Lauren Hutton is looking back at her legendary career. The model reflected to Harper’s Bazaar about being naive in the mid- ’60s as she started her career as a model. “When I moved to New York and became a model, I didn’t know anything about the industry.
I got a job modelling for Christian Dior for $50 a week,” Hutton said. “Once I started working, I made myself an athlete. I uncrossed my eyes. (Dick Avedon used to look up at me from behind his camera and ask, ‘Are they straight yet?’) I jumped around.
I worked hard. But by 1972, there weren’t many of us models left. All the big girls like Veruschka, Twiggy, and Jean Shrimpton had basically split,” Hutton continued.
Nearly 30-years-old, Hutton knew she was “about to expire” so she got a contract with Revlon. READ MORE: Lauren Hutton, Rashida Jones And Kirsten Dunst Star In Calvin Klein’s Latest Underwear Commercial From that contract, Hutton tried acting a bit but knew modelling was where her heart was at.
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