The Super Model

I love this Vogue cover: It is from the September 2004 Magazine where 9 models appeared on the cover dubbing it "the comeback of the model as the face of fashion." Vogue had previously featured celebrities on its cover until the most important issue of the year came out that pushed models to the forefront of the industry, once again. Cover girls include Gisele Bundchen, Daria Werbowy, Natalia Vodianova, Isabeli Fontana, Karolina Kurkova, Liya Kibede, Hana Soukupova, Gemma Ward and Karen Elson. These women are the the top models in the industry right now but hardly anyone outside of the industry knows their names. Sally Singer, the Fashion and News Director of Vogue Magazine who wrote the article in Vogue explains: “In this post-supermodel, post-superdesigner world, the very top people in fashion have their lives, go to work and go home. It’s cooler to walk down the street and have only the people who should know you know you. It makes you part of this supercool club."
Here is a really interesting article about models vs. celebrities as the face of fashion on MSNBC's Website by the Associated Press: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/default.aspx/id/5736838