Carmen Dell'Orefice

[ForChicSake]

STEPHANE ROLLAND COUTURE 2012

bew.com.pl

 

[EnVogueLove]

daylife

 

[Miss Dalloway]

^ Thanks for posting, simply chic, and stunning.

 

[coco vaughn]

this woman is incredibly stunning and elegant wow

 

[Mirik]

HELLO UK 20 June 2011 ebook30

 

[Mirik]

Marie Claire Ukraine July 2011 ebook30

 

[Mirik]

V Spain No. 7 Winter 2010- 2011 ebook30
Carmen Dell'Orefice by Glen Luchford

 

[MagFan]

 

[Mirik]

Glamour France September 2011 ebook30

 

[Larek]

Le figaro

 

[tigerrouge]

Carmen talks about why she's still working (dailymail.co.uk

'Madoff stole my life savings': Why the world’s oldest supermodel, 80, had to go back to work

With her first Vogue cover at age 15, a modelling career spanning over six decades and once posing for Salvador Dali, you wouldn't expect Carmen Dell' Orefice would have to work for a living. But the 80-year-old has admitted she still needs the money - after depositing her life savings with Bernie Madoff.

Now the grey-haired beauty has to contend with problems not normally associated with a glamourous life of catwalks and photo shoots - including arthritis in her hips and a beard she has to 'pluck every day.'

The New York-born verteran model is currently the subject of an exhibition at The Royal College of Fashion after her friend and illustrator David Downton convinced her to dig out old pictures from under her bed. The show, open to the public next week, features iconic images by Cecil Beaton, Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Norman Parkinson, Horst P Horst and Lillian Bassman.

And her secret to youth? Good bone-structure, self-discipline - and shots of silicone. Her age-defying looks continue to earn her work, including a campaign with Rolex and catwalk appearances during last season's Fashion Week.

And it seems she needs the money, facing the prospect of being evicted from her home. She told The Telegraph: 'The banks always want something. They're deciding now whether or not to shovel me out of my little apartment.'

Carmen, who reportedly lost her money in the stock market in the 1990's, invested what little she had left with Madoff, who swindled thousands out of an estimated $50bn with a Ponzi scheme. She was introduced to the former Wall Street financial expert by her then-boyfriend Norman Levy. She and Madoff were close friends until the scheme came to light in 2008. At the time, she said:'For the second time in my life, I’ve lost all of my life savings.'

But the model is still optimistic, despite celebrating her 80th birthday this year. Carmen told The Telegraph: 'I'm a working woman of 80 trying to work out what the image I can project is. How I can do it with, you know, dignity.'

Luckily for Carmen, she has always adopted a frugal attitude and admits to making her own clothes in the past. Despite retiring twice, Carmen, who married and divorced three times, can't seem to stay away from the fashion industry.

But she insists she is no feminist: 'I never wanted to be part of any kind of movement - and if you're over a certain age, you better keep your bra on because nothing's worse than saggy duds.

'Women have it harder than ever now because they've changed the dialogue, and men don't know what to do when they can't marry their mothers.'

CARMEN: A Life in Fashion opens at the Fashion Space Gallery: London College of Fashion, running between 16 November – 14 January 2012, 20 John Princes Street, W1G 0BJ.

 

[agee]

Amica Italia December 2011
Model: Carmen Dell'Orefice
Photographer: Chris Craymer
Stylist: Ise White
Make-Up: Rie Omoto
Hair: Raymond McLaren






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[agee]

Amica Italia December 2011
I Madden Rock
Models: Carmen Dell'Orefice, Daiane Conterato, Grace G and Matthew Avedon
Photographer: Chris Craymer
Stylist: Ise White
Make-Up: Rie Omoto
Hair: Raymond McLaren







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[kokobombon]

Rouge FW 2012
Photos by Urko Suaya



my scans

 

[AriLove]

terrysdiary

 

[AD011620]

this woman is a living masterpiece;-) She is just ridiculously amazing....

 

[Miss Dalloway]

She truly is, but wow being shot by Richardson? Wonder for what mag that was! Anyone recognize the guy she is kissing?

 

[coco vaughn]

^ he listed as 'Sergio K.' at terrysdiary.

i bet it's gonna be a great ed... in case it will be an ed by Terry.

 

[Stellar Tenement]

She's going to be appearing in an HBO documentary called About Face: The Supermodels, Then and Now, which will air on Monday.

There's an NY Times article about it with a picture of her here.

If anybody here sees it, I'd like to know what you thought.

 

[LittleMsSunshine]