Hits: 10 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?
Hits: 17 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
Hits: 3 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’
Hits: 15 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.
Hits: 5 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
Hits: 6 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. …
Kylie Jenner’s Lion-Head Outfit Stuns at Schiaparelli Show
Hits: 8 Just another Monday in the world of Paris fashion as celebrities and fashion types descended on the Schiaparelli couture show. Haute couture in Paris is a celebration of artisanship — and one-upmanship — as the world’s top fashion …
Jule Campbell, 96, Dies; Architect of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue
Hits: 18 Be it objectification or celebration, the annual rite she created earned millions for the magazine and helped usher in the supermodel era. Jule Campbell, the mastermind of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, the annual paean to cheesecake — …
Paulina Porizkova Doesn’t Call Her Book a Memoir
Hits: 6 The model and author spoke about writing “No Filter: The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful.” Paulina Porizkova, 57, wants to talk about beauty. Its contradictions. And how her life has been shaped by an accident of genetics. …
Linda Evangelista and the Fantasies Fashion Sells
Hits: 15 In her recent Vogue cover, the supermodel embodies a ‘dream,’ but one that increasingly seems decades old. The re-emergence last week of the supermodel Linda Evangelista on the cover of British Vogue after her revelation in 2021 that …