DAMN THE MAN'S HOUSE OF STYLE: THEY SHOOT SUPERMODELS, DON'T THEY?
After stumbling onto this US Magazine article on 90's models of yesteryear and having a robust argument with my fashion-illiterate husband (spurred on by a viewing of "America's Next Top Model") about whether there was a trend in "masculine-looking" supermodels in the 90's (Me:"No, it was waifs! Heroin chic!!"), an argument that even Judith Butler would want no place in, I knew it was time to prop this Damn The Man, Save The Empire! post category up already.
"House of Style" is, of course, named after the illustrious, Cindy-Crawford-hosted show, "MTV's House of Style," a show that I begrudgingly admit that my eyes were glued to every time it came on, if only in hopes that Todd Oldham would have a segment in DIY interior decoration that episode."House of Style" began in 1989 and runs in some form or another on MTV to this day, apparently.
Supermodels are also another thing of the past...oh yeah, there are still models, but who knows their names anymore? Big designers (John Galliano, Thierry Mugler, Isaac Mizrahi, Marc Jacobs, Anna Sui, Jean-Paul Gaultier) needed big names: Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Kate Moss, Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Niki Taylor, Claudia Schiffer...these were the heavy-hitters, seen everywhere from runways to TV to magazines, you could not get away from them. Even models below this lofty echelon were prized beyond belief; favorites of mine and my family's were Frederique, Jenny Shimizu (Angelina Jolie's ex!) and Eve (who wore a giant dragon tattoo on her head---it was the 90's, one could get away with such things when Cobain walked the earth).
Here's another article by Complex Magazine about these household names, and I will be scrounging up info on more...another House of Style post to come!
Here's the fun part...Videos! The first couple of clips are of vintage 90's "House of Style" episodes, and the last couple are a gift from me to those who remember when models were super!
George Michael - "Too Funky" from the 1992 compilation "Red Hot + Dance" by the Red Hot Organization (for HIV/AIDS awareness and fundraising)
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