You are here:
Home / Archives for August 2009
Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 14, 2009 · 1 Comment
Bitten Knudsen was a Danish-born model who did most of her high fashion work from 1977-1982. With her striking white-blonde hair, she was a favorite of Glamour magazine, Bazaar and Cosmopolitan, and was often featured on their covers. She worked with many of the era’s greatest fashion photographers: Helmut Newton, Francesco Scavullo, Albert Watson, John [...]
Filed under Supermodels · Tagged with Albert Watson, Claude Mougin, Cosmopolitan, disco, Disco Beauty, Francesco Scavullo, Gia Carangi, Glamour, Harpers Bazaar, Helmut Newton, Jamiroquai, Janice Dickinson, John Stember, make up artist Sandy Linter, Tribute video for Danish Supermodel Bitten Knudsen
Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Beverly Johnson (born October 13, 1952) is an American supermodel, actress, and businesswoman. She made history when she rose to fame as the first Black model to appear on the cover of American Vogue in 1974. The groundbreaking achievement paved the way for black women in fashion, and future supermodels like Naomi Campbell and Tyra [...]
Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · 2 Comments
In the early 1980s, MacDowell modeled for Vogue magazine and appeared in ad campaigns for Yves Saint Laurent, Vassarette, Armani perfume, Sabeth-Row, Mink International, Anne Klein and Bill Blass. She worked with such esteemed photographers as Bruce Weber, Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton, Irving Penn and Herb Ritts among others. A series of billboards in Time [...]
Filed under Supermodels · Tagged with Anne Klein, Armani perfume, Bill Blass, Bruce Weber, Calvin Klein, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Glenn Close, Green Card, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Groundhog Day, Harold Guskin, Harold Ramis, Helmut Newton, Herb Ritts, Hugh Grant, Independent Spirit Award, Irving Penn, L'Oréal, Lord of the Apes, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, Mink International, Richard Avedon, Sabeth-Row, Sex, Sex Lies and Videotape, Short Cuts, St. Elmo's Fire, Steven Soderbergh, The Actors Studio, The Object of Beauty, Vassarette, Vogue, Yves Saint Laurent
Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · 7 Comments
Patricia “Patti” Elvina Hansen (born March 17, 1956) is a American model and actress.
Hansen, who is of Norwegian ancestry, was born and raised in the Tottenville section of Staten Island, New York. The youngest of six children, Hansen was discovered by photographer Peter Gert at age 14. After Gert took Hansen to a party hosted [...]
Filed under Supermodels · Tagged with Alexandra Richards, American Vogue, André Courrèges, Cabo San Lucas, Calvin Klein, December 1978 cover of Esquire, Finisterra Hotel, Glamour, Guerlain's Shalimar Light, Harpers Bazaar, Keith Richards, Mexico, New York, Peter Bogdanovich, Peter Gert, Professional Children's School in Manhattan, Revlon, Seventeen, Staten Island, The Rolling Stones, The Year of the Lusty Woman, Theodora Richards, They All Laughed, Wilhelmina Cooper, Wilhelmina Models
Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · 2 Comments
Margaux Louise Hemingway was born in Portland, Oregon, February 16, 1955, and was the older sister of actress Mariel Hemingway and the granddaughter of writer Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway was named for the wine, Château Margaux, which her parents, Puck and Jack Hemingway (eldest son of Ernest), were drinking the night she was conceived. In addition [...]
Filed under Supermodels · Tagged with "new beauties", Andy Warhol, Belize, Bernard Fauchier, Betty Ford Center, Bianca Jagger, California, Château Margaux, Cosmopolitan, Discovery Channel, E! True Hollywood Story, Elle, Ernest Hemingway, Errol Wetson, Fabergé, first million dollar contract, Francesco Scavullo, Francis Stein, Gloria Vanderbilt, Grace Jones, Halston, Harpers Bazaar, Jack Hemingway, Jon Revson, Lamont Johnson, Lipstick, Liza Minnelli, Marian McEvoy, Mariel Hemingway, New York's New Supermodel, Playboy magazine, Plaza Hotel, Puck Hemingway, Revlon cosmetics, Santa Monica, Studio 54, Time, Vogue, Wild Guide, Women's Wear Daily, Zachary Selig
Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · 1 Comment
Lauren Hutton was one of the first “supermodels,” a cover girl and cosmetics spokeswoman since the 1960s who is instantly recognized by her gap-toothed smile.
Born Mary Lawrence Hutton on November 17, 1943, in South Carolina and raised in rural Florida, Lauren Hutton embarked on a modeling career in roundabout fashion by becoming a Playboy bunny [...]
Filed under Supermodels · Tagged with American Gigolo, Extremities, Farrah Fawcett, Gator, Lassiter, Lauren Hutton cosmetics, laurenhutton.com, Playboy bunny, The Gay Blade, The Rheinman Exchange, Zorro
Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · 2 Comments
Kathy Ireland was born in Glendale, California, the daughter of John Ireland, a labor union organizer, and Barbara Ireland. At age 17, Ireland was “discovered” by an agent for the Elite Model Management company, and by the time she graduated from high school, she was working steadily as a model.
Starting in 1984, Ireland was featured [...]
Filed under Supermodels · Tagged with Alien from L.A., Cheryl Tiegs, Christie Brinkley, Elite Model Management, Elle Macpherson, Forbes, Kathy Ireland Worldwide, KIWW, Kmart, Melrose Place, modelpreneurs, Mom and Dad Save the World, Mr. Destiny, Mystery Science Theater 3000, National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1, Necessary Roughness, Once Upon A Christmas, prototype for model-turned-mogul, Rachel Hunter, Side Out, Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, Standard Furniture, Twice Upon A Christmas, William Shatner
Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · 2 Comments
Karen Howard McHugh
Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · 1 Comment
Jill Goodacre Connick, born March 29, 1965, is an American actress and former model. She was one of Victoria’s Secret main models in the 1980s and early 1990s. She is married to Harry Connick, Jr.
Goodacre appeared as herself in an episode (“The One With the Blackout”) of the popular sitcom Friends in 1994.
She directed one [...]
Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · 4 Comments
Jerry Faye Hall was born on July 2, 1956 in Gonzales, Texas, the daughter of Marjorie (née Sheffield) and John P. Hall, a truck-driver. She is of English descent. Hall was raised in the Dallas suburb of Mesquite, Texas, where she graduated from North Mesquite High School. She has a twin sister, Terry, and three [...]
Filed under Supermodels · Tagged with 21 Club, Alicia Hunt, Antonio Lopez, Batman, BBC comedy, Being Mick, Berlin, Bianca Jagger, Bovril, boytoy, Bryan Ferry, cabaret acts, Claude Haddad, Cluedo, Cole Porter's High Society, Cosmopolitan, Elite Model Management, French and Saunders, French Riviera, Grace Jones, Hotel Babylon, Italian Vogue, Kabbalah, Kept, Kiss and Tell, Let's Stick Together, Levitra, LK Today Modeling competition, Mega Model Agency, Michael Berg, Mick Jagger, Miss Scarlett, Miss You, Mother Lord, Mrs. Robinson, Paris, Parisian nightlife, Picasso’s Women, Popetown, Roger Waters, Rolling Stones, Ron Wood, Roxy Music, Saint Tropez, Siren, Sister Penelope, Studio 54, Tall Tales, The Graduate, The Wall, Tim Burton, VH1, West End stage
Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Jane Hitchcock’s remarkable career in modeling began at age 14 when she was chosen as one of two girls from all over America for a scholarship to train at the school of Balanchine for the world’s premier ballet company, The New York City Ballet. She would make her first airplane trip to the wondrous city [...]
Filed under Supermodels · Tagged with ageless beauties, Almay, Avedon, Avon, Bert Stern, Boots Number 7, Calvin Klein, Clairol, Clinique, CNN, Cover Girl, Elisabeth Arden, Elle, Esprit, Estée Lauder, Feretti Jeans, French Collections for Vogue, Glamour, Harpers Bazaar, Helmut Newton, Hiro, Life Magazines, Lisa Taylor, Look Magazines, Max Factor, Maybelline, Noxzema, Orlane, Patti Hanson, Peter Bogdanovitch, Rosie Vela, Steven Meisel, Susan Forestall, The New York City Ballet, the school of Balanchine, Vichey, Vogue, Wilhelmina, Yardley
Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · 4 Comments
Dayle Haddon is a model and actress, presently known for promoting anti-aging products manufactured by L’Oréal. Additionally, she is credited as author of Ageless Beauty: A Woman’s Guide to Lifelong Beauty and Well-Being. During the earlier part of her career as a model, Haddon appeared on the covers of many top fashion and beauty magazines, [...]
Filed under Supermodels · Tagged with Age Perfect line, Ageless Beauty: A Woman's Guide to Lifelong Beauty and Well-Being, CBS News, Clairol, Dayle Haddon Concepts Inc, Disney, Estée Lauder, Harpers Bazaar, L'Oréal, Les Grandes Ballets Canadiennes, Madame Claude, Max Factor, Miss Montreal, New York Times, Nick Nolte, North Dallas Forty, Playboy, Revlon, Spermula, Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, Ten Most Beautiful Women, The CBS Early Show, The World's Greatest Athlete, UNICEF, wellness contributor
Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · 32 Comments
Gia Carangi was an American fashion model during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Carangi, who was of Italian, Welsh and Irish ancestry, was considered by some to be the first supermodel. Gia Carangi was also the first to present unusual poses, facial expressions and gestures. She is credited by many at the upper echelons [...]
Filed under Supermodels · Tagged with Albert Watson, Alex Chatelain, American Vogue, Andre Laug, Arthur Elgort, Chris Von Wangenheim, Christian Dior, Cosmopolitan, Denis Piel, Diane Von Furstenberg, Francesco Scavullo, French Vogue, Gianni Versace, Giorgio Armani, Harpers Bazaar, Harry King, Italian Vogue, John Sahag, Lancetti, Richard Avedon, Rico Puhlmann, Sandy Linter, Way Bandy
Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · 2 Comments
Anne’s international modeling career was launched when she was discovered at age twelve and a half, and she grew up surrounded and nourished by designers, photographers, and artists such as Karl Lagerfeld, Donna Karan, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Christian Lacroix, Irving Penn, Francesco Scavullo, Hiro, Patrick Demarchelier and Andy Warhol, just to name a few. During that time [...]
Filed under Supermodels · Tagged with Andy Warhol, Christian Lacroix, Cosmopolitan, Donna Karan, Elegance, Francesco Scavullo, Gordon Munro, Harper's & Queen, Hiro, Irving Penn, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Karl Lagerfeld, Patrick Demarchelier, Saks Fifth Ave, Sorbonne, Vogue
Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · 4 Comments
Swedish fashion model popular in the US during the late 1970s, early 1980s, represented by the Ford Model Agency. Acted in: Eyes of Laura Mars (1978), Portfolio (1983).
Filed under Supermodels · Tagged with Darlanne Fluegel, Donna Plamer, Eyes of Laura Mars, Faye Dunaway, Ford Models, Joey Mills, John Sahag, Lisa Taylor, Patty Oja, Portfolio, Raul Julia, Tommy Lee Jones
Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · 2 Comments
Bonnie Berman
Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · 1 Comment
A few months shy of her fourteenth birthday in the summer of 1945, Carmen Dell’ Orefice, an introverted, skinny kid of Italian-Hungarian extraction (father a musician, mother a dancer) walked over to the Vogue studios at 480 Lexington Avenue in Manhattan and reported for work.
Her first pictures – by the underrated Clifford Coffin – show [...]
Filed under Supermodels · Tagged with Arthur Elgort, Banana Republic, Cecil Beaton, Christian Dior, Dali, Diana Vreeland, Donna Karan, Dovima, Ford Modeling Agency, French Vogue, GAP, Guinness Book of Records Helmut Newton, Hermès, Horst P. Horst, Irving Penn, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Lancaster, Martin Scorcese Richard Avedon, Moschino, Norman Parkinson, Paris, Patrick Demarchelier, Peter Lindberg, Pierrot, Rolex, Steven Meisel, Suzy Parker, Target, Town and Country, Vanity Fair, Woody Allen
Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · 5 Comments
Christie Brinkley (born February 2, 1954) is an American model best known for her three appearances on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in the late 1970s and early ’80s, for her long-running contract with CoverGirl and for being the ex-wife of musician Billy Joel.
Brinkley has also worked as an actress, illustrator, photographer, [...]
Filed under Supermodels · Tagged with A Matter of Trust, Albert Watson, All about Soul, Anheuser-Busch, Bazaar, Believe, Billy Joel, Black Velvet, Borghese Cosmetics, Breck, Celebrity Weddings InStyle, Chanel N. 19, Chanel No. 19, Chantilly, Christie Brinkley Perspectives, Christie Brinkley's Outdoor Beauty and Fitness Book, Clairol, Cosmopolitan, Cover Girl, Danskin, Diet Coke, Eileen Ford, Elite Model Management agency in Paris, Errol Sawyer, Esquire, Francesco Scavullo, Glamour, Got Milk?, Gottex, Halston, Harpers Bazaar, Healthy Choice, Jean-François Allaux, John Casablancas, Just Wanna Hold, Keeping the Faith, Le Lycée Français, Leningrad, Living in the 90's - With Christie Brinkley, MasterCard, Max Factor, Mick Jones, Mike Reinhardt, National Lampoon's Vacation, NBC's Mad About You, New York Times best seller list, Newsweek, Nina Blanchard, Nissan, Nouveau Eyewear, Noxema, Nu Skin, Patrick Demarchelier, Paul Simon, Prell, record 20-year contract with cosmetics brand CoverGirl, Revlon, River of Dreams, Rolling Stone, Simplicity Pattern, Sports Illustrated Calendar, Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues, Stan Malinowski, Swank, the best-selling issue of LIFE ever, the Straycats Band, three consecutive Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Edition, Today Show, Uptown Girl, US, Vegas Vacation, Vogue, Vogue Patterns, Yardley of London
Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · 5 Comments
Kristin Clotilde Darnell-born 1951 as Kristin Clotilde Holby in Oslo, Norway, Holby grew up in Larchmont, New York and attended Murray Avenue School and Mamaroneck High School. Later she took courses in apparel design at Rhode Island School of Design and started working as a fabric designer for a textile company.
Known as Clotilde, Darnell became [...]
Filed under Supermodels · Tagged with Chanel., Clotilde: The Dress Shop in Larchmont, Givenchy, Lancome, Manhunter, NY, Ralph Lauren, Rhode Island School of Design, Shiseido, Trading Places, Yves St. Laurent
Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Dianne deWitt’s distinguished career in the fashion field has spanned over two decades. Her professionalism, keen sense of style and knowledge of the industry are results of Ms. deWitt’s years as an international model, both on the runway and in print. Presently as a wardrobe and image consultant, Ms. deWitt focuses her attention on the needs and [...]
Filed under Supermodels · Tagged with Adel Rootstein Mannequins, Bill Blass, Bobbi Brown, Carolina Herrera, Cindy Crawford, Council of Fashion Designers of America, Fendi Furs, Karl Lagerfeld, Oscar De La Renta, Town & Country, Valentino, Yves St. Laurent, “W”
Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · 8 Comments
Janice Doreen Dickinson (born February 15, 1953) is an American model, fashion photographer, actress, author and agent. By the 1980s, she was considered a supermodel in the fashion industry, and later expanded her profession to reality television by judging for four cycles on America’s Next Top Model. She subsequently opened her own modeling agency, which was documented as The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency.
Janice [...]
Filed under Supermodels · Tagged with Albert Watson, America's Next Top Model, Andrea Blanche, Andy Warhol, Anne Klein, Arthur Elgort, Avedon, Beverly Johnson, Bill Blass, Calvin Klein, Cheryl Tiegs, Christian Dior, Dorian Leigh, Francesco Scavullo, Genny, Gia Carangi, Gianni Versace, Giorgio Armani, Glamour, Harper’s Bazaar, I'm a Celebrity…Get Me out of Here!, Jacques Maliginon, Jean Shrimpton, Jet, John Belushi, K.T. Maclay, Lisa Fonssagrives, Mike Reinhardt, Naomi Sims, Oxygen, Playboy, The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency, The Surreal Life, Total Beauty Catalog, Truman Capote, Twiggy, Valentino, Veruschka, Vogue, Wilhelmina
Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment
A ‘Halstonette’ on the Runway Again
In a season of chic revivals, the latest is the resurrection of Karen Bjornson’s career. Ms. Bjornson will be remembered as the patrician-looking house model for Halston. She retired in the early 1980’s after marrying Timothy Macdonald, an interior designer, and becoming a mom.
With her daughters, Laura, 20, and Maggie, [...]
Filed under Supermodels · Tagged with Barbara Walters, Bill Blass, Cosmopolitan, Dalma, Halston, Halstonette, IMG Models, Ivan Bart, Michael Vollbracht, Pat Cleveland, Ralph Rucci, Rudolph Giuliani, Steven Sprouse, Timothy Macdonald, Vogue
Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment
http://www.patrickmcmullan.com/site/search.aspx?t=person&s=Kim+Charlton
http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/partypictures/2003/10.10.03/partypictures10.10.03.2.php
Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment
www.iceposter.com/posters/Lisa_Berkley/
Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · 2 Comments
Nancy Decker has her eyelashes dyed every six weeks but otherwise does little to her face except bathe it in moonbeams. This seems reasonable, since she is only 17. She is a rarity, a blazing, natural redhead, discovered in Milwaukee in 1979.
Top-Top Photographer Albert Watson says that Decker is a face to watch. Nancy, who makes [...]
Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment
At age 15 (1978) Nancy DeWeir was discovered by ad exec Vincent Teschetti ( Vice President of BBD&O) while traveling on the Long Island Rail Road with her mother to have dinner in the city with her father, who worked in the Twin Towers.
After being turned away by Wilhelmina, Stewart and Zoli modeling agencies, she [...]
Filed under Supermodels · Tagged with 21, Alex Chatelain, Bazaar, Bill King, Brides, British and Australian Vogue, Bruce Weber, Chanel., Clairol, Claude Mougin, Cosmopolitan, Cover Girl, Cristalle, Denis Piel, Elle, Eric Boman, Evan Picone, Finesse, Ford Modeling Agency, Francesco Scavullo, French, George Barkentin, Gordon Munro, Harpers and Queen, Harpers Bazaar, Hiro, Italian, James Moore, John Stember, Linea, Mademoiselle, Marc Hispard, Marco Glaviano, Max Factor, Mike Reinhardt, Palma Kolansky, Prell, Prell shampoo, Revlon, Rico Puhlmann, Rico Pullman, Seventeen, Stewart, Tim Geaney, Vincent Teschetti, Vogue, Wilhelmina, Zoli
Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · 2 Comments
Shaun Casey was a model active from the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s. By 1987 she had given up modeling for all but a few favorite clients.
In the late 1970s, Casey was associated with famous hairstylist, John Sahag, who created a stir by cutting her hair extremely short and bleaching it white for a Helmut [...]
Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · 3 Comments
Author, talk-show host, actress and supermodel Cristina Ferrare has been in the spotlight for nearly four decades. She was first introduced to the fashion world when, at age fourteen, she was discovered as a model. During the 1970s and 1980s, her face graced the covers of Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar, and Good Housekeeping, among others. Following [...]
Filed under Supermodels · Tagged with AM Los Angeles, Bel Canto collection, Bill King, Clairol, Cosmopolitan, Cristina Ferrare Home Collections for Magnussen Home, Cristina Ferrare's Family Entertaining, exquisite jewelry designs, Francesco Scavullo, Geary's Beverly Hills, Good Housekeeping, Good Morning America, Halle Berry, Harpers Bazaar, Home and Family, Max Factor cosmetics, Mikimoto, Monet, Okay So I Don't Have a Headache, Orange Coast, Vanidades, Virginia Slims, York Times bestseller
Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Posted by Eva Voorhees on August 11, 2009 · 4 Comments
Kelly Emberg (born July 2, 1959) is a former model, best known for her relationship with rock star Rod Stewart.
Kelly was born in Houston, Texas, and attended Stratford High School where she was a member of the school’s female drill team, the Spartanaires. She did some modeling during high school and was “discovered” by John [...]
Filed under Supermodels · Tagged with Alana Hamilton, Albert Nipon, Albert Watson, Armani, Arthur Elgort, Bill King, Bullock's, Calvin Klein, Christian Dior, Complice, Cristalle, Denis Piel, Gavin Brodin, Gianni Versace, Givenchy, Guy Laroche, Harpers Bazaar, Irving Penn, JH Collectables, John Casablancas, L'Oréal, Los Angeles, Melrose Avenue, Napier, Patrick Demarchelier, Pierre Cardin, Richard Avedon, Rod Stewart, Sports Illustrated swimsuit editions, The Cotton Box, Vogue
Next Page »