Linda, Christy, Naomi & Cindy - Rafael Pavarotti Photoshoot
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14 jpg | up to 1920*2880 | 7.14 MB
For the first time since that moment nearly 34 years ago, Cindy, Christy, Linda and Naomi have reunited for a Vogue cover, fashion editorial, interviews and video in-conversations to mark the release of their hotly anticipated documentary for Apple TV+ charting their stratospheric rise and releasing this month. For such a hallowed moment, my esteemed co-conspirator Anna Wintour – editor-in-chief of American Vogue and Condé Nast’s global chief content officer – and I decided there was only one thing for it: we had to put the legendary quartet simultaneously on the covers of both British and American Vogues.
For the shoot, I had the honour of travelling to New York with one of my favourite young collaborators, photographer Rafael Pavarotti. Over the course of two days in May, to say nothing of many weeks of preparation in styling our four icons, it was a joy for me to be reunited and work again with these women who I am lucky enough to call friends as well as colleagues. The mood on set was magical. Anna stopped by, the models were on top form and you can find the fruits of our labour inside the issue. To me, these extraordinary forces are the ultimate experts. Every pose, every fashion choice, every adjustment in eye contact is considered with them. To work with the supers is the fashion equivalent of watching Shakespeare performed the way it is meant to be done.