Apollonia van raven stein biography sample

  • Happy Birthday to one of Norman Parkinson's favourite models, Apollonia van Ravenstein!
  • When Vogue launched in 1892 as “a dignified authentic journal of society, fashion, and the ceremonial side of life,” it was aimed at the leisure class.
  • The seventies icon recalls some of the highlights of her modeling career, including working with Halston and sitting for Irving Penn.

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    Modern RomanticsA mode photographer who completely rewrote the rules of his trade, he used the city streets as expressive backdrops, which offered an almost casual perspective on cutting-edge fashion designs, and favoured coincidence…

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    Pat Cleveland, the kinetic and beautiful model and seventies icon, has always been a woman on the go, from the time of her discovery on the subway in 1966 by then Vogue Fashion Editor Carrie Donovan to now, when she’s writing an autobiography between shoots for Lanvin and Barneys. Here, she recalls some of the most memorable moments of her career, including working with Halston and sitting for the inimitable Irving Penn.

    In 1972 I had my first opportunity to work with Mr. Penn. I wore a cream-colored Halston dress and a gardenia in my hair. It was the most frightening experience for me, but it needn’t have been. He sat you on a box and told you to be very still, which was hard for me. He told me to look over there, "there’s a bug." He taught me to use my eyes.

    Penn told me he was tired of photographing mode and wanted to just skott flowers. I told him: "Why not?" Soon after he published his book on orchids. inom felt like one of his flowers.

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    Ralph Lauren, designer

    Perry Ellis was a fresh voice when he started his own brand in 1978. The community of American fashion designers at the time was much smaller than it is today, and we were very connected, particularly through the CFDA.

    Donna Karan, designer

    Perry had a very defined point of view—I can see his clothes now. He was such a nice man. He was always in chino pants and a blue shirt. It’s like I could see him right now, he was so cute. And so respectful.

    Valerie Steele

    He did really cool clothes. They were really, really creative. It was mostly, I think, a question of proportion. He was one of the first to do that preppy look in a more playful way—not just a Brooks Brothers way, but in a really playful way.

    Marc Jacobs

    When I first met Perry, I was 15-and-a-half. I was working at Charivari; I begged them for a job as a stock boy. At the opening of the store, Perry Ellis came in with his two assistants, Jed and Priscilla. And I met Perry Ellis, who was my

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