90s models > nowadays models.
Linda Evangelista in MAX Germany 1997, photographed by François Nars.

90s models > nowadays models.
Linda Evangelista photographed for Vogue US, April 1998.

90s models > nowadays models.
Christy Turlington and Linda Evangelista with Gianfranco Ferré backstage at Christian Dior’s 1992 Spring-Summer haute couture fashion show.

90s models > nowadays models.
Linda Evangelista in a Lanvin campaign from 1990, photographed by Paolo Roversi.

90s models > nowadays models.
Linda Evangelista in the “XX Small XX Short” fashion editorial for Vogue Italia, February 1994, photographed by Steven Meisel.

90s models > nowadays models.
Linda Evangelista in the “Seafoam Aqua Turquoise Marine” fashion editorial for Marie Claire US, May 1997, photographed by Patrick Demarchelier.

90s models > nowadays models.
Linda Evangelista for Vogue UK, May 1987.

90s models > nowadays models.
Christy Turlington and Linda Evangelista for Versace 1989.

90s models > nowadays models.
Linda Evangelista for Kenar Fall/Winter 1994, photographed by Steven Meisel.

90s models > nowadays models.
Linda Evangelista for Visionaire issue 61, photographed by Steven Meisel.

90s models > nowadays models.
Linda Evangelista in the “Tyler’s New Trip” fashion editorial for Elle US, January 1996, photographed by Gilles Bensimon.

90s models > nowadays models.
Christy Turlington and Linda Evangelista in the “L.A. Afternoon” fashion editorial for Harper’s Bazaar US, May 1995, photographed by Patrick Demarchelier.

90s models > nowadays models.
Christy Turlington, Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer, Yasmeen Ghauri, Niki Taylor, Elaine Irwin Mellencamp, Tatjana Patitz, Karen Mulder for Vogue US’s 100th anniversary circa 90s, photographed by Patrick Demarchelier.

As you may have noticed, any given Sunday (yes, I’m a fan of the movie) I show love for 80-90s supermodels because they truly were a strong influence on me when I was a kid, and it seems like I’m not the only one feeling like there will never be such models as the first real top models. Maybe it’s just nostalgia from a time discovering what beautiful women were, anyhow, Peggy Wang, senior editor at Buzzfeed, seems to feel like me and made a giant “51 reasons why supermodels were better in the 90s” list from which I picked out the 30 best exemples/decisive arguments to prove that:

Back then, models weren’t just pretty clothes hangers — they warranted cult-status obsession. Would you hang up photos of Jessica Stam all over your bedroom walls now? Yeah, I didn’t think so.

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1st. Their choreographed dance moves.

2nd. Their ability to pull off looking like a dude.

3rd. Their ability to pull off almost anything.

4th. Naomi Campbell shopping with Ali G.

5th. Naomi Campbell hanging out with every relevant celeb of the ’90s.

6th. Their beautiful friendships with one another.

7th. Their derpiness.

8th. This head tattoo.

9th. This hot Pepsi commercial.

10th. Their happy, healthy smiles.

11th. Their large breasts.

12th. Their small breasts.

13th. Their interminably high foreheads.

14th. Cindy Crawford about to make love to a horse.

15th. Christy Turlington’s telepathic powers.

16th. Linda Evangelista’s athletic skills.

17th. The Fashion Café which showed their entrepreneurial side although no-one actually ate there

18th. Their line of commemorative dolls.

19th. The fact that they weren’t teenagers (the below picture is from January 1990 issue of Vogue)

20th. All the Versace ads.

21st. Naomi Campbell’s love of dogs.

22nd. Naomi Campbell’s giant cellphone.

23rd. Naomi Campbell running faster than a cheetah.

24th. Their matching outfits.

25th. Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell eating ramen together.

26th. The original Victoria’s Secret Angels.

27th. Kate Moss’ pink hair.

28th. Their adventurous eating habits.

29th. Their party lifestyle.

30th. Linda Evangelista’s ever-changing hairstyles.

90s models > nowadays models.
Linda Evangelista in the “Paris Provocative Change” fashion editorial for Vogue UK, March 1987, photographed by Hans Feurer.