Here's Where All The Models Who Once Dominated The '80s Are Today
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4.Yasmin Le Bon
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Yasmin Le Bon's ongoing presence in the fashion business is evidence of both her great beauty and professional longevity. Rising to popularity in the 1980s, she soon became one of the top paid models in the business, attracting notice on covers of prestigious magazines including Elle, Vogue, Marie Claire, and Cosmopolitan. Her historic campaign as Guess's face in 1987 marked a career-defining event that brought her to supermodel status, not only another modelling job.
Le Bon is unique in that she can remain relevant in a field recognised for its ephemeral character. Her ongoing popularity and professional dependability are shown by her ties to elite fashion houses including Dior, Versace, Chanel, and Calvin Klein. Her personal life stability, especially her nearly four-decade marriage to Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon, a rarity in the entertainment industry, is maybe more remarkable than her career successes.
Though Yasmin has had an amazing career spanning more than forty years and great success, she has had a remarkably grounded view of life and celebrity. She raised three daughters despite juggling her high-profile career with family life, still working in a field she helped define. Younger generations of models look up her approach to ageing gracefully in public view as a model.