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Tom Ford on personally test driving his beauty collection: "I put every single thing on -- I don't wear it down the street, but I want to see how it covers, how it works. When you put your name on something, you want people to know you believe in it." Tom Ford on his incredible shyness: "I'm the face of the brand. With Chanel, you feel that Karl Lagerfeld's personality has really melded with Coco's - but not everyone knows yet who I am, so that's why I'm in the pictures. I don't like having my picture taken but it helps people to respond. My real life's not like the fantasy Tom Ford world - with naked girls pouring perfume everywhere. It's more staying in and watching Friends on television." Tom Ford on why he eschews the runway: "The reason I present in a small controlled way is that so much of what makes my clothes special is the cut, the stitching, the lining -- things that would be lost on the catwalk. On the catwalk you have to exaggerate, almost."

Natalia Vodianova on dieting: "The only diet I have ever done is the blood type diet -- I have done it for five years now. The big contracts go to the girls who are healthy - they need to have a sparkle in their eyes and you can't fake that if you're unhealthy." Natalia Vodianova on negativity: "I think it's really important to say no in this industry actually, it's more important than saying yes. I believe it is very much about saying no, and fighting for what you think you deserve." Eva Herzigova on being a 90s super: "It's a different time now - [the supermodel phenomenon] was a trend," she said. "The woman was much more feminine then, and we took longer to build up our careers. Modelling is very much based on experience."

Jourdan Dunn on healthy body image: "I've learnt to accept my flaws - I hated being skinny and lanky growing up. I think I'm fine so I've decided that no one can tell me otherwise. OK I'm skinny -- what's next, let's move on!"

Diane von Furstenberg on independent women, part 1: "I was on an early flight one morning and I was the only woman on the plane. On the same day, I'd managed to make it onto the cover of the Wall Street Journal -- which I had bought for the journey. There was a man sitting next to me on the plane and he kept staring at my legs and nudging me in the way someone does when they want to talk to you, but don't know what to say. So instead, the first thing he said to me was: 'Why would a girl like you be reading Wall Street Journal?' I looked at him like 'you jerk'. I never said to him, 'look you idiot, I'm on the cover!' Of all the satisfactions I've ever had in my life, that was the biggest." Diane von Furstenberg on independent women, part 2: "I didn't know what I wanted to do, I just knew the sort of woman I wanted to be. I wanted to be independent, I wanted to have my own money and be able to stand on my own - not the type of woman that waits for a man to call."

Stella McCartney and Kate Hudson on Keith Richards: "We met at the VH1 Fashion Awards. I saw her -- she was so cool -- standing in this doorway with Keith Richards." - Kate "I always carry Keith Richards with me in my handbag so I look cool." - Stella Stella McCartney on counterfeiting: "Part of you thinks, 'that's really annoying - we worked really hard on that. But my CEO came in one day so happy and said: 'My mum just saw a fake Falabella Bag in Marbella!' I suppose it does show you've hit kind of a sweet spot if people are copying you. But with the Silhouette Dress and the Polkadot Dress last season, we did have to send a few little letters reminding people that maybe it's not a good idea."

David Bailey on Cecil Beaton: "I mean, I was always a big fan of Cecil - but he was the most terrible middle-class snob." David Bailey on feminism: "I had a terrible time with feminists in the Seventies. They hated me, those women. I think they hated everything."

Stefano Gabbana on Domenico Dolce: "We are in love. It's a different kind of love, but we love each other. It's a difficult word to explain, but there's no real difference in the way we work together. We have a better level of understanding and tolerance maybe since separating romantically. People are jealous of what we have: still being in love and being able to make something interesting - we are strong and that's disturbing to some people. Domenico is like my family - even though we're not a couple any more. I have a brother, a mother, and Domenico... it has been a 20-year love affair." Domenico Dolce on underage models: "People say: 'Models are so young, they're so skinny.' But Mr. Balenciaga used models at 16 and that will never change. People say they are skinny, but there is a difference between skinny and sick. If someone is sick, they're sick. It's not because of fashion. If I have flu, I have flu; it's not because I work in fashion." Stefano Gabbana on shuttering the D&G line: "When we decided to do it, the people [stockholders] called us, going crazy - but we need to do it. Chanel has one label; Gucci; Vuitton - why do we need D&G? The people call Dolce & Gabbana 'D&G' - it is the symbol for Dolce & Gabbana, there's no need for us to have two labels." Stefano Gabbana on Madonna: "We went to see her on the Blond Ambition tour, we were big fans. We were watching the show - she was wearing Jean Paul Gaultier then - and I said to Domenico: 'Imagine if one day she wore Dolce & Gabbana.' Then we picked up the paper and there she was, in one of our dresses...She's beautiful, she's mature, she's a mother - like Isabella Rossellini or Monica Bellucci. She's a real woman."

Rachel Zoe on one of her fave jobs-well-done: "Anne Hathaway at the Venice Film Festival 2008 was a really good one. She wore an Atelier Versace celadon green gown and she looked just like the quintessential movie star. Literally - I gasped for air." Rachel Zoe on avoiding wardrobe malfunctions: "One of the things I'm most militant about is proper undergarments. Dress transparency can be a real issue! I photograph my clients in their dresses from the front, from the back, from the side, inside, outside, under hot lights... it needs to be an outfit that looks good from all angles and where potential disasters are kept to a minimum."

CEO and creative director of Guess Paul Marciano chose Schiffer to front the 30th anniversary campaign based on the impact her original ad had on not only the company, but on pretty much everyone. “She was a turning point of Guess, she was a turning point of Ellen’s career, Guess was a turning point of a life for Claudia,” he told WWD.

The shot of Schiffer in a lace bustier, tussled tresses and gold hoops set the blueprint for all future Guess ads and according to Marciano, “made her career” and subsequently “made Guess a different company. Everybody talked about the Guess Girl.”

Schiffer, for her part, was happy to wax nostalgic with Marciano and Unwerth. “Guess will always have a soft spot in my heart, and I’m excited that 23 years later we can still work together so successfully,” the super said. Meanwhile, can we talk about how at 41 — which is 1002 in model years — Schiffer has aged nary a day? They just don’t make supermodels like they used to, i.e. in a lab somewhere in Switzerland.

The Guess 30th Anniversary Collection will include T-shirts bedazzled with images of Gost and Smith — sign me up for the latter, thanks — a sheer leopard-print blouse and the three-zipper Marilyn jeans that introduced the brand to the world. The 15-piece collection will retail for between $39 and $138 and will hit stores April 24. [WWD, sub req'd]

The ad that dressed a thousand hips

Another ad from 1989

Jonas Akerlund directs the mini-movie chronicling a day in the life of a rag-tag rock and roll band who just happen to have legs up to their necks and cheekbones from which the world hangs. Naomi, of course, plays lead singer Simon Le Bon but I must say Eva Herzigova steals the show as a cavalier and spaced out Nick Rhodes.

Meanwhile, Helena Christensen as Roger Taylor gets wheeled about on a hotel dolly, clearly half in the bag and loving every minute of it and Cindy shows she can still work overtime as John Taylor, hanging out the window of her limo as it speeds down the streets of London.

With Yasmin rounding out the group as an unnamed guitarist, the ladies wreak general havoc on a hotel room, snog groupies, pose for their Harper’s Bazaar UK cover and film amusic video, all while looking hopelessly galmorous.

Check out the nine-and-a-half minute video and see if you can spot the real Duran Duran popping up here and there.

1. “The Butcher” - Mario Testino, The Face, 1996

"The Butcher" - Mario Testino, The Face, 1996

“Shot during the meat crisis in Britain, this much-copied story was a turning point in my career. And I don’t even like meat!”

"The Butcher" - Mario Testino, The Face, 1996

"Chic" Issue - Mario Testino, Visionaire, 1997

"Corps & Lames" - Mario Testino, Vogue Paris, 2005

"Naughty Parisian Maid" - Mario Testino, The Face, 1997

"Festin'" - Terry Richardson, Vogue Paris, 2010

- Target‘s CEO Gregg Steinhafel still living down that Gaga gaff. [The Cut]

- Some people just shouldn’t have kids. People like me or Amy Winehouse or Anthony Weiner and of course Botox mom. Recently added to that list: Sarah Burge, who gave her seven year old daughter, Poppy, a £6,000 voucher for breast augmentation surgery as a birthday present. That is unless she develops juicy melons all her own. In that case she’ll just use that money for therapy. [Styleite]

- The sky is falling! The sky is falling! At least that’s what Chicken Little would have said if she (he?) was shopping at Forever 21 in Times Square. But she/he’s more of an H&M gal/guy. [Racked]

- Michael Jackson‘s iconic jacket from the “Thriller” music video is going up for auction with an estimated value of $400,000. [Mogulite]

- Duran Duran‘s supermodel-stuffed music video for “Girl Panic” is quickly approaching. Jonas Åkerlund directed the clip featuring Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Eva Herzigova, Helena Christensen and Yasmin Le Bon. Also aboard were Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana who styled the ladies for the video, which will also serve as a photoshoot for Harpers Bazaar UK. [Fashionologie]

Kiewitz revealed she was hesitant at first to shoot the ad:

“I was a bit nervous about appearing like that in front of the photographer. I’m not a prude, but my arm has always been something very intimate for me.”

She went on to express the hope that handicapped people would be used in advertising. And why not? Disabled people buy things too.

Plus handless people are a lot less likely to shoplift.

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Eva Herzigova becomes a wild child for Vogue Italy. Shot by Steven Meisel, the model proves that the woods is where we can all go to play.

Top model Eva Herzigova is the sexy covergirl for Elle France. The 37-year old mother has a bombshell body and looks amazing.

‘Wild is the Wind” is a very artistic spread, the outfits are made of rags, so nothing you would ever really want to buy but the photographer, Steven Meisel, is trying to tell a different story.  Gallery after the jump…

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Claudia Schiffer, Eva Herzigova and Helena Christensen nude in the Winter 2010 issue of i-D magazine.

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I don’t really like Eva Herzigova, but here she is in the latest spread by Hedi Slimane for Vogue Paris.

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In celebration of their 13th Anniversary, Vogue Korea decided to do not one, not two, but THREE separate covers featuring members of the League of Extraordinary Supermodels. Legends Naomi, Claudia and Eva manage to look unmistakably stunning, not to mention ageless, doing what they do best.

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D & G F/W ad campaign. So many models, so many great looks. Can you spy Jesus?

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Just like Marc Jacobs’ infatuation with Jessica Stam and Louis Vuitton’s love for Eva Herzigova, Coach has fallen in love with model muse, Ali Micheal, enough to name a bag after her. The Ali bag, which is now available on Coach.com, is a hobo-style purse that ranges from a $150 signature pouch to a $650 large metallic hobo. The bags might not be anything terribly special (maybe this is saying something about Micheal’s personality), but at the end of the day, I’d love to have a purse inspired by me!

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Angela Lindvall

Lara Stone

Anna Selezneva & Sessilee Lopez

Carmen Kass

Carolyn Murphy

Catherine McNeil

Claudia Schiffer

Daria Werbowy

Doutzen Kroes

Edita Vikeviciute

Erin Wasson

Eva Herzigova

Frankie Rayder

Gisele Bundchen

Isabeli Fontana

Jessica Miller

Kate Moss

Naomi Campbell

Natalia Vodianova

Raquel Zimmermann

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Gisele Bundchen, along with five other supermodels (Kate Moss, Claudia Schiffer, Naomi Campbell, Eva Herzigova, Daria Werbowy) takes the cover of V Magazine’s summer issue – the first-ever Swimsuit issue. The issue is out on Wednesday, May 6th!

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Eva Herzigova and Naomi Campbell on the cover of V #59, the Summer Swimsuit Issue, photographed by Mario Testino.

Supermodels Gisele Bundchen, Kate Moss, Claudia Schiffer and Daria Werbowy also nabbed covers.

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Eva Herzigova stars in this spread titled “Cherchez la Femme” shot by Walter Pfeiffer for Vogue Paris May 09. Personally, I don’t think she looks like her normal self, she’s getting a bit old for the modeling thing…

GALLERY: Eva Herzigova for Vogue Paris

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The April 2009 issue of Elle France features the natural beauty (meaning no makeup whatsoever) of Monica Bellucci, Sophie Marceau, Eva Herzigova, Inès de la Fressange, Anne Parillaud, Karin Viard, Charlotte Rampling, and Chiara Mastroianni captured by Peter Lindbergh.

How very Brad Pitt of them.

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Longtime friends Eva Herzigova and Shalom Harlow starred in the latest H&M campaign for spring 09. The two models posed alongside Vincent Gallo in, on top of and next to various red-orange oversized shapes. I think the campaign is super adorable; it’s airy, fun and carefree. The clothing is looking mighty fab as well. I can’t wait to see what else H&M has in store for this season.

GALLERY: H&M Spring 09 Campaign Featuring Eva Herzigova, Shalom Harlow and Vincent Gallo

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ENIKO MIHALIK
MALGOSIA BELA
ANNA SELEZNEVA
DARIA WERBOWY
FRANKIE RAYDER
ABBEY LEE KERSHAW
NATASHA POLY
SUNNIVA STORDAHL
CHRISTY TURLINGTON
AGYNESS DEYN
NAOMI CAMPBELL
LARA STONE
ANJA RUBIK
EVA HERZIGOVA

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Amber Valletta in the Dsquared campaign.

Christy Turlington in her second Escada campaign.

Eva Herzigova in the Louis Vuitton campaign.

Claudia Schiffer in Chanel

Although celebrities have hijacked hordes of fashion ads in recent years, Nineties-era supermodels — displaying formidable powers of longevity — have returned with a vengeance in many of fall’s fashion campaigns. Even Marc Jacobs is going back to using models for his Fall campaign.

That Linda Evangelista is starring in Prada, Naomi Campbell in Yves Saint Laurent, Claudia Schiffer in Chanel and Salvatore Ferragamo, Eva Herzigova in Louis Vuitton and Christy Turlington in Escada suggests these industry thoroughbreds remain as bankable and fascinating as Hollywood’s best beauties.

Kate Moss

Gisele Bündchen

Raquel Zimmermann

In fact, models in general — from newbies to veterans — dominate the lion’s share of European designer campaigns for next season, from Daria Werbowy in Christian Dior and Raquel Zimmerman in Fendi to Angela Lindvall in Jimmy Choo and Kate Moss in Stella McCartney. Notable exceptions to the celebrity-free ad zone include Charlotte Gainsbourg for Balenciaga and Vanessa Paradis for Miu Miu — while many American brands also are sticking to the celeb road, such as Calvin Klein’s multiple use of Eva Mendes.

Eva Mendes for Calvin Klein

In fact, models in general — from newbies to veterans — dominate the lion’s share of European designer campaigns for next season, from Daria Werbowy in Christian Dior and Raquel Zimmerman in Fendi to Angela Lindvall in Jimmy Choo and Kate Moss in Stella McCartney. Notable exceptions to the celebrity-free ad zone include Charlotte Gainsbourg for Balenciaga and Vanessa Paradis for Miu Miu — while many American brands also are sticking to the celeb road, such as Calvin Klein’s multiple use of Eva Mendes.

Donatella Versace credits her late brother Gianni for fueling the supermodel phenomenon by sending all the top girls down the runway together in 1991.

“He made the models into celebrities as he understood that the more famous they became, the better it would be for him,” she said. “I don’t really make a distinction between working with celebrities and working with models as I think girls like Christy Turlington and, more recently, Kate Moss and Gisele [Bündchen] are celebrities, just as well-known as many actors and musicians.”

Source: WWD