

No, they wanted to study Linda, Christy and Cindy and all the other “supers” who were then on magazine covers monthly. “I never wanted to see out of work for us to take over,” says Valletta, 47. Valletta on being the new trio, dislodging Naomi, Linda and Christy:

These are the ladies whose careers you hope to have one day.’” “I said on set to the other models, ‘We are on the set with, let’s pay homage and respect…. “They are one amazing iconic triplet-they are the late-’90s alt-queen supermodels,” says designer Jeremy Scott, who shaped his recent fall 2021 Moschino show around a vision of Harlow as Rosalind Russell in the 1939 lm The Women, and cast all three for his cinematic presentation. Jeremy Scott on the trio’s impact on fashion: “I’m sitting there like this little kid just out of Virginia and Florida, going, Oh, my God, what the f- am I doing here?” recalls Murphy, 47. “We just had a good stereo system and a bong,” says Harlow, 47. On coming together in Paris as teenagers: Magazine Photography © Lachlan Bailey for WSJ. Beauty is work of hair stylist Shay Ashual, and makeup artist Mark Carrasquillo. In charge of styling was Clare Richardson, with set design from Heath Mattioli, and casting direction by Piergiorgio Del Moro. Magazine‘s May 2021 edition lensed by photographer Lachlan Bailey. Magazineįashion icons Amber Valletta, Carolyn Murphy, and Shalom Harlow star in the cover story of WSJ. Valetta also holds a position as the spokesperson for Oceana's Seafood Contamination Campaign.Photography © Lachlan Bailey for WSJ. That year, Valetta starred in music videos for Keith Urban and Fergie while In 2017, Valletta continued her modelling work with campaigns for Marks and Spencer, Escada and a cover for Vogue.

Sober since she was 25, Valletta is an outspoken advocate on the need for greater support of drug and alcohol addiction, which she discussed at BoF’s Voices gathering in December 2016. In 2014, Valletta launched her socially conscious e-commerce platform Master & Muse, focusing her efforts to comment slave labour in fashion. Arguably the most successful model to take up acting, Valletta has starred in "Revenge", "Legends" and the 2005 rom-com "Hitch". Valletta left modelling to pursue acting in 2000, going on to take roles in both television and film. She has had covers with Harper’s Bazaar, i-D, Interview and Elle. Kate Moss and Shalom Harlow, with whom she hosted MTV’s House of Style between 19, Valletta ushered in a new look in fashion.ĭuring her modelling career, she appeared on the cover of American Vogue 13 times, her first of which was one of her first jobs at age 18. She was then discovered at age 17, Valletta became part of a group of models that followed in the footsteps of the original supermodels like Washington High school, entering the industry for the first time the age of 15, when her mother enrolled her in modelling school at the Linda Layman agency.
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She later left the industry to successfully battle addiction, and has returned in full force to her modelling career, as well as working as an ambassador for young models. Amber Valletta is a one of the biggest models of her generation, having inherited the supermodel crown.
