Amber Valletta: The Original Waif -  

I don't think anyone has read my complete comment. I said Amber & Shalom were the last wave before celebrities took over on mag covers. I didn't say they were the absolute last wave.

@lettheonerightin i agree with u

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@Energetic Coach in fact they are categorized as "waifs", they are the "anti-supermodels". Less diva attitude but still great, great models. I would say: much better than many of the "supers". No matter who but all the models that came during the waif wave and after it didn't get the supermodel status, no matter how much work or recognition they got. Even Kate isn't considered a supermodel, she is the "anti-supermodel" personified. Remember that the industry was tired of the supers. Until the brazilian wave that appeared mames like Gisele, Carmen, Karolina. Adriana Lima has got to be incredibly famous but i don't think we can call her a supermodel. She never got to be a household name in the fashion industry. She was not habitual in hi fashion shows, she wasn't the face of any designer, she didn't do big brands campaigns. Same as Laetitia, who was more commercial, and most of the Victoria's Secret angels.

We must also consider that it is more difficult to achieve a memorable photo in a time where we are bombarded and overstimulated with images.

90s Supermodel Era is just the best times in Fashion. It does not compare to any newer era by far.

they were basic their faces were pretty but I had friends in HS prettier just werent tall, they just had height.

Because they were platformed, mainly because most of the 90's supermodels you can think of spoke English. Models have always had personality, but if the industry isn't giving them the license to showcase that, then we aren't going to see it.

King Jay great comment.

That Is true, she also was wearing It In the Versace campaign

Yup she did

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Written a while ago but doesn’t make sense. It’s 2021 and I can name the current big names in modelling.

Yasmeen burned up the runway every time. She was smoking hot!

I love Miss Turlington, but Yasmeet is also nr 1 fro me, both were different, Christy was more elegance, Yasmeen was more sexy, that body..and how she moved it; I dont understand how people only speak of Naomi, Christy and Linda, for me Yasmeen was also up there!

Loved Yasmeen.

I don’t see Yasmeen as attractive at all though I’m happy for her success

Exactly for god’s sake. When amber was modelling people were saying oh these models are nothing like what we had in the 60s. People always whine and complain.

Have to agree. High fashion modeling has a history of seeking some off feature to a girl and also the changing times and trends. I noticed this long ago, and even Christy said this. If the girl is already to perfect, what is the challenge in dressing them up. Saw Amber on a magazine once, and it was Wow, but turned out it was the makeup and photography at play and this is what it is all about. Each has their favorite model, and each will say theirs was the best. If I had to pick, it was Kate Moss and Claudia Schiffer, then everyone else of course.

Kate is from the UK darling, Amber is home grown....therefore, on this soil she is the original waif :-)

First of all, I'm not your darling, second, we don't live in a different planet. Kate Moss is the original waif, I wasn't really asking. And while I like Amber, she never reached anyplace close to what Moss did. And in the fashion world, Kate is the original 90's waif, there's not much to argue there, you may prefer one over the other, you may dislike Moss, but she's an icon. Valetta is not, as simple as that.

+m dl (mdl) No Kate is the most famous from that wave. So she's often associated with it.

Well, the original "superwaif" was Kate. Prior to the supermodel era you had twiggy and along some other famous ladies, but the original waif from the 90's is Kate.

@@brianlynch1564 waif or not waif or super waffel,Amber is much prettier than Moss and scream as much as you like!

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She reminds me of Lauren Hutton here in her manner and looks too

I NEVER understood the appeal with Claudia. She was a misfit to me. Linda from that era all the way. And then CARMEN KASS!!! I love my Carmen L(

Brian Lynch SAME! She's my favourite model

Claudia and Cindy were dull. They had no personality.

her name is Karlie Kloss and she is nothing in comparison to Amber, Shalom & the other legends

Karlie has a standout super long body like Jerry Hall did in the 70s. It remains to be seen what impact she really will have