the British-Peruvian model who was a fixture of 1970s jet-set social circles, is a firm …
A Trans Model Fleeing the ‘Trap of Respectability’
Visits: 34 A candid new memoir by Geena Rocero, a model and producer who started her career on the pageant circuit in her native Philippines, recounts the pleasures and pitfalls of living openly. Geena Rocero can stop traffic. This is more …
Isn’t She Beautiful? He Certainly Thought So.
Visits: 20 Ivan Bart, who helped kick-start the careers of some of today’s most recognizable models, has left his role as president of the agency IMG Models. On the April cover of British Vogue, three models wearing dresses that hug …
The Mean Life of a ‘Midsize’ Model
Visits: 21 In Paris last month, at the Chanel couture show, there was something about one model that set her apart from the others on the runway. Strikingly beautiful, Jill Kortleve has almond-shaped eyes, dark bushy eyebrows and chiseled cheekbones. …