Pat Cleveland

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Vogue Italia September 2020

Pat Cleveland, model, born in 1950 in New York One of the first African-American models to conquer the fashion system, Pat Cleveland upsets the Sixties fashion with her rebellious hair and her unique features. Magnetic and expressive interpreter, protagonist of famous author's shots, she was Franco Moschino's muse in the Eighties, inspiring Karl Lagerfeld, Yves Saint Laurent and Oscar de la Renta among others.

Pat Cleveland, model, 1950, New YorkAmong the first African-American models to conquer the fashion system, Pat Cleveland shocked the fashion panorama of the Sixties with her rebellious hair and her unique features. Magnetic and expressive and protagonist of famous author's shots, she was Franco Moschino's muse in the Eighties, also inspiring Karl Lagerfeld, Yves Saint Laurent and Oscar de la Renta, among others.

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US Vogue April 1st, 1970
"Vogue's Own Boutique of Suggestions, Finds and Observations"
Models: Pat Cleveland, Grace Coddington, Mary Russell & Marisa Berenson
Photographers: Jack Robinson, Anthony Horth & Berry Berenson




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Happy Birthday, Pat Cleveland! Celebrating the Supermodel’s Iconic Beauty Moments

photo source: © Photographed by Irving Penn, Vogue, November 1972

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photo source:© Photographed by Irving Penn, Vogue, February 1971

Born Jun 23 in New York, NY


"I knew I’d never have Grace Kelly’s little nose or Rita Hayworth's figure," writes Pat Cleveland in her memoir Walking with the Muses. "But I could have bright red lips, lots of hair, and a job with Halston."

Since being discovered on a subway platform by then Vogue fashion editor Carrie Donovan in 1966, the Harlem-born supermodel has spent her decades-long career breaking boundaries. Not just as a Black woman in a predominantly white industry, but as a beauty whose talent and charisma made her different. Her distinctive facial features—namely, her aquiline nose and sculptural bone structure—proved to be a makeup artist's dream. From learning the tricks of the trade at a young age from her aunt who was a dancer, to being on high-concept sets with the likes of Steven Meisel and Karl Lagerfeld in Paris, Cleveland always loved to stoke the imagination with vivid, cut-crease smoky eyes, glossy crimson lips, and streaks of blush that dramatically played off her pyramid-esque cheekbones. And while her brushed out spirals worn loose were always something to marvel at, when she slicked back her lengths into a taut low knot (a precursor to Sade's scraped-back rope braids), it further accentuated her above-neck theatrics, as well as her famously lithe silhouette.

In honor of Cleveland's 71st birthday, a look back at the striking beauty that cemented her status as one of the fashion world's most beloved renegades.

photo source: www.crfashionbook.com

photo sources: © Photo: Getty Images

 

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US L'Officiel Fall 2021

American Beauty

Photography: Deirdre Lewis
Styling: Mecca James-Williams
Hair: Junya Nakashima
Makeup: Kuma
Model: Pat Cleveland




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L'Officiel Chile December 2021

 

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V Magazine #V144 Fall 2023

HEROES: PAT CLEVELAND
Photography: Nick Thompson
Styling: Oliver Volquardsen
Hair: Paula McCash
Make-up: Joey Choy
Model: Pat Cleveland



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Esquire April 1973
Rags By the Trade; Girls by: Antonio
Photo Juan Ramos
Subject Antonio Lopez
Models Donna Jordan, Pat Cleveland, Eija


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