A chameleon woman, a supermodel with over 700 magazine covers and countless fashion shows for world brands. A favorite of the most famous designers, for example Karl Lagerfeld. A friend of Naomi Campbell and Cindy Crawford. A fashion lover with extraordinary beauty, in a word Linda Evangelista – top model of the 90s, whose name is probably known to everyone in the world. The supermodel is already in a well-deserved retirement, which was partly due to aesthetic medicine treatments. What did the birth of one of the most famous models of all time look like?
Linda Evangelista – top model of the 90s
First considered one of the big three top models of the 1990s, and later one of the big five. Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford, Tatjana Patitz are five women who at the end of the last century were more famous than the top singers and actresses. Young girls dreamed of a career like theirs – it was the fulfillment of the American dream.
Regular facial features, long legs and a slim figure, dark hair and big eyes – Linda Evangelista had all the assets to walk the runways in clothes from famous fashion houses. Which doesn’t mean that fame and a dizzying career didn’t require work. Quite the opposite. . By the way, Linda Evangelista started her rise to the top in the 80s of the last century, with a modeling course, which she attended as a teenager. Then the Miss Teen pageant and after a few years a lucrative contract with Elite. The prestigious agency introduced her to the world of high fashion. First to the New York catwalks, and later to the French ones. In the early years of her career, she also walked on Asian catwalks (Japan).
Woman chameleon – from brunette to blonde
In one season, a brunette with a short haircut, in the next, a redhead with lush hair, and the next belonged to long blonde hair. Linda Evangelista She is considered a chameleon woman in the fashion world, about beauty that suits different hair shades, make-up, and styling. That is why she was so eagerly chosen for fashion shows and advertisements. The plasticity of her beauty went hand in hand with professionalism. As fashion designers and other models recall working with her, Linda Evangelista approached each project with full commitment, a smile, patience, and above all, passion.
Love for fashion It was already evident in the first posters that hung in young Linda’s room.. She was fascinated by the famous faces of the 70s, which is why she surrounded herself with photos of, among others, Janice Dickinson. As she herself admitted, she loved fashion very much and, as we can see after years, the fashion world loved her too. Her ‘cat’ face attracted attention, but the model was not perfect because none of us are. However, she knew perfectly well how to use her assets and what served her to make a global career.
Lucrative collaborations
Evangelista was present at the biggest fashion events in the 90s of the last century. Her journey, apart from covers, began with a collaboration with one of the most famous fashion designers in the world – Karl Lagerfeld. At that time, the head designer of Chanel. She quickly became one of his muses. Her beauty and plastic adaptation to fashion changes on the markets inspired and encouraged experimenting with fashion. Lagerfeld once said that he does not know any other such professional model in the world.
She started on covers but moved to the runways without much difficulty, paving the way for other beauties known for colorful covers. Her agent at the time, Pierro Piazzi, introduced her to the runways of numerous famous brands.
In the 1980s, the first advertising campaigns with her participation also appeared, for example for the Revlon brand. A beautiful, young, brave and professional girl conquered the fashion market. In the late 1980s and for the next decade, she realized numerous campaigns for various, popular brands, including: Velentino, Ralph Lauren, Giorgio Armani, Oscar de la Renta, Calvin Klein, Max Mara, Chloe. She has also collaborated with brands unrelated to the fashion world, an example of which is Pizza Hut.
Hairstyle by “The Linda”
The short boyish gamine haircut became iconic because Linda Evangelista, a top model of the 90s, listened to Lindbergh (the photographer) to cut her hair short. Initially, it cost her the loss of several fashion shows. However, a few months later, the hairstyle became a hit, and today it is one of the cult items among women who decide to have short hair. Wigs called “The Evangelista” are also produced based on this hairstyle.
A risky move, and at the same time courage, led a modelin 1992 to sign a contract for $5 million with Clairol. Evangelista was known for her frequent changes in appearance, which was a great advantage in her career development. And as you can see, her Canadian origins from a conservative home did not translate into conservatism at work.
“Too Funky” – projects with George Michael
Linda Evangelista had a love affair with music, which only goes to show her incredible flexibility and great freedom of action in various industries. She has appeared in music videos for Too Funky and previously the cult song Freedom.
Georg Michael focused on working with top models, and Linda was his good friend. Supermodel she also appeared on the big screen and in TV series.
I don’t get up for less than $10,000
This is one of the iconic slogans that is still popular in the modeling world, and was uttered in the 90s of the last century by Evangelista. Recently model She stated that saying such words was unwise and showed a lack of respect for people who work hard for much less money.
I Don’t Get Up for Less Than $10,000 showed the price list at the time and how much a top model earned. Famous designers and photographers described her as the top on the top of the 80s and 90s. It was not uncommon to hear opinions that she was brilliant, but at the same time she did not pretend to be anyone else.
A few years ago, the queen of fashion underwent an unsuccessful plastic surgery, which completely withdrew from public life. Currently, she is slowly emerging from the curtain, talking about difficult experiences related to complications. This does not change the fact that her face is one of the most recognizable when it comes to the end of the last century.