For my second visit to NYFW The Talks, I got to see a sneak peek of the new documentary series The Super Models.
For my second visit to NYFW The Talks, I got to see a sneak peek of the new documentary series The Super Models. Directed by Roger Ross Williams and Larissa Bills, produced by Sara Bernstein with appearances by Todd Oldham and many more. Moderated by the captivating Ashley Graham. The documentary is split into four parts and follows the lives, stories, and career trajectories of four of the most famous Super Models of all time. Naomi Cambell, Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington and Linda Evangelista. Need I say more? Obviously. Maybe it was the fact that these women carved out a slice of the world for themselves in a way only they could. Maybe it was that it happened regardless of intention. The outcome is the same. These four icons weren’t just that, but they were and are a sisterhood. A community. A support system and a group of women who really had and have each other’s backs. A theme I learned and saw was that one didn’t do without the others. If some go, they all go. That bond, that chosen family is an example of strength in unity and advocacy that can be used as a lesson for anyone in many situations. I found myself getting choked up from hearing them speak about each other and about that beginning time in their lives. Each one of them comes from completely different backgrounds and upbringings. We only saw a few clips, but it was enough to have this effect. You want to see more, know more, and maybe even be more. From a time when the “Ethos was about ideas and ingenuity and passion, it wasn’t about money” Oldham recalled. Things were different than they are today. Hearing about Naomi striking a deal with George Michael that included Concorde tickets was pretty funny. I soon learned the Concorde was the taxi version of a plane that went directly to Europe’s hot spots in a fraction of the time of commercial airplanes. Concorde tickets or not these women were moving fast and hot. There was nary a place where you didn’t see their faces. It didn’t matter that some models were runway and some were commercial or print. This fab four did it all. I can only imagine what it must have been like to be around them at that time. If this documentary can reflect even a fraction of that, it will be well worth the watch.
