Rachel Williams

US Vogue November 1987
High Frequency Furs
Photographer: Sheila Metzner
Models: Monika Schnarre & Rachel Williams
Hair: Orlando Raphael
Makeup: Lydia Synder
Manicure: Scott Hill




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US Vogue April 1987

heat waves
Ph: Arthur Elgort
Model: Stephanie Seymour; Rachel Williams
Hair: Sam McKnight
Makeup: Bobbi Brown

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Vogue Germany August 1988


Model: Rachel Williams
Photographer: Eric Boman


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VOGUE ITALIA FEB. 2017
'The Polaroid Issue'
Ph: Steven Klein
Stylist: Patti Wilson
Hair: Ward
Makeup: Sammy Mourabit
Nails: Honey
Set Design: Andrea Stanley



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US Vogue August 1988
"Another Kind of Beauty"
Models: Estelle Lefebure, Karen Alexander, Rachel Williams, Linda Evangelista, Tatjana Patitz & Christy Turlington
Photographer: Peter Lindbergh
Stylist: Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele
Hair: Julien d'Ys
Makeup: Stéphane Marais



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This is a long-shot but I've been looking for a photo for over six months (have a number of posts about it here on tFS) and the one model who I keep thinking it is...Rachel Williams.

If anyone amazingly recognizes my description below, please let me know!

As best I can remember, the model had roughly shoulder-length dirty to light blonde hair. I believe she was sitting on a beach or sand dune, with her feet a little lower than the rest of her body and her arms maybe resting in her lap or between her legs. She was wearing I guess what would be called a white peasant blouse/dress (I think it laced-up in the upper part). Either bare feet, or probably sandals of some kind.

But, the most noticeable part - she is wearing maybe 20 white and silver bangles on each arm. Maybe that will ring a bell with someone.

It is almost certainly from an American fashion magazine - possibly from Elle 1989-1991 as these are the most prominent (in my mind) issues that I haven't been able to look at so far (I've looked at maybe 800 so far).
 
This is a long-shot but I've been looking for a photo for over six months (have a number of posts about it here on tFS) and the one model who I keep thinking it is...Rachel Williams.

If anyone amazingly recognizes my description below, please let me know!

As best I can remember, the model had roughly shoulder-length dirty to light blonde hair. I believe she was sitting on a beach or sand dune, with her feet a little lower than the rest of her body and her arms maybe resting in her lap or between her legs. She was wearing I guess what would be called a white peasant blouse/dress (I think it laced-up in the upper part). Either bare feet, or probably sandals of some kind.

But, the most noticeable part - she is wearing maybe 20 white and silver bangles on each arm. Maybe that will ring a bell with someone.

It is almost certainly from an American fashion magazine - possibly from Elle 1989-1991 as these are the most prominent (in my mind) issues that I haven't been able to look at so far (I've looked at maybe 800 so far).

Are you definitely sure it's Rachel? I've quite a big collection and I couldn't find one that matched that description. Are you sure you're not thinking of Ashley Richardson or Michelle Eabry?
 
Are you definitely sure it's Rachel? I've quite a big collection and I couldn't find one that matched that description. Are you sure you're not thinking of Ashley Richardson or Michelle Eabry?

Thanks for your reply - I just looked at pictures of Michelle Eabry and am pretty sure it's not her. Ashley Richardson looks like a closer fit but I think there's only a small chance it's her. So, get this, I'm looking at Ashley Richardson photos on Pinterest and there are "More Ideas" at the bottom and I see one photo that I'm presuming is Ashley (and looks like the model I'm looking for), but it turns out that it's Rachel...(see below)

But, I'm far from sure it's Rachel (but still looks more like her than anyone else) - I might try to look around on tFS and do some searches on Ashley to see what turns up. It's been so long I just can't remember what magazine this was from and I never knew who the model was to begin with.

I can't believe how hard this one is to find. I almost think I imagined it and it doesn't really exist...

It's gotten to the point I might even have to go through Glamour from 1989-1995...

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I'd also take a look at Estelle Lefebure - she was big during the time frame you specify.

I have 1500+ photos of Ashley. I looked through them but couldn't find anything that fits your beach description.

This same thing happened to me a few years ago. Worryingly, when I did finally find the picture (by sheer accident) the details I had conjured in my mind to try and recall it differed from what they actually were. Time and memory are funny things and they often choose to remember things quite differently to how they actually were. Just saying.

Anyway, I'll look out for your photo.
 
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I'd also take a look at Estelle Lefebure - she was big during the time frame you specify.

I have 1500+ photos of Ashley. I looked through them but couldn't find anything that fits your beach description.

This same thing happened to me a few years ago. Worryingly, when I did finally find the picture (by sheer accident) the details I had conjured in my mind to try and recall it differed from what they actually were. Time and memory are funny things and they often choose to remember things quite differently to how they actually were. Just saying.

Anyway, I'll look out for your photo.

Estelle Lefebure is at least a possibility - these models can look so different from one shoot to the next.

I hear you on things might not being exactly the same as one remembers. If I do end up finding my photo (big if at this point), I think the details that I remember in the photo itself are going to be pretty good.

Where it has been complicated are other memories that I have. This is the only photo from my previous (maybe 45 photos at the most) physical collection that was among my very favorites that I have been unable to find - and paradoxically, I remember the most about it. For instance, I remember I collected this one when I hadn't added anything for awhile and I have a pretty good recollection of what the style of the Table of Contents looked like (I think it was turn of the decade 80's-90's Harper's Bazaar). But, this is where it's at least possible I'm confusing that particular memory with something else - because I've extensively used Table of Contents in my search and have come up empty. And when I look at the actual photography from Harper's Bazaar its glossiness stands out and doesn't fit with ANY photo that I've ever collected. I also thought it might be in Elle but I have another photo from Elle January 1993 that kind of stood on its own as far as nothing else collected at about the same time so it's possible that is a memory mixed with that. The most significant magazines that I haven't looked at are Elle 1989-1991 - I was looking at January 1989 Table of Contents today and considering this as a possibility (although to be honest, this doesn't feel quite right to me). Rachel is on this cover so that's what got me thinking about her today.upload_2019-4-4_18-52-21.png
 
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Elle France, 19th June 1987. Photographed by Marc Hispard.

I like that photo - I might consider that in my future presentation (currently thinking of calling it "Bold Bracelets - the 27 BEST"). I was already thinking of having a community involvement segment of this so maybe I would add 3 or even 6 more if people somehow had any interest in this. But I can't do this never-ever-done-before countdown (I will reveal selections over time in reverse order from #27 to #1...but all this really belongs in another thread)

In any event, not the photo. At the very earliest, I think we are talking January 1989 and it's in either an American magazine or small-chance something from the UK (because I know it was in English).

If you respond, probably better to do in the "Vintage Scan Wish Lists" thread from "Vintage Magazines" - since this is getting a lot broader than Rachel...
 
Vogue Italia June 1989
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"Body Painting"
Model: Rachel Williams
Photographer: Steven Meisel
Hair: Oribe
Makeup: François Nars




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Vogue Italia April 1987 (2)
"America: Nuove Frontiere della Moda - I Giovani dello Stilismo Presentano..."
Model: Rachel Williams
Photographer: Mario Testino
Hair: Layla d'Angelo
Makeup: Craig Gadson





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US Vogue May 1993

White Mischief
Photographer: Helmut Newton
Fashion Editor: Grace Coddington
Hair Styling: Didier Malige
Makeup: Brigitte Reiss-Andersen
Models: Rachel Williams, Kristen McMenamy and Eva Herzigová


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US Vogue August 1988
"Another Kind of Beauty"
Models: Estelle Lefébure, Karen Alexander, Rachel Williams, Linda Evangelista, Tatjana Patitz & Christy Turlington
Photographer: Peter Lindbergh
Stylist: Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele
Hair: Julien d'Ys
Makeup: Stéphane Marais




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US Vogue August 1988
"Look Changers"

Models: Stephanie Seymour, Cordula Reyer & Rachel Williams
Photographer: Wayne Maser
Hair: Madeleine Cofano & Didier Malige
Makeup: Margaret Avery & François Nars











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