How much daylight do you like let in upon magic? If the answer is “Not too much, thank you”, have I got a four-part documentary for you! It is The Super Models, a gathering of four women – Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington – whose beauty and glamour dominated the media and the aesthetic of the late 80s and most of the 90s.
There were actually five supermodels, but an editorial decision has clearly been made that, bar a dedication to her memory in the closing credits of the second episode, Tatjana Patitz should barely be mentioned. Perhaps this is because she took a step back from the fashion world earlier than the others did and never had quite the same cultural impact, or perhaps because her recent death at the age of 56 would have taken some of the gloss off the shiny product being prepared. Either way, because of the insistence throughout on the bond the models forged early in their strange new world and the support they offered each other in their careers, it seems an increasingly odd omission.
