Word: supermodels
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...From supermodel Suzy Parker in the 1950s to Christie Brinkley in the early 1980s, fair-skinned models used to dominate advertising. Most ad experts trace the change to Europe, where couturiers, notably Givenchy, began employing black women as runway models. The French fashion magazine Elle helped pioneer the polyethnic look in its editorial pages, then exported the philosophy to America when it launched a U.S. edition four years ago. (Catherine Alain- Bernard, fashion and beauty editor of the French Elle, says her magazine still gets a few letters from people complaining about black models and "giving jobs to immigrants...
...more than a glib question, for 9 1/2 Weeks, the movie everyone is purportedly talking about, has got to be the most torporific cinematic experience in recent memory. And one can thank Adrian Lyne for making the impossible happen: turning a potentially torrid sado-masochistic relationship between a beautiful supermodel (Kim Basinger) and a stud actor (Mickey Rourke) into an emotional and sexual wasteland...
BORN. To Jerry Hall, 29, Texas-tall (5 ft. 10 1/2 in.) supermodel; and Mick Jagger, 42, durable lead singer of the Rolling Stones; their second child, a son; in New York City. Weight: 7 lbs. Jagger already has three daughters --Elizabeth Scarlett, 18 months, by Hall; Karis, 14, by American Singer Marsha Hunt; and Jade, 13, by ex-Wife Bianca Jagger...
...Europe, she has already appeared in her new guise as a supersalaried (reportedly $7,000 to $10,000 for a standard photo session) fashion supermodel. It seems like a retake of some 35 years ago, when her mother, Grace Kelly, was a model before becoming a movie star. She projected a serene, society-page sexiness. Stephanie has a contem- porary appeal: athletic, funky, challenging. She has been a mannequin only a few months, but she is on the cusp of signing a hefty contract with the Italian designer Enrico Coveri (exact figures to be publicized only when...
MARRIED. Christie Brinkley, 31, supermodel; and Billy Joel, 35, supersinger- songwriter (newest album: Innocent Man); both for the second time; in New York City...