A Tribute to the 90s Supermodels

[Spiral1532]

anyway, this is gorgeous cover of karen, scanned by penny dreadfulll from bellazon

Wow, that Vogue cover really is gorgeous. I'd never seen it before.

 

[MissIvana]

kate will always be the one that broke all the rules. i know that many people dislike kate (on the other hand, she does have like a billion fans) but the thing about her is that she can transform and even though she is different from all other supers, she managed to keep up with them, and eventually, kate become larger than life. her apperencee is one the moments that changed fashion.

Yes I know that and I give her credit for that! She may be big time model but for me she will never be Sexy chic like other supers. Nor timeless beauty! Sorry no offence!!!
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Thanks for the Karen cover.

 

[OMIFAN9]

I agree. I never understood Kate's appeal. She's short for a model, bow-legged, crooked teeth. She looked so out of place compared to the other models (who were very beautiful). In fact,I lost interest in the fashion scene when Kate started to become a popular model. I had a hard time taking the fashion scene seriously from that point on.

Uhmmm,a crucial statement. Seems like most people can say that...whatever happened to real popular models,jokes?!

 

[AD011620]

I like Kate Moss very much...but at the end of the day I need to admit she is over over over over and overrated... she is doing everything these days but look at her face, it is siimilarly exhausted... i love Kate whe she does something ispiring... at photographs she looks wonderful as such but no inspiration is coming from her... well at the end some supers are still doing quite well especially Claudia and Christy who has got two major campaigns for the next season... So, Linda, Christy, Claudia, Cindy, Naomi and bit less Helena (basically this year she did not have any major magazine cover, except GQ but quite some editorial work, adverisment was quite poor comparing to other models) are doing well for models who have been in the bussiness for ages... though need to admit they could do lot more...

 

[hfgl]

Well i have to disagree a bit .Claudia,Cindy and later Kate,are why i'm here!When i saw Cindy and Claudia for thr first time(let's not count how many years ago )I totally fell for collecting fashion magazines and wanted more pics of these amazing looking women(Along with Christy,Linda and Naomi).And Later Kate,she looked like me,she was a girl like me making it amongst all these women whose looks were totally unattainable for me.So,i love them all!

 

[OMIFAN9]

Shana by Ferre(1991). Photo Source:scanned by me

 

[Spiral1532]

A composite picture of the lookalikes Linda and Shana, wearing similar 1950s-style makeup.

radolgc.com and fmd1.com

 

[OMIFAN9]

Shana has more of a voluptuous look if you will,which is old Hollywood!

 

[OMIFAN9]

Darling Niki...
"The Great American Face" Mademoiselle 1990 by Paul Lange. Photo Source:scanned by me

 

[OMIFAN9]

Lovely Karen Alexander by Bensimon for Elle US 1990! Photo Source:scanned by me

 

[VickiB]

About Kate Moss.

First time I saw her I found her very ugly and I didn't understand why she was that hot. Now I think she's very photogenic and she really open doors to a new kind of model... The Dolly Aliens. I like both... dolly models and sexy woman models.

 

[Spiral1532]

Versace and his ladies

A post-show picture from Versace's "Animal Print" collection (Spring/Summer 1992).

From left to right:
Emma, Elaine, Cindy, Stephanie, Carla, Nikki, Gianni, Claudia, Naomi, Yasmeen, Nadege, Helena, Linda, Karen, Susan, and Beverly.

corbis.com

Ahhh, the good ol' days...

 

[VickiB]

Nadege is petite! cool pix!

 

[Spiral1532]

Another Versace S/S 1992 pic.
Beverly, Emma, and Susan.

corbis.com

 

[scriptgirl]

Emma and Beverly really fell off.

 

[Spiral1532]

Elaine sort of fell off too.
Though I think I recently saw her in an Almay commercial on tv. Not sure if it was her though. Kind of odd for her to be doing commercials for a makeup/skincare company. Isn't she pushing 40?

 

[scriptgirl]

She is pushing 40, but she is still bedazzling.

 

[hfgl]

^yes it was her and since her skin is still perfect and those ads are directed to women in her age range,i think she's perfect for them.

 

[Spiral1532]

Speaking of Emma...
Here she is at Chanel S/S 1991. This show was the first place that I ever saw her. I remember thinking, "Who's that?"
She stood out because her performance style on the runway was very flamboyant. In fact, she was always like that in most of the shows that she did.

mrose.nl

 

[hipswing]

i really like kate and still do, when i first saw her i was like like many cause she was the complete opposite to a glamazon but i got it and her. her rise to the top and her high status still in the industry makes sense to me. she is still very distinctive looking as long as she has no competition she will be around....as soon as we hear a new model is "the new kate" then she has to worry, the closest to kate was jodie kidd but kate was still superior and had more personality in her face. jodie didn't last kate did.

she had such a beautiful, innocent and fresh face that it didn't matter what her body was like and of course she was allowed to break one of the basic rules of becoming a model and that was her height. in the early days her skinniness was really highlighted and you could say exploited especially by calvin klein in that dodgy obsession ad where she is naked on a couch, she is made to look under age showing her waif naked body like a pre pubesent girl or even boy. it was irresponsible we all know this is a shallow industry always judging on looks, not many think about the meaning or the message. like that D&G ad with the male model holding a female model to the floor while other models look on wtf!!?? wrong! wrong! it may look good to D&G but what is the message? it can look like they are about to r*pe her. designers need to use their minds not just their eyes!! think please!

anyway back to kate....she did fill out and she suited many looks she was versatile and adapted well. the anti-supermodel that became a supermodel and a celebrity. the glamazon didn't disappear when the waif and grunge era came about cause glamour made a comeback and it was triggered when nadja went platinum, she became the most in demand supermodel. nadja was curvy and stauesque the opposite to kate but in the mid 90s there was room for both. kate may need more photoshop nowadays but its all good

didn't nadja set a new record in 1994 or was it in 1995? a record for having 4 international vogue covers for the same month? i think it was US, UK, Italia and French or was it German editions?? any nadja experts out there that can verify this? thanks!

i loved the fact in the mid 90s you had the top designers like gianni's and karls runway shows with the ol skool supermodels linda, naomi and helena, walking along side the newer girls like kate, shalom and amber. they embraced a wide variety of girls with different body shapes.