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Milla's Tale
Photographs by Sheryl Nields

Russian born and raised in LA, Milla Jovovich was a mode icon at the age of Now a bona fide supermodel, the dynamic beauty is about to take over every billboard and cinema screen in the country. Sara Buys meets the thoroughly modern muse with a mind of her own.

Milla Jovovich is a Linda Evangelista for the Noughties. Her face, a combination of sharp turns and plump sensuality, has the sort of irregular perfection that re-writes the aesthetic rulebook. On screen, this Soviet-born, Californian-reared beauty is that rare combination of highly charged sexuality and refined elegance - a winning formula that boosts box-office ratings, inspires designers and sells clothes. Like Evangelista, Gianni Versace's favourite supermodel, Milla is a true chameleon. Whether she's looking serene and dreamy for Prada, vamped up for Versace, elegant and timeless for Chanel or all-American for Calvin Klein, she is the undi

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The 25 Top Supermodels That Dominated Fashion in the '90s

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Linda Evangelista

Heralded as the ultimate chameleon, the Canadian supermodel went through the '90s changing her hairstyle and garnering headlines for doing so. From a black pixie cut to bright red bob to a platinum-blonde coif, Evangelista's looks season after season captured the attention of myriad designers, who made her the face of campaigns and the center del av helhet of runway shows.

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Naomi Campbell

Campbell is the queen of the catwalk. So much that Beyoncé immortalized her signature strut in "Get Me Bodied," encouraging listeners to "walk across the room like Naomi Campbell." And though this English beauty received a great amount success, her rise to the top was faced with adversities. She was often the only Black model in runway lineups, campaigns, and editorial shoots—a pervasive mindset that she has fought to overturn throughout her illustrious career.

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“Throw out your detergent! This is not a call to arms; it’s an invitation to dress down and party up! As the fin de siècle draws near, greed has gone to seed. What started out as a serfs’ rebellion against aristocratic glamour has turned into a fashion revolution that champions “revolting” for its own sake.”

In the spread, edited by Grace Coddington, models wore Ralph Lauren, Anna Sui, and plaid shirting with the sleeves hacked off over translucent Calvin Klein slip dresses. There are lots of beanies, layering, and band tees.

The following year, in Suzy Menkes’ review of Jacobs’ show in Vogue’sJanuary issue: “I told Marc Jacobs that his Perry Ellis show—all floppy coats worn with crochet vests and hot pants or ombre chiffon tunics and pajamas—looked like hippies with attitude. ‘I don’t like labels. It’s how you wear clothes today. It’s how the girls look when they come in here,’ he said. How grunge is that?”

Perry Ellis Spring ready-to-wear collectionPhoto: Condé Nast Archive