Lisa Taylor

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US Vogue August 1975

The New Ease for Fall... Pt.2




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Calvin Klein F/W 92-93



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Fortysomething Else!
By Alex Tresniowski

Lisa Taylor Goes from Supermodel to Role Model, Proving 40 Can Be Foxy

WHILE FLIPPING THROUGH A BOOK OF fashion photography last year, Lisa Taylor was overwhelmed by the young, flawless bodies. "All these raving beauties," she thought. "It's unfair that women feel bad about themselves because they're not this picture-perfect thing."

First Taylor, now 40, got mad, then she got even. In the 1970s she had been a top model herself, with about 25 magazine covers to her credit, as well as print ads for Clairol and Calvin Klein. After running into Klein at a New York City movie premiere last year, she told him what was on her mind. "The people who buy your clothes," she said, "aren't 20 years old, like your models."

Klein agreed. "Women do get more beautiful, and we hardly ever show that side," admits the designer, who promptly made the tanned, trim and still beautiful Taylor the focus of his splashy, new spring campaign. Since the ads debuted in March, Taylor has been making like George Foreman—minus, of course, the gargantuan appetite. She is mulling over offers that have poured in from manufacturers, retailers and designers, though she has not yet decided which to accept.

Curiously, modeling didn't originally appeal to Taylor, the Oyster Bay, N.Y.-born daughter of a textile-executive father and a housewife mother. When a model friend suggested that Lisa give it a whirl in the early '70s, Taylor says that her first reaction was, "Oh, God, I don't want to model!" But, at age 20, she needed money. Her father had cut off her allowance because she had dropped out of Boston's Pine Manor Junior College. So Taylor walked into Eileen Ford's office and signed on. "It was time for the all-American look—healthy, clean-scrubbed," says Taylor, who defined the new naturalism of the era that made stars out of fresh faces like Cheryl Tiegs. Taylor first modeled for Klein in 1975 and worked for him almost exclusively for the next five years—"until Brooke Shields came along," Taylor says. "Then it was her turn."

But even before Brooke came between her and Calvin, Taylor was ready for a change. When she turned 30, she decided to quit. "Before it was too late and they didn't want me anymore," she says. "I really wanted to take a look at life from another side." In 1980, Taylor fled New York City and moved to West Hollywood, where she lived off her savings and began volunteering at Los Angeles-area animal shelters. She also works now with a group that finds temporary homes for abused children and crack babies. "I've spent the last 10 years doing some real soul-searching," says Taylor. "And I've realized that there's a lot more to life than how you look."

In fact after spending her years in New York City partying at Studio 54 with Klein and his crowd, and getting involved with celebs such as tennis star John McEnroe and actor Tommy Lee Jones, Taylor found true love unexpectedly on a trip to Hawaii in 1989. Through a friend, she met investment banker Ellis Jones, now 38, and, she says, "it was just about love at first sight." They were married that November. The couple live in a single-story Beverly Hills house and hope to have a baby eventually. For now, though, Taylor is concentrating on breaking the age barrier in modeling: "I have the feeling I'll look back and say, 'This is what started something great.' "

The proof is in the posing. "Lisa communicates a self-confidence that's very real," says Klein. Taylor agrees. "I feel better than I did when I was 20," she says. "More secure, more stable in my life. Just stronger in almost every way." She stays trim by playing golf with her husband, plus daily stretching, exercising on the Stairmaster and sprinting with the dogs. "Nervous energy keeps the weight down," says the 5'9" Taylor, who has never owned a scale (best guess: 135 lbs.). And except for shoots, she wears little makeup. "Lines don't make you look old," she says. "How you feel about them does. Just look at Jessica Tandy's smile. You can tell she's proud of the way she looks. That comes with wisdom, and wisdom is more important than a wrinkle or two around your eyes."

ALEX TRESNIOWSKI
LOIS ARMSTRONG in Los Angeles
June 1992

Courtesy People Archive (people.com)

 

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US Vogue February 1975

New Turn On a Classic Pt.1
Richard Avedon Models Rene Russo, Lauren Hutton, Lisa Taylor, Marisa Berenson, Margaux Hemingway, Jerry Hall, Laura Alvarez,
Aurore Clément & Beverly Johnson Hair Rick Gillette Makeup Rick Gillette & Sandy Linter

 

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US Vogue February 1975

New Turn On a Classic Pt.2




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US Vogue September 1975

The American Look at the Super, Dashing Best - Our Key Choices in The New York Collections Pt.1
Photo Duane Michals Models Lisa Taylor, Chris Royer, Rosie Vela, Melanie Cain, Sara Kapp, Regine Jaffry & Unknowns Hair Harry King Makeup Sandy Linter

 

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US Vogue September 1975

The American Look at the Super, Dashing Best - Our Key Choices in The New York Collections Pt.2



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US Vogue September 1975

Beauty Now / Beauty With a Conscience
Photo Arthur Elgort & Francesco Scavullo Models Lisa Taylor, Rosie Vela, Beverly Johnson, Chris Royer, Melaine Cain & Unknown Hair Harry King Makeup Sandy Linter, Way Bandy & Joey Mills



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US Vogue September 1975

The Looks American Women Love Most - This-year Versions and How To Wear Them Pt.1
Photo Arthur Elgort Models Rosie Vela, Lisa Taylor, Beverly Johnson & Melanie Cain Hair Harry King Makeup Sandy Linter

 

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US Vogue September 1975

The Looks American Women Love Most - This-year Versions and How To Wear Them Pt.2




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Lisa is the ultimate combination of sporty and sexy, which is the quintessential American look,” says Michael Kors, who wrote a tribute to her in Vogue in May explaining how a 1976 photo of Taylor inspired him to become a designer.

US Vogue October 1976
Photographer: Arthur Elgort


source | habituallychic.blogspot.com

 

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Such a great iconic photo of Lisa Taylor! Thanks for posting, MMA!

 

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US Vogue March 1974

Go for Charm: The Key Pieces - How You Wear Them, What You Wear Them With
Photo Arthur Elgort Models Lisa Taylor, Shelley Smith, Anne Holbrook, Cheryl Tiegs & Unknown Hair Suga & Rick Gillette Makeup Way Bandy & Rick Gillette



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US Vogue September 1980

Style... and Something More The Ket Looks from Four Key New York Collections Pt.1
Photo Denis Piel Models Carol Alt, Catherine Oxenberg, Kelly LeBrock, Lisa Taylor, Lisa Vale, Unknown, Eva Voorhees, Gia Carangi & Kelly Emberg Hair Harry King Makeup Alberto Fava

 

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Style... and Something More The Ket Looks from Four Key New York Collections Pt.2



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Calvin Klein Jeans Fall/Winter 1980



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US Vogue October 1980

Casual: Better Than Ever
Photo Andrea Blanch Models Jane Gill, Shiela Johnson, Lisa Taylor, Terri May, Kelly LeBrock & Kim Alexis Hair Edward Tricomi, Bob Fink & Alex Hilliard Makeup Rex & Sophie Levy




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US Vogue March 1977

Beauty / New Focus On...a Smile
Photo Arhtur Elgort & Joyce Ravid Models Patti Hansen, Lisa Cooper & Lisa Taylor Hair Christiaan Makeup Way Bandy


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US Vogue July 1975

The First Clothes You'll Want for Fall
Photo Kourken Pakchanian Models Shelley Smith, Charly Stember, Yasmine Sokal, Lisa Taylor & Unknown Hair & Makeup Rick Gillette


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Design That!

US Vogue July 1975
Models Lisa Taylor & Unknown


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