Models of Influence: 50 Women Who Reset the Cour

NewYorkTimesBestsellerNigelBarker—FashionAuthority,Photographer,AndHostOfOxygen'STheFace—Presents50OfTheMostInfluentialModelsFromThe1940SToTodayThroughAWealthOfFull-ColorPhotographsFromTheWorld'SMostRenownedFashionPhotographersAndAnAnecdotalTextThatRevealsEachWoman'SIndeliblePlaceInThePantheonsOfFashionAndPopularCulture.Interweaving200GorgeousPhotographsAndInformativeAndEntertainingAnecdotes,ModelsOfInfluenceProfiles50WomenWhoHaveMadeAnUnforgettableImpressionOnFashion,TheModelingIndustry,AndOurNotionsOfBeauty.EightChronologicalChapters,EachOfWhichSpotlightAnEra,FeatureTheStoriesAndImagesOfWomenWhoMadeTheirMark.TheseIncludeLisaFonssagrives-Penn,Dovima,AndDorianLeigh,WhoReignedDuringModeling'SGoldenAgeInThe1950S;Twiggy,Veruschka,AndJeanShrimpton,WhoEmbodiedTheFreeSpiritOfThe1960S;AndLaurenHutton,Iman,AndJaniceDickinson,ModelsWhoRevolutionizedTheNotionOfBeautyInThe1970S.BarkerProfilesThoseWho'VeBecomeTheMillion-DollarFacesOfTheirTime,SuchAsChristieBrinkleyAndElleMacpherson;RevisitsTheAgeOfTheSupermodel,WhenChristyTurlington,LindaEvangelista,AndNaomiCampbellRoseToGlobalStardom;AndSpotlightsEternalChameleonsKateMoss,StellaTennant,AndAmberValletta,AmongOthers.AlsoIncludedAreModelsWhoBroughtUsIntoTheTwenty-FirstCentury,AndThoseWhoAreLeadingTheWayIntoTheFuture,FromGiseleBÜNdchen,DariaWerbowy,LiyaKebede,AndCocoRochaToCaraDelevingne,KarlieKloss,LaraStone,JoanSmalls,AndKateUpton.NigelBarkerShowcasesEachModel'SIncandescentStyle—ThatSpecialSomethingThatSetsHerApart,WhetherIt'SHerUniquePhysicality,ADaringApproachToImage-Making,OrAParticularEnergyThatReflectsTheZeitgeist.Here,Too,AreModelsWhoBrokeTheMoldInTheirRespectiveErasAndTurnedTheStandardNotionOfBeautyOnItsHead.StunningInItsBreadthAndBeauty,ComprisingSomeOfTheFinestFashionImagesOverTheLast70Years,ModelsOfInfluenceIsACelebrationOfFashionAndAGroupOfUnforgettableWomenWhoHaveHelpedShapeAndChangeModernCulture.