TRANSLATION:
Today fabulous Iman will receive a lifetime achievement award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America. Isn’t she just the most beautiful 55-year-old in the world? She was discovered by Peter Beard in 1975. He brought her to New York and, to spur interest, said that he had found her ein the jungle (not at a Nairobi university which was the true story). A year later she was on the cover of Vogue and quickly became a muse to designers like Gianni Versace, Calvin Klein, Donna Karan and Yves Saint-Laurent. She’s married to David Bowie, host of Project Runway Canada, founder of her own cosmetics company, and a dedicated defender of human rights. A true inspiration. For more, read this story on her in the weekend’s New York Times.