Iman: “Everyone Thought I Was a Royal”

when I came to the United States everybody thought I was a royalty they said oh you know she's a princess and all that and I remember meeting Diana Vreeland on my second day and she was like now that is a neck and I was like she's crazy and then she said about my earlobes I've never seen such you know small earlobes those are the sign of royalty so that stuck with me I actually have trouble putting on ear earrings but royalty earrings royalty earrings I'll go with the royalty if someone asked me to be his muse one season it was a Couture season my god this is an opportunity to work with a master and I immediately said yes to it without understanding what it entailed I get there and they give me a lab white a white lab coat silky pantyhose with a seam at the back a black stiletto underwear off brow off put the coat on and wait and waited waited waited and then all of us and I was ushered in into his studio and I was standing 12 hours a day it was the most difficult job I've ever done but what I've experienced was something I've never experienced in the fashion industry which was fabrics from bolts of fabric being created around my body and cut on my body to create this couture collection when he finished when he finished the collection he called it the African Queen it was just brilliant

Channel: W Magazine

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Keywords: candid interviews, Screen Tests, Lynn Hirschberg, fashion, travel, beauty, designers, W, W Magazine, Iman

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Length: 1min 32sec (92 seconds)

Published: Wed Sep 09 2015