55 Year Old Supermodel Iman: Not Just A Supermodel.
On 1975, Iman, a 20 year old Somali girl, was taken to the United States.
Supermodel Iman has not been in T for 21 years.
Although she is 55 years old this year.
But not long ago, when she appeared at the awards of the American fashion designers' Association, she accepted the fashion icon award. Everything remained fine, elegant and bronze, as charming as it was 20 years ago.
Idol of an era
At the celebration banquet for Simon Doonan, the creative director of Barnes store, New York, Iman's old friends were all present at the latest banquet hosted by Iman.
They were all the celebrities of her time, Stephen Burrows, pat Clay Fred, and a top model of the 70s and 80s of the last century.
Rachel Roy, the designer, is talking and laughing with the cocktail and television elite Christian Oman, and Iman walks in with her husband David Paul's arm.
She wore a black coat and a black Kylie bag. It was a gift from her husband a few years ago.
There was a huge poster of Iman on the shop window, and a photographer sighed at that time: "look at the swan neck."
Yes, the neck, and all the moving places of Iman, is the place where she moved the top photographers in the fashion world.
Iman, a former Somali girl, was also discovered by photographer Peter Baird when he was at University in Nairobi. He was taken to New York to be a model. Then she named Houston and CK such a brand.
"Her skin is so charming that it gives clothes a smell that white women can't show."
Du Nan recalls, "on the T stage, she is the navigator of fashion.
She is not only a model, but also an actress. She is an elf.
She knows better how to show a dress than anyone else. "
When Thierry Muller appeared on the T stage with a tiger cub, she showed a royal style, which was exactly what the designer wanted.
In the evening of June 7th, Iman, who appeared on the stage of the American fashion designers' awards ceremony this year's biggest fashion stage, accepted the annual fashion icon award.
The award is awarded to individual awards that have had a profound impact on the fashion industry.
Iman invited her friend Isabella Rosalyn Bnnie to accompany her to attend the presentation ceremony.
It was not surprising that the award belonged to Iman. She won the prize not because she was special in dress and dress like Kate Moss, who won the prize in 2005 and Sarah Jessica Parker who won the prize in 2004, but her achievements far exceeded that of a supermodel.
In the words of Diane von Faustin Berg, chairman of the association of designers, "I remember when someone held a meeting to discuss candidates, someone mentioned Iman's name. Everyone's reaction was" WOW! "The result of the poll was unsuspense.
Designer Michael Chris also attended the meeting. He said Iman's name was almost immediately established, because "she is the idol of our time".
At the time of the award, Iman used a strong accented foreign accent to show that the fashion designer's award was "a pleasant surprise" to her.
Her voice almost became her sign, which was as impressive as her sculptural face.
Quis said: "her voice is wild, charming and humorous. She can voice the animated cartoon."
In June 2010, Iman won the "fashion idol" award from the American Fashion Designers Association.
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A beautiful woman with brains
"It is not enough to say she is beautiful or how to dress herself, though these are the reasons why she was elected as fashion icon."
Quis said, "Iman's charm pcends age and age.
Today's women try to fight in all kinds of roles and try their best to play well.
Look at Iman. She has achieved commercial success. She also wants to try new things, wants to have her own views, and wants to be a good wife and good mother. Er, no one can play all her roles as well as she does.
Before she came to New York in 1975, she never wore make-up and never wore high heels.
She has been so grateful to the designers at that time for their trust in the models.
In those days, models with their own personality and their own views were affirmative, and this also gave her great confidence.
"The designer allows us to express our opinions and even participate in the changes."
She said.
Designers like Yves Saint Laurent and Mueggler encouraged her to express her views.
"They will ask me," do you like this? Do you wear this? "She said," you can be yourself.
And on the T platform, everyone can follow his own style and there is no fixed mode.
"Don't get me wrong. There are great models too."
She said, "like Raquel Zimmerman, cocoa, and Chanel Iman, who are my namesake, they are great.
But they lack a role, that is, the designer's collaborator.
The relationship between models and designers is different from ours. "
Quis shared the same view.
He recalled his first show in 1984, and Iman redesigned the shawl system in his own way before taking the T stage. The little change brought unexpected surprises.
"This is absolutely impossible today."
He said, "it's very difficult for a 16 year old model to have his own view."
After 14 years of modeling, Iman decided to make a great turn in his life in 1994.
She set up her own cosmetics production line to provide foundation for colored women.
No one could have imagined that after such a beautiful face, Iman had the precise vision of business masters and the rigorous attitude of scientists.
For many years, she used her own formula to make her makeup make-up for herself.
Iman cosmetics has now become a brand with an annual income of 25 million US dollars. It has 4 categories of products, 14 colors, and the price is from the basic fund of 14.99 dollars.
It is one of the best selling cosmetics brands on Walgreens shopping website.
If I were a model, then I would not leave anything to others in the future.
But if I make cosmetics, it will be different. "
In addition to the cosmetics business, she also invested money in the AIDS charity foundation in Africa.
But these are not enough. She has other plans.
In 2007, Ming Di Grossman believed that any fashion trade with Iman would play a significant role in promoting her TV sales network.
She has been looking for Iman to cooperate in fashion design and sales, but has been rejected.
"Design should be left to professionals."
Iman said.
But in the end, she was persuaded and found her own unique angle. She first started designing Kaftan's long coat in Egypt, full of exotic customs, with exquisite embroidery, loose style, and no size code.
"When I lived in Egypt, everyone wore Kafta."
She said, "I have a Kashmir port of Houston.
If you put a kraft Tan in your backyard, you will feel like you are on Ibiza island.
Her unique vision immediately led the kftan storm.
Iman's global fashion brand eventually developed into a mid-range brand of accessories, selling all kinds of exquisite but moderately priced products.
For example, the Shoulder Satchel decorated with Turquoise ornaments, the Vitoria complex earrings, and the bracelet with colored gemstones.
Among the 200 fashion jewellery brands on the shopping channel, Iman's brand ranks the top four in the sales list.
Iman also spent two years as the host of the Canadian book of overpass.
In September this year, she will also become the host of the second season of reality show "fashion show".
Bravo intends to use this program to replace the "Overpass", and the chemical reaction like interaction between Iman and her partner Isaacs Isaacs rash makes Bravo very optimistic about her, believing that she can bring the revival of fashion show.
In 2009, Iman was in his office, and in 1994 he founded his cosmetics company in New York.
There are many business families.
Today, Iman finds a wonderful balance between family and career. She and her husband have a nine year old daughter, Alexander Jones, who is pretty and cute. Iman says that whenever possible, she sends her daughter to school every day.
Her last marriage brought her a daughter, Haywood, 31 years old.
After working for seven years in her mother's cosmetics company, she started her writing career, including short stories and personal blog website http://www.thedailydelusion.com.
In the charm of March, Zuraka said that her distress as a supermodel daughter did not inherit the beauty of more mothers except her height and graceful necks. She even fought obesity all the time, and she underwent gastric reduction three years ago.
Now she is not a thin person. She should wear a size 8.
Iman and his husband met in Losangeles, and soon after that, she traveled to Paris.
Who knew that when she got to the hotel and opened the door, she saw that her room was filled with her favorite gardenia flowers.
In 1992, they married in Florence. "After that, we will never be separated again."
Speaking of her marriage, she said.
They now live in the SOHO District of New York, where they live in low profile, protect the privacy of their families closely, and even rarely go to restaurants to avoid the crowds of paparazzi.
"I am very proud of Iman. She opened a door for women of coloured race."
Iman's best friend, former supermodel Betan Hadi Sen and she have known each other for over 30 years.
After Iman won the award, she commented on her friends, "beautiful girls enter the fashion circle, and everyone feels justified.
But not satisfied with being a pretty girl, this is Iman's most different from other people.
She is pretty enough and successful enough, but she always thinks, "what else can I do? It's not easy to catch up with this fashion icon."
(Terry Eakins)
The photo taken in 1981 was sensational in the year. Iman looked up slightly and his cheeks were sculptured.
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In 1989, Iman took a group photo with another famous model Cindy Crawford.
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