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{\an8}Kelly, can you... Don't drop her.
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- Let's go.
- Naomi, do you mind if I just...
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take a picture with you?
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- I'm on a private visit.
- Oh, okay.
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Thank you so much.
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- Where are you from?
- Syria.
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Okay, give me.
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What, my phone?
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No way. Are you gonna? Really? Okay.
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- Sweet.
- That's not good.
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Don't worry, you look good.
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- There you go. Thank you.
- Awesome.
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It's weird. That hasn't happened to me
in months and months and months and...
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Yeah, but I felt bad.
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But I always want to say no,
because my instant reaction is...
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is, like, a paparazzi thing,
and they're not, they're nice people.
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- Naomi!
- Naomi! Naomi! Naomi!
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- Naomi! Naomi!
- Naomi! Naomi!
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Are you comfortable with
all this press attention you're getting?
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I'm not used to it.
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On a good day, we couldn't walk around.
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Christy, you just signed a contract
to become a spokesman for who is it?
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- Yes. Maybelline Cosmetics.
- Maybelline. Yeah.
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You women have certainly become,
like, the stars of the '90s, it seems.
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People got to know our names
because we were everywhere.
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Guys. Please, move back.
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Guys, move it, or we'll stop.
Let's give her some space.
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It was insane!
Like, we're not The Beatles.
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{\an8}Their power was the fact
that they transcended anything.
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Hopefully I'm gonna meet Prince tonight
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because he wrote a song called "Cindy C"
but I've never met him.
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{\an8}So, you have power, celebrity,
and then the power of celebrity.
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In the same month
that communism collapsed,
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Naomi got the cover of Time.
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People begin to realize that we're
intelligent, that we're businesswomen
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and we can take care of ourselves
and our careers.
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- I guess it's "Freedom" by George Michael?
- George Michael video, yeah.
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God, it would have been cheaper
for George to get Sinatra to do the video
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than all those models and everything.
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We gave him a group rate.
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A group rate?
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Fashion was the arena
that made you famous,
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but then it was like,
your, kind of, celebrity took over.
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If you guys would just keep calm,
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I'll sign as fast as I can,
I promise, okay?
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But thanks so much for coming.
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They're sexier than centerfolds.
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They make more money in an hour than most
actresses ever make for an entire film.
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Who are they? Supermodels.
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There's such a group right now,
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there's, like, a cluster of us
that people seem to know.
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It's warming up.
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Being a model,
I felt like I was becoming more,
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or looking like more of a woman
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than a teenage in
between, bouncy-all-the-time model.
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I feel more womanly than I did--
than I used to.
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I had my stages.
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I went through some
really awkward periods.
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But I think, in all my travels
and in this job, I learned a lot.
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We looked powerful...
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and then we kind of were like...
"Maybe we are powerful."
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And we started owning that power.
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Eventually, I got to start to choose
who I wanted to work with.
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- Yeah.
- You look so... No?
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I wouldn't just, you know, be happy
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that I was booked for the week
or the month or the year.
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It was like,
"Well, what do I want to do most?"
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And no, I don't want to just
hold my time because it's Vogue.
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Who's the photographer
and who's the team?
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Once you know you can do that,
that does start to make you feel like
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you can be a active participant
in your career.
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{\an8}They attained power, they really did.
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{\an8}They had power over the fashion industry.
And everybody wanted them.
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{\an8}But these models were, like,
really on every page.
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{\an8}When we launched Harper's Bazaar
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to America, it was territorial.
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Because it was a territory that
Vogue owned.
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At that point,
Linda really was this kind of superstar
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that embodied anything
you wanted her to be.
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So, for her to usher in
in a different Harper's Bazaar,
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she took on a different stature.
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She was the epitome of what
fashion was about at that time.
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She was like "Enter the Era of Elegance."
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And Bazaar rose to the occasion, absolutely.
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And did give Vogue magazine a challenge.
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I was so in demand,
because I could move a product.
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Everyone in the fashion business,
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in every single corner
of the fashion business, is here.
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There's the photographers, the models,
the agents who are spotting the models.
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{\an8}There's the material people,
I saw button people.
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Then there's the real photographers
who can't get in
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'cause they don't have a pass.
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Fashion shows were real events.
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This is A, B is there, excuse me, madam.
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You wanted those invitations because
there was so much glamour.
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Hello, how are you?
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Everybody there was fabulous.
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It was celebrities, it was fashion.
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There's Julia Roberts,
there's Leonardo DiCaprio.
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If you didn't have
those four girls in your show,
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you were nothing.
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{\an8}They guaranteed coverage.
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The Chanel Paris designer
Karl Lagerfeld created...
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Gianni Versace puts on
a high-style, slick presentation.
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Spring Paris designer Thierry Mugler
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mixes fashion with his passion
for theatrics.
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All my big stars like Linda,
Christy, Naomi.
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{\an8}All the big names in the...
stardom fashion.
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Linda, when she was young,
was very, very beautiful
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{\an8}but she was even so beautiful that
her beauty was lost on the runway.
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Now she is really a strong personality.
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Karl was so witty.
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Not always politically correct, but...
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...witty.
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I said very mean things about you.
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- Really mean.
- You wouldn't.
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How horrible you are to work with,
all that.
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How unpleasant.
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- He's such a drag.
- Always in a bad mood.
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Always in a bad mood.
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They are my actress, my...
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The way I express my fashion
through these women is simple heaven.
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Gianni Versace was somebody
who really opened up fashion
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and showed things
that had not been seen before.
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{\an8}But also, it was the way he showed them.
Very sexual.
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Molto italiano, if I said that right.
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He's the sexiest designer in Italy by far,
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and it's the best show
of the whole week in Italy as well,
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so that's why I only showed up
for this show.
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He was very sensitive to feeling me, like...
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I wouldn't have to say something,
he would just come up and say it to me.
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And I'd be like, "You're right."
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Gianni wasn't afraid to embellish things.
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It was like more is more, more is great.
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It was always over the top and why not?
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I know my value.
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If you want me to walk for you,
you're gonna get your pictures,
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I'm gonna get you press.
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I would give them
everything I could afford
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{\an8}because there's nothing like them
for selling the clothes,
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they show the clothes,
they feel the clothes.
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Naomi, once she was wearing
rubber stockings.
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{\an8}What happened is that the leg got stuck,
and so she tipped.
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Afterwards, designers asked me
if I would fall for them.
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And I was like,
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- "Why would you want me to fall--?"
- Why? Yeah.
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- Press! "The press that you got."
- Yes, I know.
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And not surprisingly, their newfound fame
has focused attention
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on their power and mega salaries.
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The cost of a single show in Paris
can reach 170,000 dollars.
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Topping the bill, modelling fees.
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The House of Lanvin reportedly paid
20,000 dollars in fees
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for top model Linda Evangelista
for one show.
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You know the fees are high,
but you get it back in a minute.
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{\an8}Because photographers
photograph only those,
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the runway photos make editorials
all around the world.
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I feel like eventually with
a little bit more power, I'd be like,
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"Okay, I want to work a lot with designers
who I actually had a relationship with."
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At that point, they really helped
a lot of the young designers
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go from being unknown
to being known right away.
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You got that opportunity
when you were an unknown,
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so you need to pass that on
and do it to others.
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Marc Jacobs was
a really good friend always,
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and I worked with him
from the very beginning.
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Marc's brand made sense
for the Perry Ellis brand,
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in terms of, like, infusing some energy
and excitement.
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I wasn't able to pay models to do my show.
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I would call the agencies
and I would ask them
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if there were models that would be willing
to do the show in trade for clothes.
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And Christy was willing to do it.
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And then the next season when
we did a show, Christy asked Cindy.
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Then there was Naomi
and then there was Linda.
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The attention just kind of grew.
And it grew and grew and grew.
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But it was--
It was all because of Christy.
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Marc, how important is it having
supermodels there to sell your line?
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It is important because people
recognize them as icons.
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Those girls are incredibly beautiful.
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They know how to wear clothes.
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I'm really grateful that they do my show
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and a lot of them are really...
friends and stuff.
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I was not really doing a fashion show
at that point.
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And I said, "Well, how can I do a show?"
They said, "Well, we'll help you."
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And Linda, Naomi, and Christy
all got all the other girls
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and that was my first show.
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We really felt this thing
that was happening.
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I need Linda.
Linda! Linda, Linda, Linda.
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What was so great is that, you know,
they were around the world.
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{\an8}And they would see things
that we didn't necessarily see.
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So, I would kind of rely on the reaction.
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- How do you feel in that?
- Like a princess.
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"Okay, she likes it, good,
we're onto something here."
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They were part of the fabric of fashion.
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So, that's why, you know,
everyone was fighting to get them.
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That's how important they became.
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I wanted to do a slightly more,
like, salon presentation.
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So, it was in a house.
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It was run down,
and we brought in a ton of leaves
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{\an8}and dry ice
and lit the house from outside
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{\an8}so it looked like she'd left the house
and was coming back.
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Suddenly, Christy, Linda...
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They were walking down the stairs.
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And they were this close.
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You could smell the parfum
that Linda was wearing.
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You could hear the rustle
of Christy's taffeta skirt.
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John would whisper in our ear
before we went out,
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"This is your storyline,
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this is what
your character is in the story,
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so you go out with this energy."
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I loved it.
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To finally see the vision come to life
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by these women who cared as much as I did,
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and to be involved in that whole
creative process with them
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was just the highlight
of my creative career, I think.
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Oh, Naomi.
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Omi? Hi.
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Yeah, I think I texted you
on the wrong number again.
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I don't know why I have you
all mixed up everywhere.
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We just got here yesterday morning and
we went and did our fitting last night.
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And then today, we've been
just kind of out and about.
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We're here!
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I definitely am not a dramatic person.
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- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
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- Come back in.
- All right.
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- How are you?
- Good.
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It's something that I, you know, I...
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I guess I haven't been
consciously avoiding, it's just not me.
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- Okay.
- Okay, I'm right there.
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- I'm so excited.
- I know, I'm so happy.
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{\an8}There were plenty of others
that were more dramatic
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{\an8}or just had bigger kinds of personalities,
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and I just didn't feel like
I could compete with any of that.
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Naomi! Naomi! Naomi! Naomi!
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On the stairs.
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- That's just beautiful, right?
- It's so beautiful, yeah.
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- He's amazing. He's got amazing taste.
- And the music is amazing.
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What I loved about the girls,
they were a group.
237
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And that's what was so fabulous.
238
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They worked together.
239
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{\an8}These girls were way beyond models.
240
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{\an8}They had these lives,
and everybody wanted to be them,
241
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and they looked amazing,
they were having fun
242
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and they were being talked about
all the time.
243
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They transcended anything
people thought fashion had been.
244
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{\an8}And crossed over into mass culture.
245
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They started seeing
the three of us together all the time.
246
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But I don't know who
named us, "The Trinity."
247
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I'm not sure where Trinity came from,
I have to be honest.
248
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Steven Meisel dubbed them "The Trinity"
249
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and they became this
tornado of publicity.
250
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Their friendship was a big part
of their story.
251
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{\an8}We were like a family, you know?
252
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We were together all the time.
253
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It was a fabulous time in that way.
254
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It was a dream, you know?
It was really a dream.
255
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We would go around
in Oribe's jeep at night.
256
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{\an8}We liked going through
the Meatpacking District.
257
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{\an8}We liked going on the West Side Highway.
258
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The Voguers would teach us how to dance.
259
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I remember all the gay kids
were losing it.
260
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I remember, like, just dancing with Naomi,
you know, telling Naomi how to walk.
261
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"No, swing the bag,
this is how you swing the bag!"
262
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I'm like, "You're teaching
Naomi Campbell?"
263
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Voguing is named after Vogue Magazine.
264
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And the scene really flourished
in the '90s in Harlem.
265
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And it was these disenfranchised
Black and Hispanic kids
266
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who were usually queer.
267
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And they worshipped the stars of Vogue.
268
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They worshiped Naomi, Linda, Christy.
269
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And so they would go on that runway
and do Supermodel realness.
270
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Vogue, Vogue, Vogue, Vogue.
271
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That period on that runway
was their moment of being a supermodel.
272
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And I think, in turn,
the supermodels were influenced.
273
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I really believe gay culture
and the drag community
274
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helped me flourish.
275
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'Cause they're larger than life.
276
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They're like what I want to be.
277
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But bigger.
278
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Bigger and better. And with confidence.
279
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It suddenly became a lot more mainstream
and cool to be a drag queen.
280
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This is still
way before RuPaul's Drag Race
281
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but RuPaul was this big star
in the '90s.
282
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She had her first wave of success
with a hit single.
283
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I have one thing to say
284
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You better work.
285
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RuPaul is, like, everything.
286
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The whole life experience
is about transformation.
287
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It's like, you know,
becoming a butterfly.
288
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He's, like, proof you can be
anybody you want to be.
289
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- The holy trinity.
- When the song came out
290
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we played it
and played it and played it.
291
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Linda, work mama
292
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Naomi, she is fierce
293
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Christy, foxy lady
294
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Cindy, I can feel it
295
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I have one thing to say
296
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Sashay, shante
297
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I was flattered.
It was something unexpected.
298
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It wasn't on my bucket list.
299
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But now I have that, that's a major honor.
300
00:19:31,006 --> 00:19:33,383
- This is flowing the whole time.
- This is weird, I got a cramp.
301
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I celebrate all the great things
that we got to do,
302
00:19:37,429 --> 00:19:44,019
but it wasn't as glorious
as one would think it was.
303
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And there were some hardships.
304
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Some really tough ones.
305
00:19:50,108 --> 00:19:52,152
Yes, darling, have you been
doing this for a long time?
306
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The lucky man is Gerald Marie,
307
00:19:54,237 --> 00:19:57,824
the 40-year-old co-owner
of Europe's Elite modelling agency.
308
00:19:57,824 --> 00:20:00,452
He dropped by Toronto's
International Top Models,
309
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with his gorgeous wife at his side.
310
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I learned that maybe...
311
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I was in the wrong relationship.
312
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You have to have a lot of nerve,
you have to be tough and strong.
313
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In any job you have to be.
314
00:20:22,807 --> 00:20:27,771
It's easier said than done
to leave an abusive relationship.
315
00:20:27,771 --> 00:20:32,150
I understand that concept
'cause I lived it.
316
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If it was a matter of just saying,
"I want a divorce, see ya..."
317
00:20:38,823 --> 00:20:40,784
it doesn't work that way.
318
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He knew not to touch my face.
319
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Not to touch the moneymaker, you know?
320
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I married him when I was 22.
321
00:20:57,676 --> 00:21:00,011
And I got out when I was 27.
322
00:21:01,429 --> 00:21:05,559
And he let me out
as long as he got everything.
323
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But I was safe and I got my freedom.
324
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{\an8}When I found out that he's hurt
many, many, many women...
325
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he's violated many women...
326
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...it broke my heart.
327
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{\an8}Sixteen women have now given
their accounts to the French authorities.
328
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{\an8}GĂ©rald Marie!
329
00:21:36,715 --> 00:21:42,804
{\an8}And all of them say they were either raped
or sexually assaulted by Gerald Marie.
330
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{\an8}I knew I had to endure the abuse
in order to continue working.
331
00:21:46,433 --> 00:21:48,977
{\an8}That was made very clear to me.
332
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I was dependent on Marie for my food,
333
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for my housing, and for my employment.
334
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I was completely trapped.
335
00:22:02,824 --> 00:22:06,703
I never, never told my story
because I feared.
336
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Thanks to the power
of all these women coming forward.
337
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Bless them, God bless all of them.
338
00:22:15,337 --> 00:22:19,507
It gave me the courage, now, to speak.
339
00:22:21,176 --> 00:22:25,889
Gerald Marie's lawyer said he
categorically denies the accusations
340
00:22:25,889 --> 00:22:28,683
and claims the women
are trying to frame him
341
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as a scapegoat for an era
that's now over.
342
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I would love that justice be served.
343
00:22:36,775 --> 00:22:42,072
I would love for assholes like that
to think twice,
344
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and be afraid.
345
00:22:47,410 --> 00:22:48,578
And...
346
00:22:49,454 --> 00:22:53,500
I would love women to know
that they're not alone.
347
00:23:16,481 --> 00:23:19,067
- That's collagen, ginseng.
- Ginseng.
348
00:23:19,067 --> 00:23:20,694
And you make tea out of this?
349
00:23:20,694 --> 00:23:22,612
Yeah, I'm going to make some.
I basically get a--
350
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- Water?
- Yeah.
351
00:23:24,322 --> 00:23:26,283
- Or is that coffee?
- No, it's water.
352
00:23:27,075 --> 00:23:28,702
Let me make sure my hand...
353
00:23:28,702 --> 00:23:31,162
We have a trust, it's a bond.
That we just...
354
00:23:31,162 --> 00:23:33,415
We don't even have to speak about it,
it's just there.
355
00:23:34,749 --> 00:23:38,628
I'm not going to say there was not
any competition at all.
356
00:23:38,628 --> 00:23:40,881
No, but with our...
I would say with me and you...
357
00:23:40,881 --> 00:23:42,132
With me and you, no.
358
00:23:42,132 --> 00:23:44,092
For me, anyway, there was times where,
359
00:23:44,092 --> 00:23:46,803
like, Naomi or Christy or Linda
would do something and it--
360
00:23:46,803 --> 00:23:49,264
I wasn't jealous that-- It was more like,
361
00:23:49,264 --> 00:23:52,767
"Oh, I wish I would have done that,"
not "I wish they didn't do it."
362
00:23:52,767 --> 00:23:54,352
Oh, "I wish I...", you know.
363
00:23:54,352 --> 00:23:58,940
At the time, like,
I wasn't in the thick of the fashion...
364
00:23:59,983 --> 00:24:02,110
...with a capital "F," world.
365
00:24:02,110 --> 00:24:04,321
Ladies and gentlemen,
here she is, Cindy Crawford.
366
00:24:05,363 --> 00:24:07,908
Look at this, right here.
"The sexiest couple alive."
367
00:24:08,950 --> 00:24:11,036
I think I was 22 when we met.
368
00:24:11,036 --> 00:24:15,165
And in the beginning of a relationship,
when you're a young woman, you're like,
369
00:24:15,165 --> 00:24:18,793
"You like baseball? I like baseball!"
370
00:24:18,793 --> 00:24:23,465
"You're really into Tibetan Buddhism?
I might be into that, I'll try that."
371
00:24:23,465 --> 00:24:25,508
You know, you're willing
to kind of mold yourself
372
00:24:25,508 --> 00:24:29,804
around whoever you are,
you know, in love with.
373
00:24:30,931 --> 00:24:33,600
He was older so I just was, like,
in a different circle
374
00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:36,311
and not doing some of those same
fashion-y things anymore.
375
00:24:37,062 --> 00:24:38,438
And action!
376
00:24:47,906 --> 00:24:50,700
Is that a great new Pepsi can or what?
377
00:24:52,244 --> 00:24:53,370
And cut.
378
00:24:54,871 --> 00:24:59,542
Pepsi was such an iconic American brand,
it was a Super Bowl commercial.
379
00:25:00,794 --> 00:25:05,173
That was a time in my career
where I veered away
380
00:25:05,173 --> 00:25:09,219
from, like, the high fashion elite,
381
00:25:09,219 --> 00:25:12,889
and kind of,
took more charge of my career.
382
00:25:15,016 --> 00:25:17,060
She was sort of everywhere.
383
00:25:17,060 --> 00:25:21,356
{\an8}All the spokes of the popular culture,
Cindy Crawford was turning up.
384
00:25:22,732 --> 00:25:24,234
{\an8}I want half-hour specials about Cindy.
385
00:25:24,234 --> 00:25:25,986
{\an8}I want hour-long rockumentaries
about Cindy.
386
00:25:25,986 --> 00:25:28,280
I want Cindy Unplugged,
I want acoustic Cindy.
387
00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:33,868
I want long drawn out, slow motion shots
of Cindy walking, 24 hours a day.
388
00:25:33,868 --> 00:25:35,829
If anyone reads this book,
we can look exactly like you?
389
00:25:35,829 --> 00:25:37,205
- Exactly.
- Is that right?
390
00:25:37,205 --> 00:25:38,748
People don't leave you alone, do they?
They're all over you.
391
00:25:38,748 --> 00:25:40,584
- They're bothering you all the time.
- Sometimes, it's--
392
00:25:40,584 --> 00:25:42,419
A little like this experience
here tonight?
393
00:25:42,419 --> 00:25:46,298
Well, the men fantasize the most
about Cindy Crawford.
394
00:25:48,550 --> 00:25:53,638
At the time, the most glamorous
or would-be glamorous women in Hollywood
395
00:25:53,638 --> 00:25:56,308
were really, really soft-pedaling
all of that.
396
00:25:56,308 --> 00:25:59,060
You had the most extraordinary
beautiful women like Michelle Pfeiffer,
397
00:25:59,060 --> 00:26:02,230
but they weren't being glamorous,
you know?
398
00:26:02,230 --> 00:26:04,566
{\an8}If you were dressed too fabulously...
399
00:26:05,358 --> 00:26:07,652
{\an8}...or your hair was too amazing
or whatever,
400
00:26:07,652 --> 00:26:13,283
then people would say,
"Not a serious actress, no. Not serious."
401
00:26:13,283 --> 00:26:15,827
I got invited to go to the Oscars
with Richard.
402
00:26:15,827 --> 00:26:17,787
I'm like, well, I mean,
what do models do well?
403
00:26:17,787 --> 00:26:19,497
We wear clothes well, I mean.
404
00:26:19,497 --> 00:26:22,375
I better look good, like,
that was kind of what my thinking was.
405
00:26:22,375 --> 00:26:27,380
It's like, "I'm going to go to the Oscars,
I better be a freaking supermodel."
406
00:26:28,506 --> 00:26:31,968
I had just done a Versace show in Milan.
407
00:26:31,968 --> 00:26:35,597
So I asked Gianni to make a dress for me.
408
00:26:40,143 --> 00:26:43,772
So, when I showed up in that red dress,
I think it was a little like,
409
00:26:43,772 --> 00:26:46,358
"Wow, fashion is back at the Oscars."
410
00:26:50,278 --> 00:26:55,075
Models are glamorous right now,
when no one else...
411
00:26:55,075 --> 00:26:57,244
A lot of people sort of
shunned glamour for a while,
412
00:26:57,244 --> 00:27:00,455
and then models still are glamorous
because that's what we do.
413
00:27:05,919 --> 00:27:10,590
The world was just thirsty for beauty
and glamour and fashion.
414
00:27:13,051 --> 00:27:15,595
Superstar models.
They're the new glamour girls.
415
00:27:16,763 --> 00:27:21,560
What that whole era made us realize too
was the importance of image.
416
00:27:23,728 --> 00:27:28,942
They're putting high heels on us,
and it was like all of a sudden...
417
00:27:29,985 --> 00:27:33,446
...we were the physical
representations of power.
418
00:27:34,155 --> 00:27:36,908
And I think where it gets tricky
and hard to talk about
419
00:27:36,908 --> 00:27:41,329
is that the implication is that
some people don't fit that.
420
00:27:42,330 --> 00:27:45,041
And then they're made
to feel less beautiful.
421
00:27:47,168 --> 00:27:49,379
You had the goddesses of the Trinity.
422
00:27:49,379 --> 00:27:52,674
{\an8}You know, Naomi Campbell,
Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington.
423
00:27:52,674 --> 00:27:56,011
{\an8}It's very hard to approach
that kind of perfected beauty.
424
00:27:58,263 --> 00:28:00,307
{\an8}It sort of set up an impossible idea.
425
00:28:01,391 --> 00:28:05,770
{\an8}In mainstream media, the balance
of power has shifted to advertisers.
426
00:28:05,770 --> 00:28:09,733
The editors are under pressure to make
a favorable climate for their advertisers.
427
00:28:09,733 --> 00:28:13,862
This means that particularly
the representation of women
428
00:28:13,862 --> 00:28:16,364
is absolutely conditioned in our culture
429
00:28:16,364 --> 00:28:20,994
by what the advertisers need the audience
of women to care about.
430
00:28:20,994 --> 00:28:25,206
Increasingly, the "beauty myth"
is being used to make women feel
431
00:28:25,206 --> 00:28:27,000
that their sense of self-worth
as human beings
432
00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,461
depends upon conforming
to these stereotypes.
433
00:28:29,461 --> 00:28:32,589
Now, those are very difficult things
to negotiate with.
434
00:28:32,589 --> 00:28:34,341
Impossible, I would say.
435
00:28:36,009 --> 00:28:38,845
{\an8}I don't want to seem to be part
of the feminist group
436
00:28:38,845 --> 00:28:41,056
{\an8}that's constantly demeaning
fashion magazines.
437
00:28:41,056 --> 00:28:43,683
{\an8}That ridiculous rhetoric
that the fashion magazines
438
00:28:43,683 --> 00:28:45,977
{\an8}are there to give women low self-esteem.
439
00:28:45,977 --> 00:28:48,521
{\an8}I am a great supporter
of the fashion industry
440
00:28:48,521 --> 00:28:51,483
and I see the fashion magazines
as artworks for the masses
441
00:28:51,483 --> 00:28:55,904
{\an8}and most people love to simply glory
in the beauty and the color
442
00:28:55,904 --> 00:28:58,323
{\an8}of these magnificent pictorials.
443
00:28:59,741 --> 00:29:01,826
One of the ways to look at this
444
00:29:01,826 --> 00:29:06,748
is that these models
took tropes about women,
445
00:29:06,748 --> 00:29:10,710
and rather than be victims of them,
446
00:29:11,294 --> 00:29:13,672
they made them icons.
447
00:29:13,672 --> 00:29:17,842
It's like, you know,
high heels are power, right?
448
00:29:17,842 --> 00:29:21,972
Whereas if you talked to Gloria Steinem,
you can't run in high heels.
449
00:29:21,972 --> 00:29:24,808
And she's right, you know,
she's right, but we're right too.
450
00:29:24,808 --> 00:29:28,103
I mean, high heels are beautiful,
and they make you look beautiful
451
00:29:28,103 --> 00:29:29,563
and that's a kind of empowerment.
452
00:29:30,021 --> 00:29:32,232
There was this feeling
that models were strong
453
00:29:32,232 --> 00:29:34,734
{\an8}and had something to say to the world.
454
00:29:34,734 --> 00:29:36,528
{\an8}Are there models that you look up to?
455
00:29:36,528 --> 00:29:38,446
Yes. Cindy Crawford.
456
00:29:38,446 --> 00:29:41,616
I met Linda Evangelista, she is my idol.
457
00:29:42,117 --> 00:29:44,828
I think the phenomenon during those years
458
00:29:44,828 --> 00:29:48,456
was kind of coming
from a lot of different angles.
459
00:29:49,499 --> 00:29:50,959
Because we were everywhere.
460
00:29:50,959 --> 00:29:52,419
We're really thrilled that Christy
461
00:29:52,419 --> 00:29:54,838
could be part of the store event today.
462
00:29:55,422 --> 00:29:58,008
It just seemed to be a lot of attention.
463
00:29:58,008 --> 00:30:00,802
But I would attribute that
mostly to media.
464
00:30:01,761 --> 00:30:03,805
Hi, Linda, we, we won't bother you.
465
00:30:03,805 --> 00:30:06,349
But we want to say that
it's a treat seeing you, Linda.
466
00:30:06,349 --> 00:30:08,852
We weren't seeing enough of you,
but I know you're taking things easy,
467
00:30:08,852 --> 00:30:10,353
that's why you weren't
in eight million shows.
468
00:30:10,353 --> 00:30:11,855
I did 40 shows in Europe.
469
00:30:11,855 --> 00:30:13,857
- How many more shows do you want me to do?
- Yeah, I know.
470
00:30:13,857 --> 00:30:16,151
We want you to do each and every
one of them.
471
00:30:16,985 --> 00:30:18,737
You just couldn't catch a break.
472
00:30:18,737 --> 00:30:21,615
There were so many
backstage photographers.
473
00:30:21,615 --> 00:30:24,200
- Excuse me, could you go away?
- Not now, please.
474
00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:25,911
- Not right now.
- No, not right now.
475
00:30:25,911 --> 00:30:27,370
- I'm putting makeup on her.
- Okay.
476
00:30:27,370 --> 00:30:28,997
- Can I have five minutes?
- Okay.
477
00:30:28,997 --> 00:30:32,709
How many more pictures
do we need of me in curlers, in rollers?
478
00:30:32,709 --> 00:30:36,421
How many more pictures do we need
of me putting my lipstick on?
479
00:30:37,255 --> 00:30:40,926
It just progressed and it got
worse and worse and worse.
480
00:30:43,220 --> 00:30:45,388
{\an8}- Come on!
- Come on! Bug off!
481
00:30:45,388 --> 00:30:47,098
Bug off, I mean it.
482
00:30:49,434 --> 00:30:52,103
It used to be very common,
like, after a show,
483
00:30:52,103 --> 00:30:54,606
you'd be changing
back into your street clothes,
484
00:30:54,606 --> 00:30:58,401
and hundreds of people
would be pouring backstage.
485
00:30:58,401 --> 00:31:02,030
And we were still in various states
of undress.
486
00:31:03,323 --> 00:31:06,493
That's it. Stop.
487
00:31:07,994 --> 00:31:12,207
At a certain point,
I started hiring a bodyguard to shield me.
488
00:31:14,334 --> 00:31:17,128
There was a point
when I bought some spray paint.
489
00:31:17,128 --> 00:31:22,092
And when we would start to get dressed,
I would shake the can.
490
00:31:22,092 --> 00:31:26,054
And if they didn't disperse,
491
00:31:26,054 --> 00:31:28,765
I threatened to spray their lenses.
492
00:31:30,100 --> 00:31:34,479
I just... I didn't want them
photographing us women...
493
00:31:35,564 --> 00:31:36,940
...with our clothes off.
494
00:31:38,692 --> 00:31:41,403
And some people thought
I was overreacting.
495
00:31:46,908 --> 00:31:49,786
The supermodels are supermodels.
496
00:31:49,786 --> 00:31:51,496
{\an8}They demand.
497
00:31:51,496 --> 00:31:54,457
They demand the Concorde.
498
00:31:54,457 --> 00:31:57,586
They demand their car and driver.
499
00:31:57,586 --> 00:32:00,213
Some of them demand their chef.
500
00:32:00,213 --> 00:32:05,343
Some of them, they demand
their suite at the best hotels.
501
00:32:05,343 --> 00:32:08,555
They don't stop making demands.
502
00:32:09,264 --> 00:32:14,311
And we have spoiled them and turned them
into the supermodels they are.
503
00:32:15,020 --> 00:32:17,606
- I'm difficult, okay?
- I know you are.
504
00:32:21,484 --> 00:32:23,904
I just started,
so it was very intimidating,
505
00:32:23,904 --> 00:32:25,697
and they would come in the room,
506
00:32:25,697 --> 00:32:29,117
they would make a bee-line
for the Polaroid board and say,
507
00:32:29,117 --> 00:32:33,496
"Oh, how come I'm only number eight?
Like, who's number one?
508
00:32:33,496 --> 00:32:36,666
How come she's number one? How come
she's opening and I'm not opening?"
509
00:32:36,666 --> 00:32:40,420
They knew their stuff and they knew
where they stood.
510
00:32:40,837 --> 00:32:43,173
Isaac, why do you always
give me the flat shoes
511
00:32:43,173 --> 00:32:45,675
and you always give Naomi Campbell
the high heels?
512
00:32:45,675 --> 00:32:47,177
You gave me slippers
for my finale last season.
513
00:32:47,177 --> 00:32:48,261
'Cause you wouldn't take them.
514
00:32:49,262 --> 00:32:51,932
Before the runway or a photoshoot,
515
00:32:51,932 --> 00:32:54,809
you know, they were spending
so much time controlling
516
00:32:54,809 --> 00:32:57,771
every little inch of the makeup,
every little inch, you know,
517
00:32:57,771 --> 00:32:59,105
looking at themselves in the mirror.
518
00:33:02,150 --> 00:33:04,110
Each one of them
had this strong personality,
519
00:33:04,110 --> 00:33:05,904
and were not afraid to show it.
520
00:33:05,904 --> 00:33:07,739
I just had this big fight with him.
521
00:33:07,739 --> 00:33:09,449
I'm not trying to be a bitch but really,
522
00:33:09,449 --> 00:33:12,160
- you cannot fake the shoot. It's cheesy.
- You're absolutely right, you're so right.
523
00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:16,081
I mean, Naomi would let me have it
if she didn't like her dress.
524
00:33:16,081 --> 00:33:21,461
And if it meant I had to make one
within 24 hours for the next day, I did.
525
00:33:22,045 --> 00:33:25,215
What lips is it?
The same color that Anna has?
526
00:33:29,094 --> 00:33:33,473
It was hard to be
an outspoken Black woman,
527
00:33:33,473 --> 00:33:37,477
and I definitely got the cane for it,
many times.
528
00:33:39,854 --> 00:33:42,357
I left Ford and went to Elite.
529
00:33:42,357 --> 00:33:45,110
John Casablancas took me to Revlon once
530
00:33:45,110 --> 00:33:47,862
and said they wanted to sign me
under contract.
531
00:33:47,862 --> 00:33:50,532
But when they told me
what they wanted to pay me,
532
00:33:50,532 --> 00:33:53,159
I said no, in front of the whole room.
533
00:33:53,159 --> 00:33:56,037
I said, "I get paid that in Tokyo
in one day.
534
00:33:56,037 --> 00:33:59,332
Why would I take that
for a contract for a year?"
535
00:34:00,542 --> 00:34:03,211
And my counterparts had told me
what they were getting,
536
00:34:03,211 --> 00:34:05,714
so they told me,
"Don't you take anything less."
537
00:34:06,882 --> 00:34:09,384
So, I was just like,
"No, I don't want this, sorry."
538
00:34:10,175 --> 00:34:13,889
So, John got very embarrassed
and then decided to call me difficult.
539
00:34:14,890 --> 00:34:17,182
And he then decided
he was going to go to the press
540
00:34:17,182 --> 00:34:18,934
and say I was difficult
and that he fired me.
541
00:34:20,144 --> 00:34:24,106
They're most of all selfish.
542
00:34:24,106 --> 00:34:29,778
{\an8}And they very, very quickly develop
into monsters of egocentrism.
543
00:34:29,778 --> 00:34:33,575
First of all, let's get this clear.
Models cannot get fired.
544
00:34:33,575 --> 00:34:36,620
We are self-employed.
545
00:34:36,620 --> 00:34:39,414
Sponsored by our agencies.
546
00:34:39,414 --> 00:34:42,416
Your previous agent was
not very complimentary about you.
547
00:34:42,416 --> 00:34:44,461
No, he was very undignified.
548
00:34:44,461 --> 00:34:47,505
He got very nasty,
which I personally felt
549
00:34:47,505 --> 00:34:50,508
that it was just exploitation
because he knows my name
550
00:34:50,508 --> 00:34:53,470
will be printed in the paper and
it will be a big press thing for Elite...
551
00:34:53,470 --> 00:34:56,597
- Press for the agency.
- But I have nothing to say to him.
552
00:34:56,597 --> 00:34:59,017
I think his behavior
was totally undignified.
553
00:35:03,605 --> 00:35:07,400
That stigma of his words
and his statement to the press
554
00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:10,153
messed my work up for many, many years.
555
00:35:11,404 --> 00:35:15,242
I've heard "crazy." I've heard
"nightmare." I've heard "difficult."
556
00:35:16,034 --> 00:35:18,870
I was called difficult because
I opened my mouth. Period.
557
00:35:19,955 --> 00:35:23,166
I don't know, I'll think about it.
I can't promise because I'm not gonna...
558
00:35:23,166 --> 00:35:25,752
I mean, some people call people bitches
559
00:35:25,752 --> 00:35:30,048
when they're hardworking, opinionated
and in control of their own career.
560
00:35:30,048 --> 00:35:33,802
That's when I realized the pen
could be poisonous.
561
00:35:33,802 --> 00:35:35,428
That's when I realized.
562
00:35:39,516 --> 00:35:43,562
I'm not the same person
I was 30 years ago.
563
00:35:44,729 --> 00:35:49,401
But... I just don't want
to be known for that.
564
00:35:49,401 --> 00:35:53,655
I don't want to be known as,
"She's the model who said that quote."
565
00:35:53,655 --> 00:35:55,824
What about the one that said
"I won't get out of bed"?
566
00:35:55,824 --> 00:35:56,908
- That's Linda.
- Linda.
567
00:35:56,908 --> 00:35:58,451
What did she say?
568
00:35:58,451 --> 00:36:01,830
"I will not get out of bed
for less than 10,000 dollars a day."
569
00:36:04,791 --> 00:36:08,795
I shouldn't have said that. I don't know.
That quote makes me crazy.
570
00:36:08,795 --> 00:36:13,717
It makes me crazy. I don't even
know how to address it anymore.
571
00:36:13,717 --> 00:36:16,303
I said it, and...
572
00:36:16,303 --> 00:36:19,556
around the world
I've apologized for saying it.
573
00:36:19,556 --> 00:36:20,640
I did say it.
574
00:36:24,644 --> 00:36:25,979
If a man said it,
575
00:36:25,979 --> 00:36:31,026
it's acceptable to be proud
of what you command.
576
00:36:31,735 --> 00:36:35,071
Some people would say it was immoral
that you earn a million dollars a year.
577
00:36:37,908 --> 00:36:42,412
I never gave a figure
about how much money I make a year.
578
00:36:43,747 --> 00:36:46,249
I provide a service and, I mean,
579
00:36:46,249 --> 00:36:50,295
the people I'm working for make
a hell of a lot more money than I do.
580
00:36:50,295 --> 00:36:53,965
My fee is only a very small percentage
581
00:36:53,965 --> 00:36:57,552
of what an advertising budget consists of.
582
00:36:58,803 --> 00:37:04,392
It's not that high compared to what they
have to spend on a campaign.
583
00:37:04,392 --> 00:37:07,062
And you should see what they get back.
584
00:37:09,564 --> 00:37:10,899
So there.
585
00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:25,914
Certain designers didn't
like the fact that,
586
00:37:26,998 --> 00:37:29,125
if after a show, it said,
587
00:37:29,125 --> 00:37:32,963
"Cindy Crawford wearing this designer."
588
00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:35,131
They didn't like that.
589
00:37:39,636 --> 00:37:44,349
{\an8}Designers inevitably, started getting
pissed off that their shows
590
00:37:44,349 --> 00:37:46,977
{\an8}were about the models
and not about the clothes.
591
00:37:46,977 --> 00:37:49,062
You know, "What about me?"
592
00:37:49,062 --> 00:37:50,855
Naomi, please can you look at me?
593
00:37:52,232 --> 00:37:54,276
- Naomi, for me.
- Naomi, please.
594
00:37:55,860 --> 00:37:57,654
Hello, good morning.
595
00:38:04,995 --> 00:38:08,248
{\an8}The model, unfortunately,
they have to be controlled in this moment
596
00:38:08,248 --> 00:38:12,669
{\an8}because all the big star I think
they went out with their head.
597
00:38:12,669 --> 00:38:14,588
They don't know where they are anymore.
598
00:38:16,214 --> 00:38:19,175
{\an8}I think it's a new attitude because
they became too tall, too big,
599
00:38:19,175 --> 00:38:21,720
{\an8}so it's good to take it
down a little bit to Earth.
600
00:38:21,720 --> 00:38:24,598
I mean, the whole sort of
supermodel thing, you know,
601
00:38:24,598 --> 00:38:27,934
it got a little bit out of control with
the kind of money they were being paid
602
00:38:27,934 --> 00:38:30,228
and their supermodel status.
603
00:38:30,228 --> 00:38:33,607
But obviously, like anything else,
there's a sort of rejection against it
604
00:38:33,607 --> 00:38:34,900
and you want something else.
605
00:38:37,110 --> 00:38:42,240
We drank them in
and they were in their glory.
606
00:38:45,410 --> 00:38:47,787
But then it was almost like too much.
607
00:38:50,999 --> 00:38:54,169
By midway through the '90s,
the economy had shifted.
608
00:38:54,169 --> 00:38:58,256
All of a sudden, it wasn't so tasteful
609
00:38:58,256 --> 00:39:01,593
{\an8}to demonstrate this
conspicuous consumption.
610
00:39:01,593 --> 00:39:03,261
{\an8}To flaunt it.
611
00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:11,061
{\an8}It was a new reality, you know?
612
00:39:11,061 --> 00:39:14,731
And it wasn't just about fashion,
it was about music, it was a lifestyle.
613
00:39:16,858 --> 00:39:18,652
The grunge movement.
614
00:39:18,652 --> 00:39:21,321
I got scared there.
615
00:39:21,321 --> 00:39:23,949
I got scared I didn't belong.
616
00:39:23,949 --> 00:39:28,119
It's so funny because I would be, like,
slouched over for the picture,
617
00:39:28,119 --> 00:39:30,789
and then they would, like, say,
"Change film."
618
00:39:30,789 --> 00:39:33,083
And they'd say, "Okay, relax."
And I would be like...
619
00:39:34,209 --> 00:39:36,503
And I'd be, like, standing like...
620
00:39:36,503 --> 00:39:40,423
You know, I found it very amusing.
621
00:39:41,174 --> 00:39:44,761
{\an8}I don't think that people
want to show off the fact
622
00:39:44,761 --> 00:39:48,265
{\an8}that they have a lot of money, so
although designer clothes are expensive,
623
00:39:48,265 --> 00:39:51,393
I think there has to be
a little bit more subdued.
624
00:39:51,935 --> 00:39:56,439
But I feel like probably for anyone
on the cool side to be like,
625
00:39:56,439 --> 00:40:00,860
"Oh, there's the end,
supermodels in grunge, what is that?"
626
00:40:02,445 --> 00:40:07,993
I'm not sure that fashion alone
pushes the culture forward,
627
00:40:07,993 --> 00:40:11,246
but I do think that it's
kind of a sign post...
628
00:40:11,788 --> 00:40:14,291
...that tells you where the culture is.
629
00:40:16,793 --> 00:40:18,044
It's the hip hop culture.
630
00:40:18,044 --> 00:40:21,798
{\an8}So now you got rap, fashion,
culture all together.
631
00:40:22,424 --> 00:40:27,429
{\an8}I mean, hip-hop was this unbelievable
fashion influence from day one.
632
00:40:27,429 --> 00:40:31,600
This was a whole different huge genre
that took over the world.
633
00:40:32,684 --> 00:40:35,729
With his eye on the street,
Karl takes a hip-hop beat.
634
00:40:36,646 --> 00:40:38,815
{\an8}It has to reflect in a way the life
of today of tomorrow.
635
00:40:38,815 --> 00:40:40,525
If not, it doesn't say anything.
636
00:40:41,026 --> 00:40:44,321
{\an8}Music is really the thing where
the fashion influence comes from today.
637
00:40:44,321 --> 00:40:46,406
{\an8}That brings the color,
that brings everything.
638
00:40:47,908 --> 00:40:52,621
The '90s was a sort of counteract
to what had come before in fashion,
639
00:40:52,621 --> 00:40:55,707
much more of a response
to what was happening in society.
640
00:40:57,125 --> 00:41:00,754
Mister Gorbachev finally brought
the curtain down on the Soviet Union.
641
00:41:04,174 --> 00:41:08,178
Model scouts were now roaming the streets
642
00:41:08,178 --> 00:41:10,764
of these former Soviet areas
643
00:41:10,764 --> 00:41:15,560
and, you know, looking for faces that...
644
00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:19,022
you know, appealed to them
and that captured their imagination.
645
00:41:20,565 --> 00:41:23,360
The good students are the ones
from Eastern European countries.
646
00:41:23,360 --> 00:41:26,071
The ones from East European? Why?
'Cause they're so ambitious?
647
00:41:26,071 --> 00:41:28,406
Ambitious, hungry
and they want to get out.
648
00:41:29,449 --> 00:41:30,450
Money.
649
00:41:30,450 --> 00:41:34,371
So that's started to bring white girls in,
but skinny white girls,
650
00:41:34,371 --> 00:41:36,748
girls with not necessarily
personality or anything.
651
00:41:38,375 --> 00:41:41,878
Stay tuned for
Elite Model Look of the Year.
652
00:41:41,878 --> 00:41:46,091
We're going up to the microphone
and then standing at the microphone,
653
00:41:46,091 --> 00:41:49,427
saying your name
and your country very clearly.
654
00:41:50,762 --> 00:41:55,767
They could use 40 models coming
out of, like, Eastern European countries
655
00:41:55,767 --> 00:41:59,354
as opposed to ten big models
they had to pay a lot of money to.
656
00:41:59,354 --> 00:42:01,690
It was, like, cheaper
to use 40 unknown models.
657
00:42:01,690 --> 00:42:05,110
But in order to do that, everyone
had to be the exact same size.
658
00:42:05,110 --> 00:42:07,654
Suddenly, we see all kinds
of new models coming up,
659
00:42:07,654 --> 00:42:09,406
including from my agency, so I like it.
660
00:42:09,406 --> 00:42:11,908
{\an8}I think that it gives a run
for their money
661
00:42:11,908 --> 00:42:13,827
{\an8}to the ones who thought
they had it all made.
662
00:42:14,327 --> 00:42:17,455
It wasn't so much about race,
it was just eradicating anything
663
00:42:17,455 --> 00:42:21,126
that distracted from clothing,
from the collection.
664
00:42:21,126 --> 00:42:23,128
So, you got these girls.
665
00:42:23,128 --> 00:42:27,799
It became just the moment and it became
something that became a trend.
666
00:42:27,799 --> 00:42:30,176
And designers as independent as they are,
667
00:42:30,176 --> 00:42:33,096
as different as they all claim to be,
and they are,
668
00:42:33,096 --> 00:42:36,266
when a trend happens, it seems like
they go right down the yellow brick road
669
00:42:36,266 --> 00:42:37,976
and they're following each other.
670
00:42:38,476 --> 00:42:39,978
What do you think this new look is,
how would you describe it?
671
00:42:40,395 --> 00:42:42,355
They call them the waif, right?
672
00:42:43,189 --> 00:42:46,109
These young girls, they have, like,
stringy hair, no make-up,
673
00:42:46,109 --> 00:42:48,612
kind of this blank expression
into the camera.
674
00:42:48,612 --> 00:42:52,574
- What does that mean for us?
- I can do that! I can do it too.
675
00:42:53,116 --> 00:42:57,495
It almost felt like a rejection
of the supermodel
676
00:42:57,495 --> 00:43:00,040
and everything we embodied.
677
00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:01,458
The waif look.
678
00:43:01,458 --> 00:43:05,462
They're child-like,
vulnerable and often small,
679
00:43:05,462 --> 00:43:08,715
as much as six inches shorter
than the usual runway model.
680
00:43:08,715 --> 00:43:13,428
Among the new names is Shalom,
there's 19-year-old Amber Veletta,
681
00:43:13,428 --> 00:43:15,722
who doesn't want to be a supermodel.
682
00:43:15,722 --> 00:43:17,974
And Kate Moss, also 19,
683
00:43:17,974 --> 00:43:22,020
who's well on her way to becoming one
but can't quite imagine it.
684
00:43:22,020 --> 00:43:24,606
{\an8}I don't think I'm the same thing as them.
685
00:43:24,606 --> 00:43:27,275
{\an8}They're different.
They're just more sophisticated.
686
00:43:27,275 --> 00:43:30,528
They're women and I'm not really
a woman yet, I don't think.
687
00:43:32,072 --> 00:43:34,491
Kate Moss, when she came in the picture,
688
00:43:34,491 --> 00:43:37,285
I think changed the game
of the supermodel.
689
00:43:40,789 --> 00:43:44,793
She was not super beautiful.
She was shorter.
690
00:43:45,794 --> 00:43:49,130
Her legs are crooked,
her teeth are a little bit like...
691
00:43:51,132 --> 00:43:52,968
But just something touching about her.
692
00:43:52,968 --> 00:43:56,137
There's a fragility
that you wanted to get close to.
693
00:43:56,846 --> 00:44:00,433
{\an8}Kate is so wonderful,
I mean, she's so waif-like.
694
00:44:00,433 --> 00:44:02,811
And there's this whole new thing
695
00:44:02,811 --> 00:44:07,691
of wanting to see a new image,
a new face.
696
00:44:07,691 --> 00:44:09,818
And Kate is just wonderful.
697
00:44:12,112 --> 00:44:15,240
We worked together doing advertising
for Calvin.
698
00:44:16,491 --> 00:44:19,119
And we did have this crossover,
especially Naomi and I,
699
00:44:19,119 --> 00:44:21,413
were really close with Kate.
700
00:44:21,413 --> 00:44:24,291
She's five years younger than me,
four years younger than Naomi,
701
00:44:24,291 --> 00:44:28,670
but we also felt like that was another
kind of cohort that also made sense.
702
00:44:28,670 --> 00:44:31,047
And because of that,
in a way, we felt a little bit more
703
00:44:31,047 --> 00:44:33,133
still connected to that next generation.
704
00:44:35,302 --> 00:44:40,432
The undisputed supermodels are defensive
about reports they're being sidelined.
705
00:44:40,432 --> 00:44:46,479
{\an8}If you have a hockey team, you don't
retire the whole team all at once.
706
00:44:46,479 --> 00:44:48,523
{\an8}You bring in rookies one at a time.
707
00:44:48,523 --> 00:44:54,529
{\an8}I mean, I'm... It's really nice
to see these new girls.
708
00:44:57,240 --> 00:44:58,700
The question I hate the most,
709
00:44:58,700 --> 00:45:01,703
"What are you going to do
when you're too old?"
710
00:45:01,703 --> 00:45:03,705
It's such a nasty question.
711
00:45:03,705 --> 00:45:05,665
Do you want to be an actress?
712
00:45:06,458 --> 00:45:08,460
I don't think I want to go...
713
00:45:08,460 --> 00:45:11,338
I know I won't go out there and pursue it.
714
00:45:11,338 --> 00:45:14,758
It just seems like the natural thing
to do to carry on,
715
00:45:14,758 --> 00:45:19,221
'cause when this all comes to a halt,
it's like what else do you do?
716
00:45:20,597 --> 00:45:23,391
Cindy Crawford is the hands-down queen
of the supermodels,
717
00:45:23,391 --> 00:45:27,103
but can she be as big on the big screen
as she is on magazine covers?
718
00:45:27,103 --> 00:45:30,857
The world famous supermodel's
first screen test is as a lawyer.
719
00:45:30,857 --> 00:45:32,400
Do you have a problem
with lawyers or something?
720
00:45:32,400 --> 00:45:36,571
Marked for death by the Russian mob
in the thriller, Fair Game.
721
00:45:36,571 --> 00:45:38,615
You know what they call a Florida cop
in a three-piece suit?
722
00:45:38,615 --> 00:45:40,158
No, what?
723
00:45:40,158 --> 00:45:41,117
The defendant.
724
00:45:42,994 --> 00:45:44,704
I never had a master plan.
725
00:45:44,704 --> 00:45:47,415
I think a lot of things
were just my willingness
726
00:45:47,415 --> 00:45:50,168
to take a chance and try something
a little bit different.
727
00:45:50,168 --> 00:45:52,837
- Cut. End sticks on D. That's a cut.
- Did we get it?
728
00:45:52,837 --> 00:45:55,966
But there's been things that I've tried
that haven't been successful.
729
00:45:57,008 --> 00:45:59,302
She's 29. It's a great time
for her to transition
730
00:45:59,302 --> 00:46:02,222
from modelling to acting
because in a couple years
731
00:46:02,222 --> 00:46:04,015
she'll be too old to do modeling.
732
00:46:04,558 --> 00:46:07,435
I wasn't that upset they said
I was a terrible actress,
733
00:46:07,435 --> 00:46:10,480
but a female critic said
that someone that looked like me
734
00:46:10,480 --> 00:46:13,483
couldn't be a lawyer,
and I was so offended.
735
00:46:14,109 --> 00:46:17,320
I'm proud of myself
for not being afraid of criticism...
736
00:46:18,280 --> 00:46:19,739
...that I wouldn't try something new.
737
00:46:26,538 --> 00:46:31,334
{\an8}In the '90s, Planet Hollywood
and the Hard Rock Cafe had done very well.
738
00:46:32,335 --> 00:46:34,296
{\an8}And then there was the Fashion Cafe.
739
00:46:41,928 --> 00:46:45,390
Naomi, Christy, Claudia Schiffer
and Elle Macpherson.
740
00:46:45,390 --> 00:46:48,727
The brothers who were running it
really wanted those four names...
741
00:46:50,520 --> 00:46:54,941
...to be attached to attract tourists
to patronize the place.
742
00:46:55,942 --> 00:46:59,696
We have Asia, London, South Africa
743
00:46:59,696 --> 00:47:03,283
and lots of countries that are
very interested in having Fashion Cafe.
744
00:47:03,283 --> 00:47:07,329
I think Italy already loves it and I think
it's definitely going to be a success.
745
00:47:08,288 --> 00:47:10,206
Wrong. It was a terrible idea.
746
00:47:12,542 --> 00:47:18,298
Fashion is not known, sadly enough,
for encouraging a lot of eating.
747
00:47:19,883 --> 00:47:23,345
There was a definite parallel
between Giuliani sanitizing New York
748
00:47:23,345 --> 00:47:26,681
{\an8}and the corporatization
of the fashion industry.
749
00:47:26,681 --> 00:47:32,145
{\an8}Dream with me of a city that
can be better than the way it is now.
750
00:47:34,856 --> 00:47:38,026
Just like mom-and-pop stores
started fading away,
751
00:47:38,026 --> 00:47:39,653
{\an8}the same thing happened in fashion.
752
00:47:40,487 --> 00:47:43,031
Everything became slick and shiny and big.
753
00:47:44,032 --> 00:47:46,159
Seeing the commercialization
754
00:47:46,159 --> 00:47:49,079
{\an8}in the late '90s, just showed you
755
00:47:49,079 --> 00:47:53,041
that fashion became
more and more democratized.
756
00:47:53,458 --> 00:47:55,168
Wherever you live in the world,
757
00:47:55,168 --> 00:47:59,005
as long as you can access the internet,
you can place an order.
758
00:48:00,006 --> 00:48:02,425
So, we started seeing everyone come in
759
00:48:02,425 --> 00:48:05,470
and want a piece of the fashion pie.
760
00:48:05,470 --> 00:48:08,557
Fashion now is so much more of a business.
761
00:48:10,642 --> 00:48:12,561
It's all about being global.
762
00:48:12,561 --> 00:48:16,773
This is a perfect example
of how we take something
763
00:48:16,773 --> 00:48:19,651
that maybe starts in the United States
764
00:48:19,651 --> 00:48:22,362
and expand it around the world.
765
00:48:22,362 --> 00:48:25,991
{\an8}You know, the word globalization
didn't exist 30 years ago.
766
00:48:25,991 --> 00:48:28,368
For me it's okay,
I must be an opportunist.
767
00:48:29,286 --> 00:48:31,037
{\an8}You know, it was television.
768
00:48:33,331 --> 00:48:35,625
{\an8}Which was much more widespread
and impactful.
769
00:48:36,251 --> 00:48:37,794
{\an8}You know where to find me.
770
00:48:37,794 --> 00:48:40,338
{\an8}When Isaac Mizrahi
collaborates with Target,
771
00:48:40,338 --> 00:48:42,674
it's a very different universe.
772
00:48:43,466 --> 00:48:45,886
You know, get rid of the elitism
and the snobbery,
773
00:48:45,886 --> 00:48:48,763
and, you know,
make it accessible to everyone,
774
00:48:48,763 --> 00:48:51,433
it lost a lot of its specialness.
775
00:48:51,433 --> 00:48:54,477
It wasn't a rarefied world anymore.
776
00:48:55,186 --> 00:48:57,480
I try all the time to put out of me,
777
00:48:57,480 --> 00:49:02,193
{\an8}what I think,
what is my philosophy in fashion.
778
00:49:02,193 --> 00:49:05,238
{\an8}I try all the time to understand the age,
the people,
779
00:49:05,238 --> 00:49:07,908
who I wear, who I live with.
780
00:49:11,703 --> 00:49:13,622
{\an8}You're looking at a live picture
of the scene
781
00:49:13,622 --> 00:49:16,082
{\an8}at the Miami Beach home of Gianni Versace.
782
00:49:17,709 --> 00:49:21,046
{\an8}Fashion designer Gianni Versace
has been shot dead
783
00:49:21,046 --> 00:49:23,840
{\an8}outside his villa on the Ocean Drive.
784
00:49:23,840 --> 00:49:27,302
{\an8}Mr. Versace, of course,
one of the world's top fashion designers.
785
00:49:28,178 --> 00:49:31,431
I remember, actually,
I was in Rome at the time,
786
00:49:31,431 --> 00:49:34,809
so, I was actually sitting
with Mr. Valentino
787
00:49:34,809 --> 00:49:37,145
in his office when we got the news.
788
00:49:38,563 --> 00:49:40,982
{\an8}I was in California when I heard.
789
00:49:40,982 --> 00:49:42,901
I, you know, saw the news.
790
00:49:43,485 --> 00:49:47,072
As you can see, Versace's home
remains a crime scene this morning.
791
00:49:48,281 --> 00:49:50,617
How did you learn of his death?
792
00:49:50,617 --> 00:49:53,995
Yesterday I was driving to Rome
793
00:49:53,995 --> 00:49:57,332
to go to work for Gianni and...
794
00:49:57,332 --> 00:50:00,794
I was driving to Rome to meet
Donatella and Santos
795
00:50:00,794 --> 00:50:03,547
and the whole team for rehearsal.
796
00:50:03,547 --> 00:50:07,384
And I got a phone call ten minutes
before I got to Rome.
797
00:50:07,384 --> 00:50:09,302
And I didn't believe it.
798
00:50:09,302 --> 00:50:12,973
So, I got out the car and stopped the car
and then I got back in the car
799
00:50:12,973 --> 00:50:16,142
and someone called me and said
it wasn't true, it was a mistake.
800
00:50:16,142 --> 00:50:18,478
And then when I got there
and I saw Donatella...
801
00:50:19,896 --> 00:50:21,273
You know, so...
802
00:50:21,273 --> 00:50:23,817
You found out it was in fact true.
803
00:50:23,817 --> 00:50:25,068
Yeah.
804
00:50:25,777 --> 00:50:27,946
It was just...
805
00:50:27,946 --> 00:50:29,698
I can't tell you the shock.
806
00:50:29,698 --> 00:50:33,535
It was like everything starts ringing
in your ears and it's just awful.
807
00:50:33,535 --> 00:50:37,080
And then we get closer and closer
to the Hotel de la Ville.
808
00:50:38,582 --> 00:50:41,710
I cannot get into the hotel
because there's crowds
809
00:50:41,710 --> 00:50:44,212
and thousands of people
are outside the hotel,
810
00:50:44,212 --> 00:50:49,926
so I have to climb up the laundry shaft
to get into the hotel.
811
00:50:54,222 --> 00:50:58,852
Gianni Versace
was a fashion revolutionary.
812
00:50:59,477 --> 00:51:03,732
{\an8}He unleashed the beast
in fashion in a way.
813
00:51:04,733 --> 00:51:10,238
{\an8}Gianni decided to treat us
like human beings,
814
00:51:10,238 --> 00:51:17,037
women with different personalities and
he let our personalities shine through.
815
00:51:17,037 --> 00:51:22,292
And he really celebrated us.
816
00:51:24,294 --> 00:51:29,049
{\an8}He kind of understood the synergy
of, like, raising everybody up.
817
00:51:29,049 --> 00:51:34,804
So, he wasn't at all afraid
of allowing us to also shine.
818
00:51:37,140 --> 00:51:40,018
Gianni Versace was gone.
819
00:51:40,018 --> 00:51:46,775
And I think that that kind of
sort of ended that supermodel era.
820
00:51:48,777 --> 00:51:52,155
It's "Not be afraid of what you are,"
that's the Versace key.
821
00:51:52,155 --> 00:51:54,407
From when I start, I always say,
"Be yourself."
822
00:51:56,201 --> 00:51:58,536
It's the only fashion you can wear,
it's you.
823
00:51:59,996 --> 00:52:06,711
{\an8}I think I really wanted to have
the freedom to be something else.
824
00:52:06,711 --> 00:52:12,425
{\an8}People feel like we don't hurt,
and we don't cry, we don't get sad.
825
00:52:12,425 --> 00:52:15,095
None of that's true, it's all a myth.
826
00:52:15,095 --> 00:52:17,847
So, I'm the supermodel, right?
827
00:52:19,391 --> 00:52:21,685
But I'm not super human.