Aging is in! ‘90s supermodels are more in-demand than ever ahead of NYFW
NY Post
More than three decades after launching her modeling career, Beri Smither is getting just as many gigs as she did in 1989 when she was 18.
“As long as I can still work, I’ll take jobs,” Smither, now 53, told The Post ahead of hitting the catwalks for the umpteenth time this New York Fashion Week.
The former Vogue cover regular — who has modeled for an array of legendary shutterbugs and high-end brands — is just one of the experienced beauties very much in demand this fall, bringing ’90s nostalgia back to the runway and continuing a trend led by the stars of the supermodel heyday like Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford and Christy Turlington.
“I think it is tapping into the era when models were orthodox in a way,” Smither said of the nostalgic comeback, which dovetails neatly with other throwbacks suddenly found fascinating by the younger generations, whether it be fashion trends or cassette tapes and digital cameras.
The turn of the century, she told The Post, was “a little bit more pure” and had “a different energy” than today’s internet-driven world.
And while everyone’s obsessed with nostalgia, there’s no denying that things look extremely different than they did in 1989 — the year Smither first began modeling, shortly before celebrities began appearing en masse on magazine covers and in cosmetic campaigns.
