16 Ground-Breaking Peter Lindbergh Images From The British Vogue Archive
Over the course of his legendary photographic career, Peter Lindbergh worked with some of the most famous models and actresses in the world – with sensitive imagery that helped to catapult the original Supers to megastardom thanks to his January 1990 cover for British Vogue.
“Vogue’s editor Liz Tilberis had asked Peter to photograph the new woman of the 1990s,” Cindy Crawford recalled of the shoot in Vogue. “Peter’s reply was that he couldn’t do it with just one woman. The idea of beauty had broadened; it could not be summed up with either a blonde, blue-eyed girl or a sexy brunette, he told her.”
Through the years that followed, it was that commitment to diverse beauty – without excessive polish and retouching – that defined Lindbergh’s work, all of the way through to his final British Vogue cover for the September 2019 issue, guest-edited by the Duchess Of Sussex. The fashion world mourned his loss when he passed away on 3 September 2019; here, look back at 16 of his most exquisite photographs for British Vogue through the decades.
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February 1988
Linda Evangelista wearing Stephen Jones and Herve van der Straeten.
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July 1988
Christy Turlington wearing Vivienne Westwood.
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March 1990
Helena Christensen wearing Giorgio di Sant'Angelo.
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October 1988
Christy Turlington, Linda Evangelista, Tatjana Patitz, Estelle Lefebure, Rachel Williams and Karen Armstrong.
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September 1984
Model wearing Jean Paul Gaultier.
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September 1990
Jade Jagger wearing Azzedine Alaïa.
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February 1988
Christy Turlington wearing John Galliano and Patrick Cox.
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January 1990
Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington, Linda Evangelista, Tatjana Patitz, and Naomi Campbell, all wearing Giorgio di Sant'Angelo.
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April 1987
Stephanie Seymour wearing Valentino.
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February 1988
John Galliano wearing Armani, Comme Des Garçons, Jacques Bergaud and Jasper Conran.
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May 1988
Linda Evangelista wearing Emanuel and Manolo Blahnik.
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August 1988
Linda Evangelista wearing Lindka Cierach and Pellini.
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May 1987
Cindy Crawford wearing Issey Miyake.
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October 1987
Yasmin Le Bon wearing Christian Dior.
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February 1989
Cindy Crawford wearing Azzedine Alaïa.
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June 1991
Christy Turlington wearing Comme des Garçons.
