Barbara Alberti

Daphne Selfe

Daphne Selfe was born in north London in 1928. She married Jim Smith, a TV floor manager, in 1954, and worked as a model, dancer and television and film extra throughout their marriage. Later in life, Jim suffered a series of strokes and Daphne cared for him until his death in 1997. At the age of 70, she appeared in Vogue and was signed by top modelling agency, Models 1. She has appeared in campaigns for Dolce and Gabbana, Nivea and Olay. She has three children and lives in Baldock, Hertfordshire

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Lynn Yaeger

Lynn Yaeger is a contributing fashion editor to Vogue.com and a contributing writer to Vogue. She is a former fashion reporter for The Village Voice, having worked for the paper for 30 years. Her column, "Elements of Style", was renamed "Frock Star" in February 2007. Yaeger is also a regular contributor to The New York Times, Style Magazine, American Vogue, Travel & Leisure, and countless antiques & collectibles dealers. Lynn is also a fashion columnist for Full Frontal Fashion, a style website in association with Sundance Channel. She is known for her eccentric personal style, powdered face and dark, cupid's-bow lipstick as well as cutting her own hair.

In 2008 Lynn won first place in the National Society of Newspaper Columnists' category of humor writing for newspapers with more than 100,000 circulation. 

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Carmen dell'orefice: ageless top Model

Carmen Dell'Orefice (born June 3, 1931)^[1] is an American model and actress. She is known within the fashion industry for being the world's oldest working model as of the Spring/Summer 2012 season. She was on the cover of Vogue at the age of 15 and has been modelling ever since.

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Lucinda Chambers: fashion director Vogue UK

Lucinda Chambers is fashion director at British Vogue. An esteemed figure in the fashion world, she has established a reputation as one of the world's best stylists and is admired for the personal approach and eclectic vision she brings to every shoot.

• A self-confessed under achiever at school, Chambers' unconventional introduction to fashion came as she decided to abandon her secretarial ambitions and apply for an art course at Hornsey College of Art. 
• During her time at college, she began to make jewellery as a sideline, selling her creations to friends and at Camden Lock Market on the weekends.
• When one of her pieces made it on to the pages of a magazine, it inspired her to write a letter to Vogue, asking for an interview.
• She initially assisted a Ms Davies in accounts, before a chance encounter with the PA to then-editor Beatrix Miller led to an interview, which in turn led to her becoming Miller's assistant.
• After three years in this role, Chambers became assistant to Grace Coddington, of whom she says "was, and still is, the queen bee of fashion".
• During her time as Coddington's assistant, Chambers struck up a professional friendship with photographer Mario Testino, which has lasted to this day and has produced some of the most iconic images of our generation.
• After a brief stint at Elle magazine, Chambers returned to Vogue in July 1992 where she became fashion director.
• Working with photographers such as Nick Knight, Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, and of course Mario Testino to name a few, she has shot the most famous faces of fashion and popular culture - including Kate Moss, Natalia Vodianova, Gisele Bundchen, Cate Blanchett and Florence Welch. She describes herself as a mother figure to younger models these days, citing Daria Werbowy, Freja Beha Erichsen and Natalia Vodianova as among her favourites to work with.
• Chambers has been quoted as saying: "I think you have to be quite bonkers to be a fashion editor."
• Of British Vogue, she says it is: "The opposite of fascist fashion...It's not just there to inform but to challenge and to inspire." 
• Working under the editorship of Alexandra Shulman - whom she describes as "fair, but bloody firm"- Chambers has inspired a generation of stylists to be bold, daring and to realise their imaginations.

Vogue.co.uk

Joni Mitchell: the new face of Saint Laurent

Odd timing or a sign of the times? In the same week that Celine unveiled its SS15 face as Joan Didion, on Thursday night Saint Laurent revealed its own similarly accomplished campaign star: 71-year-old Joni Mitchell. Part of the Saint Laurent Music Project and shot by creative director Hedi Slimane at Mitchell’s home in Bel Air, California, the singer appears in three images wearing Saint Laurent’s leather cape, country hat and folk tunic. Granted, it’s not the first time Saint Laurent has used an older non-model

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Icone: Iris Apfel

Iris Apfel is in the news so often these days that I thought it’s high time for us all to get to know her better and profile her on this site. She is a perfect example of how you can still be very active and hip at old age. It’s hard to believe that Iris Apfel is already 93 years old!

Born Iris Barrel in Astoria, Queens, New York, Apfel is the only child of Samuel Barrel, whose family owned a glass-and-mirror business, and his Russian-born wife, Sadye, who owned a fashion boutique. She studied art history at New York University and attended art school at the University of Wisconsin. As a young woman, Apfel worked for Women’s Wear Daily and for interior designer Elinor Johnson.

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Benedetta Barzini