Penelope Tree

[MagFan]

Penelope Tree, Beguiling the Camera Again

YES, the model you see in the new spring campaign for Barneys New York is not your conventional spring chicken. She is Penelope Tree, the blue-blooded model who became famous in the 1960s as muse to David Bailey and Diana Vreeland but who, apart from a few isolated cases, has avoided the camera in the ensuing decades.
And how is it that Ms. Tree, whose extraterrestrial appearance and painted eyelashes made her a symbol of her era, has wound up doing catalog work? Well, it wasn’t easy to persuade her. “My first reaction was to run for the hills!” Ms. Tree wrote in an e-mail message from Cambodia, where she was working with the nonprofit group Lotus Outreach to help exploited women and children.
Ms. Tree’s brief life as a model was a difficult one. Her fashion career took off, as legend goes, after her sensational appearance at Truman Capote’s Black and White Ball in 1966. She was a supermodel and Vreeland favorite at Vogue until a skin ailment left her with facial scars that ended her career. Her relationship with Mr. Bailey ended shortly thereafter.
After Barneys had a big hit with a campaign starring Carine Roitfeld last fall, Dennis Freedman, the creative director, said he was looking for another model with impact. When Ms. Tree happened to attend a party at the store for a new Vreeland book, Mr. Freedman approached her.
“If you think about it,” he said, “there are not too many people in the world who inspired Dick Avedon, Diane Arbus, Cecil Beaton, David Bailey, Diana Vreeland and John Lennon.”
In the resulting images by Mario Sorrenti and a behind-the-scenes video, Ms. Tree appears wearing the latest Haider Ackermann, as well as a double-breasted Margiela dress and a jacket and blouse from Ann Demeulemeester. Barneys selected the clothes, she said.
“I’ve loved clothes and fashion as long as I can remember, and I’m pretty sure that will be true until almost my last gasp,” Ms. Tree said. After the insecurity she felt in her younger years, I wondered if it got easier.
“The good thing about reaching your 60s is that you have to let go to a certain extent,” she said. “Otherwise you’d be a basket case.”

nytimes.com

behind the scenes video > http://thewindow.barneys.com/video-behind-the-scenes-with-penelope-tree/

 

[MulletProof]

She looks like she could be related to Kim Gordon with that styling.

Ahh.. I wish I look like that when I'm 60.. or like she did in her 20s.. NOW .. she's fab, it's a shame she experienced so much insecurity in her life, people criticise how ruthless fashion has 'become' when it's probably only gotten better thanks to the difficulty to sweep things under the rug.. judging by her story, it wasn't that different 40 years ago.

Thanks for sharing that, MagFan.

 

[Carrme]

Beautiful and refreshing photos! Good for her

 

[lady stardust]

ebay,com, devocanada

 

[lady stardust]

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[justaguy]

US Vogue January 15, 1970

A New Way of Walking
Ph: Bergstrom
Model: Joan Whitney Meyer; Shawn Ryan; Penelope Tree; Cecile de Forey; Sharon Harts

http://postimg.cc/image/637ugao0f/
Scans by kelles

 

[justaguy]

US Vogue January 15, 1970

The Bikini Life In Hawaii
Ph: David Bailey
Models: Jean Shrimpton; Penelope Tree
Hair; Suga



Scans by kelles

 

[justaguy]

The Bikini Life In Hawaii Pt.2

http://postimg.cc/image/j08lytfkf/

Scans by kelles

 

[justaguy]

Vogue Italia July 1970

Moda-Squaw Per Penelope Tree
Photo David Bailey
Model Penelope Tree
Hair Aldo Coppola & Sandali
Makeup Sioux




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[justaguy]

US Vogue November 1, 1967

Twiggy, Penelope, Jean & Samantha Pt.1
Photo Richard Avedon
Models Twiggy, Penelope Tree, Jean Shrimpton & Samantha Jones
Hair Ara Gallant

 

[justaguy]

Twiggy, Penelope, Jean & Samantha Pt.2



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[justaguy]

Vogue Italia January 1979

Se Ne Parla da New York: Richard Avedon Fotografie 1947-1977
Photo Richard Avedon
By Susan Sontag
Cast Twiggy, Veruschka, Penelope Tree, Marella Agnelli, Dovima & June Leaf




My scans

 

[lady stardust]

OMG that Vogue Italy 1970 David Bailey editorial...
I'm speechless it's soo good!

 

[justaguy]

US Vogue January 1, 1971

Jumpsuits
Photo David Bailey
Models Penelope Tree & Ingrid Boulting


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[justaguy]

US Vogue August 1, 1969

Penelope Tree... Hey There, Fringy Girl
Photo Richard Avedon
Model Penelope Tree



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[justaguy]

US Vogue March 15, 1968

Two Girls In Paris: The Twig and The Tree Pt.1
Photo Richard Avedon
Models Twiggy & Penelope Tree
Hair Ara Gallant

 

[justaguy]

Two Girls In Paris: The Twig and The Tree Pt.2

 

[justaguy]

Two Girls In Paris: The Twig and The Tree Pt.3



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[justaguy]

US Vogue April 1, 1968

Fantasy Hair
Photo Richard Avedon
Models Twiggy & Penelope Tree
Hair Ara Gallant


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[justaguy]

US Vogue March 1, 1968

The Accessories Game
Photo Bert Stern
Models Editha Dussler & Penelope Tree
Hair Suga & Marc Sinclaire



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