In the last decade of the last century, models stopped being mannequins to become real stars, global goddesses known only by first name: Linda, Naomi, Cindy ... They changed everything (and then everything changed).

In the 90s, fashion ceased to be a minor art to become a powerful industry, with a budget similar to that of showbusiness, with its own constellation of stars, like those that Metro Goldwyn Mayer boasted in the 30s in the well-known motto: &quot;More stars than in the sky.&quot; In the last decade of the last century the divas were not called Greta (Garbo), Marlene (Dietrich) or Norma (Shearer), although they were also known - like them - by their own name, as shown in one of the most visual testimonies. powerhouses of the time, George Michael&#39;s video Too Funky , directed by designer Thierry Mugler , which ended in a pitched battle for authorship in the credits; in fact, the video ends with a private joke, something cruel, from the singer himself: &quot;Directed by ...?&quot; Today, that video can be seen, in its original format - much more bizarre than the mainstream presented in its day - on YouTube.

George Michael- Too Funky

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To the rhythm of George Michael&#39;s fashion (megagay) anthem, supermodels parade on the brink of hysteria with creations signed by Mugler in the early 1990s, still worn on the red carpet today. Like the stars of yesteryear, they are introduced by their first names: Linda (Evangelista, the most: top among tops, the Garbo of supermodels), Eva (Herzigov&aacute;), Tyra (Banks), Beverly (Peele), Nadja (Auerman ), Emma (Sj&ouml;berg) and Estelle (Hallyday). The video served as the inspiration for Robert Altman&#39;s film Pr&ecirc;t-&agrave;-Porter, which takes place at Paris Fashion Week, which was supposedly a tribute, but was actually a fierce and ruthless criticism of the entire circus of fashion composed of supermodels, designers (with additions), stylists on the verge of hysteria (and beyond) and a pack of journalists ... which could also be described in another way, if we substitute &quot;pack&quot; for &quot;herd&quot; .

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In that sidereal constellation summoned by the Mugler-Michael tandem are not, as always, all that they are. Many others are missing: Cindy (Crawford, who shortly after became Richard Gere&#39;s vase-wife and popularized the mole on her lip, like a turn-of-the-century Marilyn), Claudia (Schiffer, the German version of Brigitte Bardot, with a rather icy eroticism, which seems to have made a pact with the devil: in the attic of her house, her face ages on the cover of a vintage edition of L&#39;Officiel circa 1996, while she is getting younger and older. skinny), Naomi (Campbell, who has gone through a thousand and one vicissitudes professionally and personally: phones thrown at the heads of her assistants, suicide attempts due to a love break-up - time proved you right, darling: you you&#39;re still a goddess, but today ... who remembers Joaqu&iacute;n Cort&eacute;s? - blood-stained diamonds with subsequent redemption thanks to their friendship with Nelson Mandela , community service; yes, for a time Naomi was like the Lindsay Lohan of the top), Kate (Moss, who has gone from top to bottom ... and back to top, after hellish relationships with Johnny Deep or Pete Doherty, which turned her into tabloid meat; problems with alcohol and substances, which can be seen on YouTube; and a career in fashion as consistent as it is solid: she has just walked for <a href="https://www.lofficielmexico.com/moda/historia-maison-fendi-italia">Fendi</a> , along with her daughter Lila Grace, in <a href="https://www.lofficielmexico.com/moda/5-minutos-conocer-kim-jones">Kim Jones&#39;s</a> first Haute Couture collection at the helm of the Italian house), Elle McPherson (known as The Body, that is still intact; we cannot say the same about the rest), Stephanie (Seymour, specialist in toxic loves - at age 16 she begins a relationship with John Casablancas, director of Elite Model Management; later she dated Warren Beatty, Axl Rose and Charlie Sheen &hellip; Hello, how are you, Stephie, sweetheart-heart-treasure? -, who just two years ago walked again for <a href="https://www.lofficielmexico.com/pop-culture/5-minutos-conocer-gianni-versace-biografia">Versace</a> and has just experienced the worst tragedy of her life: her son Harry, model, businessman and contemporary dandy , As a result of her marriage to millionaire Peter Brandt, who just passed away a few days ago due to an &quot;accidental prescription drug overdose,&quot; according to a family statement), Christy (Turlington, who continues to star in covers and campaigns while developing a career as a fashion and beauty businesswoman, married for almost two decades to film director Edward Burns), Helena (Christensen, who has jumped to the other side of the camera and is now a prestigious photographer) and Tatjana (Patitz, who with Linda, Naomi, Christy and Cindy star in the other anthem of the time: Freedom , by George Michael; and that few remember today, despite having the most beautiful face of the decade).

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All of them embody the triumph of a superwoman, voluptuous, sensual, confident and fearless, who took the fashion industry to a new level: that of a money-making machine. And they wanted their piece of cake, too: &quot;I don&#39;t get out of bed for less than ten thousand dollars,&quot; Linda went on to say at the height of her success. In the following decade, with the irruption of investment funds in historic houses and the formation of large groups, everything changed and his reign declined in favor of a new generation who saw themselves reflected in them, but lacked their magnetism. &hellip; But, well, that&#39;s another story.

How supermodels became super-models

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