Why The Age Of The Supermodel Is Over

Peter Lindbergh, the photographer who created some of the most famous group shots of Cindy, Naomi, Christy and Linda, believes that we will never see models of their calibre again. Even his original supers have lost their allure, he says.

"In the beginning those women were a revolution," Lindbergh said. "They had balls, they had brains, they put their hair back and wore no make-up, that was it… There were 10 faces ruling the world, but those 10 faces were eventually corrupted by the beauty and fashion industries. They lost all of that freshness, all of the independence, and simply became what the women in magazines had been before."

The Supermodels

Since the supermodels reigned in the late Eighties and early Nineties "the image of a woman has been turned upside down" - to its detriment, according to the photographer.

"Today, you could easily put a group of models in a room: Lara Stone, Gisele,you could have them together in five minutes, but they represent nothing new, they are already there," he told The Telegraph. "Maybe now if the industry had had enough of all the current models and you could find the five most romantic new faces out there, that totally change our perspective of beauty, then maybe a new supermodel era could happen. Just maybe."