The Greatest of All Time: Christy, Cindy, Linda, Naomi Cover Vogue US & UK September 2023

The Greatest of All Time: Christy, Cindy, Linda, Naomi Cover Vogue US & UK September 2023 AOC Fashion

Gathering before their Apple TV+ four-part documentary Vogue US and British Vogue’s September 2023 issues honor ‘The Greatest of All Time’ models, the ‘Supersonic Supers’. The interviews and shoot predated the SAG-AFTRA strike.

Sally Singer writes about those two days in May in ‘Linda, Cindy, Christy, Naomi! The Iconic Supers Open Up About Their Fabulous Then—and Now’.

British Vogue EIC Edward Enninful styles the fashion story with supers Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista, and Naomi Campbell.

Enninful will be changing his role within Condé Nast, where the March 2024 issue of British Vogue will be his last as EIC, while simultaneously overseeing the editorial content of Condé Nast-owned European issues.

Rising star photographer Rafael Pavarotti [IG] was in the studio with these four supers over two days in early May. What a great opportunity for him.

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These women were Supersonic Supermodels flying the Air France or British Airways Concordes between New York and Paris or London between 1976 and 2003. The three-hour flight was fantastic — although also one more opportunity to press the schedules of busy people.

More than once I left New York in the morning, went to Europe for meetings and was back for a late dinner. Today’s self-proclaimed ‘Lazy Girls’ say we were crazy, but to each her own. Singer describes ours as an “utterly bananas work ethic” and that is true.

These women were relentless in their pursuit of excellence, and it’s always been my argument that this is why the fashion industry — including fashion media — had to cut models down to size. ~ Anne