Linda Evangelista

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thanks Vogue 28

 

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Linda Evangelista Holiday Monaco

http://krasaonline.com.ua/stati/moda/linda-evangelista-otdyhaet-v-monako.html

 

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Interview September 2013

 

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Quote:
INTERVIEW: Did you ever keep a diary during your early days as a model?

LINDA EVANGELISTA: I used to keep a diary in the beginning. I had my agenda with my appointments in it, and used to put Polaroids in there from the shoot and make a note. That lasted a couple of years. When my son was born, I thought, I will never forget this moment, and I thought that every day after. And recently he asked me, "When did I lose my first tooth?" And I said, "I don't remember." [laughs]

INTERVIEW: So you're not planning to write a memoir anytime soon.

EVANGELISTA: To do that, I would have to ask people about what the hell went down.

INTERVIEW: But you must remember starting out and all of the work it took to get to the top.

EVANGELISTA: I remember doing the rounds of go-sees in New York with Elite. I remember meeting John Casablancas, who I adored.

INTERVIEW: In his obituary, he was quoted as saying that you were the only model who ever thanked him for helping her become such a big success.

EVANGELISTA: That's so sad. We butted heads a few times, but he's right. I'm not self-made. I can't take full credit for where I am today. There have been so many people behind me—supporting me, pushing me, advising me, guiding me. I didn't get here on my own.

INTERVIEW: How did you first get into modeling?

EVANGELISTA: I took a modeling course in my hometown, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. It was sort of a scam. In order to work as a model, you had to pay for the classes. My mom paid for me. They sent me there at 16, and I was chosen by a Japanese agency to go over to Japan for the summer to work. My parents were strict Italians who didn't let me go out past 10 o'clock, and I had to choose between going out Friday or Saturday night and was not allowed to have a boyfriend. But they said okay. I got there and it was a catastrophe. They wanted me to take my clothes off and shoot me naked. It was a nightmare and I panicked and basically the Canadian Embassy helped me out. I was there about two days and went home, saying, "I don't want anything to do with this ever again." But how I got my start was that my modeling agency insisted I enter the Miss Teen Niagara Pageant.

INTERVIEW: Like a beauty pageant, with a swimsuit competition and a segment where you're forced to give a speech about bettering humanity?

EVANGELISTA: Yes, all of that stuff. It was a full-on pageant. I wore a gown that my friend Christina made for me. I didn't even place, but a scout from Elite who had found Kim Alexis and Dawn Gallagher was there and he gave me his card. I had finished early from high school and didn't have much to do before going off to college, so my mom suggested I call him. I did, he took pictures of me, sent them off to New York, and New York wanted to meet me. That's when I met John Casablancas. He said I looked like Joan Severance. I said, "What?" I knew exactly who she was. I had her up on my walls.

INTERVIEW: Did you do well in New York?

EVANGELISTA: New York kept me around for about a month—I did, like, eight or ten go-sees a day to see if someone would test me. A few did but nothing really happened there so they sent me to Paris. I went with a bunch of models. We stayed at L'Hotel rue des Beaux-Arts, the one where Oscar Wilde died. We all got bed bugs there. My mom said that she would pay the extra money to go into the Hotel La Louisiane. Those were the two hotels where all the young models stayed.

INTERVIEW: Was it a stressful trip because you knew you had to land some jobs or get sent packing?

EVANGELISTA: Well, I ended up getting work. I got catalogs and a couple of editorials, but it was three years in the making. I wasn't an overnight success. I didn't dream higher than what I was doing. I just felt fulfilled that I was working and doing things and being paid for it. I never imagined Vogue or doing Versace. I didn't think I qualified for that. [laughs]

INTERVIEW: You probably just thought, I'll do this for a little while before moving on with my life.

EVANGELISTA: I was told it would last about three years—that's what the agents told you. A good career was three years.

interviewmagazine.com

 

[michelabella]

Shes just too epic, love reading her interviewws.

 

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Linda in a @jonathansimkhai silk jumpsuit @nytimesfashion #lindaevangelista

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LOEWE : Aura

http://t.co/eUpCrRZwIn

 

[michelabella]

Great to see her in a new fragrance campaign

 

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Loewe
Loewe Aura Fragrance F/W 13

models.com

 

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perfumesloewe.com

 

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Ann Taylor store 50 Year Anniversary, Fall 2004 catalog featuring top model Linda Evangelista

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V MAGAZINE #85 FALL 2013
Linda interviewed by Carlyne Cerf De Dudzeele

scans by Mat Cyruss

 

[michelabella]

Thank you for the linda and meisel perfection.

 

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We're counting down to our 50th anniversary grand celebration with our favorite fashion moments from The Limited! Iconic supermodel Linda Evangelista shopping the streets of Italy in our store signage from 1994!Thumbsup

instagram.com/thelimited

 

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INTERVIEW SEPTEMBER 2013 BY MERT & MARCUS
Peter Lindbergh Interview

2magnament.com

 

[justaguy]

Vogue Italia May 1994

Cyber Chic
Photo Steven Meisel
Editor Joe McKenna
Model Linda Evangelista
Hair Garren
Makeup Denise Markey



Scans by VS

 

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Peter Lindbergh Exhibition at Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld Gallery

Model Linda Evangelista and photographer Peter Lindbergh attend the Peter Lindbergh exhibition at Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld Gallery on September 7, 2013 in New York City.

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[michelabella]

The best part was all the other models posing in front of HER picture.

 

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Linda Evangelista - Gianni Versace Spring/Summer 1992

http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/v...ars-seven-looks-in-the-news-footage/176706155