Fashion Gets Creative

Fashion gets creative’ - The tag line proclaimed by Harper’s latest cover, and really with a team comprising of Carine, Karl, Rosie and a line-up of supers inc. Karolina and Naomi, who would be expecting anything less.

Putting the fantasy back into fashion, replacing the predictable cycle of wearability with the unrelenting beauty of the unattainable, Roitfeld and Lagerfeld collaborate to the probe the imagination of their audience creatively igniting a sense of escapism.

A refreshing clash of reinvented tartan, wallpaper florals, slogan tees and a distinct nod to the ‘60s, the shoot captures the intricate creative vision of two of the most influential players on the fashion forefront.

The Godfather

In 2009, Vogue US’ annual model issue upped the anti in more ways than one with an editorial that featured not only 15 of some of the most influential models in the industry, but also the great, iconic, Steven Meisel. ‘The Godfather,’ featured the likes of Carolyn Murphy, Liya Kebede, Kristen McMenamy, Coco Rocha, Jessica Stam, Amber Valletta, Linda Evangelista, Gisele Bündchen, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, Karen Elson, Natalia Vodianova, Guinevere Van Seenus, Stella Tennant, and Agyness Deyn, all perfectly positioned around the master of photography himself, whose talent and creative work helped launch many of their careers.

The Godfather, featured in Vogue US May 2009, Shot by Meisel. 

A Class of Their Own- The, ‘Original,’ SUPERMODELS

The ‘90s gave way to a select group of iconic girls who epitomized the time, leaving their mark on fashion and made modelling famous. ‘The Original Supermodels,’ Claudia Schiffer, Eva Herzigova, Helena Christensen, Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford, Elle Macpherson and Naomi Campbell ruled the fashion world and dominated the runway during the ‘90s and are still wearing the crown two decades on. Their natural beauty and killer bods took them to the top during the birth of the supermodel, but it is their brains, personality and professionalism that has kept them there, cementing their positions as fashion icons and ambassadors.

Karl Largerfeld once explained that the iconic ‘90s supermodels are in fact a hybrid brand, making their natural beauty deliciously popular and relatable even today. “Time makes them sometimes even more interesting”, Lagerfeld stated. “I work with them because they are great and right even for this moment. They are still young women with nice faces and great personal, modern style.”

“They are, and stay, irreplaceable.”-Karl Lagerfeld.

The early ‘90s was boom time for models, as the world woke up to the power of advertising. It was the age of healthy, natural beauty, the kind that lasts. As stunning today as they were when they dubbed the title, ‘Supermodel,’ the original eight have a unique quality, making them impossible to forget and tough competition even in today’s fashion world. In Donatella Versace's wise words, "Being the original in any field gives you a very special and enduring cachet.”

The Original Supermodels, Claudia, Eva, Helena, Linda, Christy, Cindy, Elle and Naomi, their beauty is everlasting and without them the fashion world would not be the same.