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Eternal Nineties exhibition pays homage to the era of the supermodel

February 26, 2022/0.00

Above, from top: Sylvie Castioni: Dans les draps de Léa Seydoux, 2010. Jacques Burga: Valentina Hites, 2021. Pierre-Alban Hüe de Fontenay: Margot, rue de la Croix Nivert, 2019. Jacques Burga: Charlotte Lawrence, 2021.   Running from February 26 to March 9, 2022, Galerie Duret in Paris (7bis rue des Saints-Pères, 75006) is paying tribute to […]

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Hervé L. Leroux, creator of the Hervé Léger label, passes away aged 60

October 7, 2017/23.14

Hervé L. Leroux, via Instagram Above: Hervé L. Leroux (right) photographed with fashion designer Dodo Bar Or. Fashion designer Hervé L. Leroux (born Hervé Peugnet), who created the bandage wrap dress in the 1990s and the label Hervé Léger, has passed away, aged 60, with Vogue breaking the news.    Born in Bapaume, France, Peugnet […]

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From supermodels to film: celebrating the work of Peter Lindbergh at Kunsthal Rotterdam

June 16, 2016/13.41

Top: An image that kicked off the 1990s, with supermodels Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Tatjana Patitz, Christy Turlington and Cindy Crawford in New York, appearing on the cover of British Vogue in January 1990. Copyright ©1990 by Peter Lindbergh (courtesy of Peter Lindbergh, Paris/Gagosian Gallery). Centre: Wild at Heart, with Cindy Crawford, Tatjana Patitz, Helena […]

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Manfred Baumann re-creates classic Herb Ritts supermodel shot with five Miss Austrias

May 22, 2012/10.11

Manfred Baumann As a tribute to Herb Ritts, and to commemorate the 10th anniversary of his passing, photographer Manfred Baumann has re-created a famous portrait, originally featuring supermodels Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Tatjana Patitz, Stephanie Seymour, and Christy Turlington.    Baumann has photographed five former Miss Austrias from between 2000 and 2009 in a similar […]

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Kate Upton is the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover model for 2012

February 13, 2012/22.56

Walter Iooss, Jr Nineteen-year-old Kate Upton has been revealed as the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover model for 2012.    The 5 ft 10 in Michigan-born, Florida-raised model is best known for her Guess! jeans advertisements.    The cover was shot by Walter Iooss, Jr in Australia, and was first revealed on CBS’s The Late […]

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Forbes announces 2010’s top-earning models: Gisèle leads again

May 14, 2010/3.59

Forbes has announced its table of the world’s top-earning models for 2010, with supermodel Gisèle Bündchen (left, pictured for Hope Lingerie) heading the list at US$25 million, the same figure as last year.    The rankings were little changed from 2009 and the top five placeholders were the same, save for some differences in the […]

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Forbes releases 2009 list of world’s top-earning models and supermodels

May 28, 2009/12.26

Above: Doutzen Kroes remains in fifth place in 2009, with US$6 million earned between June 2008 and June 2009, says Forbes. Forbes this week released its list of the world’s top earning models, estimating their income earned between June 2008 and June 2009.    The magazine notes that the recession has hit earnings. While Gisèle […]

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Claudia Schiffer next with beauty line?

January 4, 2009/11.28

Yet another supermodel might be launching a cosmetics’ range: Britain’s Daily Mail tabloid says Claudia Schiffer is planning a line for the summer, to sell alongside a jewellery range that bears her name.    Both Cindy Crawford and Elle Macpherson, Schiffer’s supermodel contemporaries from the 1980s and 1990s, have beauty ranges that they endorse.   […]

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