Fashion lovers may have been thrilled to see Veruschka on the runway back in September but the 71-year-old icon wasn’t all that impressed with what she saw.
She told the Daily Mail that her trip down the catwalk for the Giles show during Fashion Week in London was a mere gimmick.
‘I didn’t like the make-up in the show, and didn’t think much of the dress. Now we are using the old ones, make them look great and show their power as well as their age,” she said, dismissively.
She said that she disliked teetering on the super-high heels that are in style.
“In the Sixties, fashion was about liberation. It was about setting women free; it wasn’t about being unable to walk.”
The German-born phenomenon was dubbed the world’s first supermodel. Vogue billed the 6’1 beauty as “one of the wonders of the world.”
Born Vera Gottliebe Anna Countess von Lehndorf, the young beauty moved to New York at the age of 25 to escape a childhood lost to the horrors of Nazi Germany.
In 2008, she wrote a book with David Wills, called “Veruschka”, which features photos by Richard Avedon, Scavullo and Irving Penn, and interviews with celebs like Diana Vreeland, who was the legendary Harper’s Bazaar editor.
“It has not been hard to grow older, because I believe if you have something you believe in that will keep you alive far more than plastic surgery or Botox,’ she says.
‘I know that there are many things I could do, but I’m not interested. It’s more important to be loving and to have a lively mind.’
