Vogue Model: The Faces of Fashion

by Robin Derrick (Editor), Robin Muir (Editor)

A stunning photographic history of the world's most beautiful and iconic women—the Vogue cover girls and supermodels—from past to present   Shining a light on the lives of Vogue 's fashion models, this collection uses photographs and illustrations from more than 90 years of history to tell the fascinating story of the real faces of fashion. Throughout history, these models have occupied a curious while their faces were instantly familiar, virtually nothing else was known about them. But their impression upon Vogue's readership has always been considerable—they reflect and represent the ever-changing ideal of beauty. The models of the 1950s are represented, such as Lisa Fonssagrives and Dorian Leigh, who were the first to become household names and to achieve the glamour and prestige that came with world fame. And of course there are plenty of stunning images of the supermodels of the 1990s who turned the profession into a billion-dollar industry, so that today models such as Kate Moss, Claudia Schiffer, and Gisele Bündchen are brand names.

Genres: Fashion, Photography, Nonfiction, Biography

352 pages, Hardcover

First published November 15, 2010

Reviews

[Ariadna73 · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked the majority of the photographs. A couple of them were a little weird, and two of the models were shocking to me. Not because they were not very beautiful girls, but because the way their image was taken advantage of: one was Gemma Ward, who in spite of being very beautiful, was undeniable very very sick when the pictures were taken. ¡Just look at the black bags under her lifeless eyes! The other one was Lily Cole, who is allegedly 16 when the pictures were taken, but she looks 9 at best. How in the world would a mother sell her daughter like that? I know money is important, but is it really that important in life?

The cover:

Audrey Marnay's washed face. Pretty :

24 yo Cindy Crawford:

A very sick Gema Ward:

Gema Ward:

Iman. Wow!:

Kate Moss:

Lyly Cole. Is this age legal?:

Naomi Campbell. No explanation needed:

Patty Hansen in 1976 (age 20) - The older the picture, the healthier the look:

[Beth · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an utmost necessity for anyone who has any interest on any level in fashion or in fact photography. Since any good model is nothing without a photographer with matching skill the
photographers are given good credit too. The greats such as Cecil Beaton and Tim Walker crop up regularly and the book really does go into detail about the behind the camera stuff which makes the picture come about. This all sounds deathly boring to anyone who isn't interested but it captivated me.

The Biographies - Not a butt-kissing drawn-out over the top list of of every reason why each model is brilliant. Up to now I thought models were spoilt rich pretty toys that lovely though they may be they're like THE toy to buy at christmas. Once you've had it for about a month you're done, it loses it shine and you move on. Models, I thought, were the Tamagotchi's of the fashion world.
But no! They climb mountains, skydive, run farms, marry

princes, become movie stars and run off to Caribbean islands with a surfer to run a bar. Crazy what these models do in their spare time. But then again crazy is what a lot of them are, Something that came up again and again was weird and wonderful quirks that models had which leads me onto......

The Insecurities- Turns out even models do have 'em. Anne Gunning for example had big hands, well so she thought and had such an issue she never brought unnecessary attention to them. Strange isn't it? Especially when airbrushing would have us believe that there is literally no imperfections. THERE ARE ,Thank the lord. I feel much less guilty eating this doughnut as I type.

The Photos- Gorgeous of course. In full technicolour(when possible) in such a large format you couldn't ask for more. The picks are exactly the ones that I thought worked, some models get a couple more than others. Mostly the ones that made the biggest impact in the fashion industry like Claudia Schiffer and Naomi Campbell.


To wrap it all up this is a gorgeous collection of the top models that you need to know to truly know the fashion industry. So well researched and so beautifully done that you just have to treasure it.