Daily Style Phile: Kristen McMenamy, A Timeless Beauty

Career Highlights

Thanks to Vogue's Vougepedia, we can relive all the highlights of McMenamy's long and illustrious career. June, 1991: After spending a few years modeling in Europe, McMenamy returns to New York and is the subject of her first editorial in The New Yorker.

New Yorker writer Holly Brubach observes McMenamy at the Paris shows—including backstage at Comme des Garçons—and pens a thirteen-page story featuring the quirky up-and-comer for the magazine. McMenamy dons a wood-slat ball gown at Yohji Yamamoto’s show that season.

1992: McMenamy's career continues to flourish, and in February of 1992 she shaves her eyebrows off for Anna Sui's show. In September of the same year she stars in the Bruno Nuytten film Albert Souffre; in October Steven Meisel photographs McMenamy and Linda Evangelista in Chanel at the Chateau de Champs, and the photographs become some of Vogue's most memorable of the decade. [Kristen McMenamy, photographed by Steven Miesel, April 1992, photo via] 1993: In a profile of McMenamy, which appears in Vanity Fair, William Norwich calls her "the model of the moment." 1996: McMenamy stars in Helmut Newton's Absolut Vodka campaign, which showcases designers Helmut Lang, John Galliano, Azzedine Alaia, and Manolo Blahnik. Late that year, McMenamy is featured in Peter Lindbergh's book, Ten Women. [Photo via]