Return of the Supers: See Behind the Scenes at the Making of Vogue’s September Issue
Released on 08/10/2023
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Hi, Vogue.
I'm Cindy Crawford.
[Christy] I'm Christy Turlington.
[Naomi] I'm Naomi Campbell.
I'm Linda Evangelista, and this is Behind the Shoot.
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My reaction when I was asked
to be part of the September cover shoot was,
Is this really happening?
Just to get us all together
shooting with Edward and Anna,
overjoyed would be the word
To come back together for Vogue on a cover
was super exciting.
One of the things that I love
about the fashion industry
is these friendships from people all over the world.
You know, not only Christy, Linda and Naomi
but the hair, the makeup, Edward,
it really is like your second family.
Oh, you know, we discussed children,
what we're doing, what we're...
It's just always great to catch up.
We get there, we've forgotten that we have to work.
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The inspiration for the shoot was to show the girls
as they were now in their lives.
We weren't recreating images from the nineties.
They're not supposed to be who they were when they were 21,
it's who they are now.
And we wanted to sort of show it through the lens of joy.
The atmosphere on the shoot is electric.
Everybody's having fun,
the music is blasting.
You have a whole generation from the '90s
and all these young assistants on set.
I mean to watch Linda working,
to watch Naomi moving,
to watch Cindy posing, Christie, that eternal glow,
it's a really special day. I think it's one of those shoots
nobody in there will forget for a while.
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Today we're shooting with Rafael Pavarotti
a young photographer, not even 30 years old from Brazil.
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There's a very sort of relaxed vibe.
It's kind of adding to a nuance of the day
and sort of trying to meet Raf where he is
and for him to also sort of embrace what we represent.
So there's just like a nice thing happening
with the energy and vibe on the set.
So far, I've done one picture and I have to say,
I had so much fun
and when he said we had it,
I was like, Oh no, already over?
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Edward, I've known for years.
He's the great combination of sweetheart
but also he loves fashion and he loves making fashion
and he just brings that enthusiasm and that excitement.
I trust Edward Edward and I trust Raf.
That's really it.
I didn't have any questions because I trust.
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When Naomi, Cindy, Linda, and Christy came along
they really fulfilled people's fantasies.
The idea of what a Vogue model is.
You saw them in videos for George Michael,
you saw them on catwalks,
you saw them
with these incredibly famous sort of boyfriends,
but they also represented their generation.
The whole new generation was coming up in the '90s
sort of very different from the '80s.
So you know, yes, they really were the girls
all the girls wanted to be,
and they were all so different.
I've known these ladies for most of my life.
At this point, there is something about our early years
that really felt very joyful and very celebratory.
Even though life was certainly not perfect,
when you look back, there is this sense of fun.
Back in the day, we didn't do like one show a day.
We had them packed in there bumper to bumper.
It can feel lonely up on that runway,
so to pass someone, it's always reassuring.
You just don't feel so alone.
[Naomi] We were allowed to show our personalities.
Our personalities is part of us
that makes us all our individual characters.
I'm blessed that I came at that time.
I wouldn't have wanted to come at another time.
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[Christy] People only saw
this two dimensional picture of us,
and then for me to be able to be silly,
or we were all on house of style,
like people got to know us a little bit.
Vogue asked Peter Lindbergh to do a cover
that defined the '90s woman,
like who is this new '90s woman?
Peter said, It's not just one woman,
it's more about diversity,
and obviously we've come a long way since then,
but even at that time
this idea to have five different looking women,
but we somehow all looked good together, photographed,
and I think we were all wearing pretty much our own jeans.
And then Giorgio, San Angelo, wrapped tops.
We were on the street in Tribeca.
We got ready in a motor home just on the corner.
We were on the middle of the street,
and where were we?
Under the Brooklyn Bridge or something.
We all felt, I think, very much ourselves in that moment.
[Naomi] We all loved working with Peter.
It was relaxed.
The thing about Peter that I really appreciate
probably more now than I did then,
is he just really celebrated women
but also your individuality.
It's sort of, I'd say the beginning
of what this era kind of represents.
[Naomi] I didn't think it would have that reaction.
I didn't think a video would come from it.
I didn't think George Michael would be calling.
I didn't think any of that.
Never knew at the time doing that cover
that it would turn out to be
the phenomenon that it turned out to be,
and what it would lead to
and how it would change our careers.
Tatiana, who's not with us today,
I met her before anyone in the group.
The sad thing is we have lost so many people in our lives
and oftentimes we connect
when we hear of some horrible news.
These are people that we worked with for so long
and so when anyone goes,
it's a moment to kind of reminisce
and think about those experiences.
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Remembering the Peter Lindberg shoot
there's two other Vogues that were special to me.
First was the French Vogue.
I had no idea at the time when I shot that French Vogue,
that I was the first woman of color to ever be on it.
And British Vogue,
that was also a very important moment for me being British
and being the first Black British model on the cover.
But most important changes for me
that I've seen and that I've advocated for
is being diverse and inclusive,
and finally, we're at a place where I can say
things are moving in a great direction.
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The world puts a lot of pressure, obviously
on women as they age.
We still can have fun.
We can still be beautiful.
We can still be visible.
This Vogue cover is a celebration of that.
A celebration of our careers.
We're still here,
we can still model.
It's really the icing on the cake
for this whole journey that we've been on.
I hope this cover speaks to everyone
to all the people that have been supportive to us
from the '90s,
to all the people that have followed us,
to all the women out there,
to show that it age is a number
and it doesn't mean anything.
Today you are who you are as an individual.
We're women.
We were women then, but we were young women then
and we're fully women in our power in our bodies.
Not going anywhere
and maybe we'll be back in 35, 40 years again.
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