William Gallagher
Almost three years after it was announced, "The Super Models" documentary will feature stars including Naomi Campbell and Cindy Crawford talking about their time dominating the fashion industry.
Originally commissioned as "The Supermodels" in October 2020, the slightly renamed Apple TV+ series will now begin streaming on September 20, 2023, with the first of four parts.
The series focuses on Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington, and features "unprecedented access to the models."
"[It] takes viewers behind the camera and beyond the catwalk," says Apple, "revealing how they dominated the elite modeling world while illuminating a bond that single-handedly shifted the power dynamic of an entire industry."
"'The Super Models' travels back to the 1980s, when four women from different corners of the world united in New York," continues Apple. "Already forces in their own right, the gravitas they achieved by coming together transcended the industry itself."
"Today, the four supermodels remain on the frontlines of culture through activism, philanthropy and business prowess," says Apple TV+. "As the fashion industry continues to redefine itself — and women's roles within it — this is the ultimate story of power and how four women came together to claim it, paving the way for those to follow."
An extremely brief teaser trailer has also now been released.
Christine McKee
AppleInsider Staff
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Huh. About as compelling as those "Housewives" shows. I suppose you have to fill the clock with something. Personally, I find test patterns more gripping.
BTW, has anyone else noticed that all four of the models in the photo accompanying this article have exactly the same open mouth grimace/smile?
Hmmmm do people remember that before these "super models" there were these women completely controlled by an industry on how they looked, how they appeared in public, what to say and what not to say. In a male dominated fashion industry, these beautiful women literally sold over-priced couture garments and helped to keep fashion houses alive at a time many closed or just missed the mark in an every changing modern world. Their salaries were set in stone so to make a lot of money meant gruelling non stop walkways, test shoots and fittings. Often leaving one show to complete another, back to back. For these 4 women to alter the face of high fashion modelling to compensate them for their worth, as models and performers, often the face of a brand desperate to grow, to set their own rulebook was remarkable. They were the catalyst where models became celebrities/stars. Shallow is the easy definition for an immensely powerful industry that flourished abusive behaviour with zero recourse. To diminish their achievements as "fluff" is a discredit to the efforts and results they achieved under immense pressure.