I’ve mentioned the return of the supermodel to major campaigns here on Chicshopper before. Their super-comeback shows no sign of slowing down. The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute has announced it’s next exhibit will be titled “The Model As Muse: Embodying Fashion”. From the first supermodel Lisa Fonssagrives; the faces of the fifties such as Dorian Leigh; sixties icons Twiggy and Veruschka, Iman and Jerry Hall in the seventies; the trinity of Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, and Naomi Campbell; all the way to Kate Moss, Shalom Harlow and Gisele Bundchen, models have not only displayed the trends and fashions of the twentieth-century, but have also influenced them. It is impossible to imagine the world of fashion without these gorgeous ladies in it. The theme of the event seems a natural progression from this year’s theme of superheroes, as the curator Harold Koda explained, “We look at the power of clothing, fashion photography and the model to project the look of an era. With a mere gesture, or the line of her body, a truly stellar model can sum up the attitude of her time, creating an alluring synergy between herself and the clothing to communicate a designer’s message to the wider world.” The icing on the cake is that Anna Wintour’s gala celebrating the opening (otherwise known as the Oscar’s of fashion) will have Marc Jacobs as the honorary chair, and Kate Moss and Justin Timberlake as co-chairs. Is it May already?!

Learn more about the influence of the model on fashion with Catwalking: A History of the Fashion Model

Source: Telegraph