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Pierre Cardin
 From the Diary of L. Morand Paris
November 1966
It is my second day in Paris. I can only speak a
few words of French. I am nineteen years old,
away from home for the first time. Paris
Planning, my modeling agency, sends me over to
Pierre Cardin for a fitting.
I
will be modeling his 1967 Collection on the
runway for private clients, exclusive buyers and
the invited
World Press. Diana Vreeland and all the top
editors will be there, including my friends from
Mademoiselle, Nonie Moore and Deborah Blackburn.
The photos will appear in newspapers and
magazines through the news bureaus. Vogue
Patterns has booked me for their selections from
the Cardin Collection.
I am very happy that he had already decided to
use me sight unseen, from the Mademoiselle cover
and layouts. "I must have ze Super Chick," he
has told Francois Lano, referring to my recent
spread in Mademoiselle where I portrayed a Space
Creature. I am very excited to get to work for
him. He feels I have the androgynous figure he
prefers to show off the immaculate, sleek
tailoring, he has perfected, and that my
futuristic space heroine image has the right
image for his new line.
 We are in a Space Race according to Time
magazine and Life magazine. Astronauts are being
featured on covers of news magazines and the
whole world is fascinated by the future, keyed
up about who will be the first country to get a
man on the moon. Cardin has a passionate love of
science fiction, astronauts and the cosmos. He
is determined to single handedly ignite the
future, although Paco Rabanne and Andre
Couregges are feeling the same vibes. His
creations have the trimmings of science fiction
and space travel. The fashion world is
astonished at his space age 3-D shift, and his
"white breasts" dress. Cardin raises skirts 4"
above the knee and plunges necklines back and
front to the navel.
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SUPERMODELS
HALL OF FAME
Press
release:
Supermodels
Hall of Fame 2 Hour TV Special
Seven time Emmy Award winner,
Gary Smith has been hired to produce and
direct a two-hour U.S. television special called
"Super Models Hall of Fame", Smith has
closed a deal with executive producers Steve
Jaffe and Linda Morand, who is
herself a former top fashion model. Actress and
former top fashion model Susan Blakely
has been signed by the producers to be one of
the hosts of the show. More celebrities are
being considered as co-hosts.
The program is intended to be a
tribute to the super models of the past six
decades. It will also serve to set up the
"Super Models Hall of Fame" as an annual
event, organizers said in a news release. The
inductees will be selected by a panel of
publishers, agents, designers, photographers and
others in the fashion world."
More info:
www.Supermodels Hall of Fame.com
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