Carmen Dell'Orefice, Oldest Working Model, Turns 80 (PHOTOS)
1. Carmen Dell'Orefice, Oldest Working Model, Turns 80
(PHOTOS)
An eighty-calendar year-old design seems like a fashion oxymoron, like elegant Crocs or flattering
Spandex. But type icon Carmen Dell'Orefice proves that doing work the runway as an octogenarian
is not only attainable, but quite darn fabulous.
The veteran model, who celebrates her 80th birthday
Friday, got her commence on a include of Vogue in
1947 at a mere 15 several years previous. Dell'Orefice
went on to pose for photography legends like Richard
Avedon, Irving Penn, Cecil Beaton, and Norman
Parkinson, making some fairly legendary photos in the
method.
She has not stopped operating since -- even though
numerous a senior citizen is going for walks with a
cane, the agelessly classy Dell'Orefice carries on to strut the runway in her signature white-haired
glory, showing for John Galliano in 2000, Hermès in 2004, and Alberta Ferretti just this 12 months.
Examine out a handful of images of the lady usually called "the world's oldest doing work design."