Isabella Rossellini needs no introduction.
But as the saying goes, you just have to sit on the river bank, and wait.
Two decades later, the brand called her back.
Isabella Rossellini backstage at the Pucci show with creative director Camille Miceli.
She also writes books, makes short movies, and tours theaters with her company, Link Link Circus.
Shes living proof that energy, if fueled by nurturing passions, doesnt attenuate with agequite the contrary.
It increases in focus and intelligent dedication.
Isabella Rossellini closing the Pucci spring 2024 ready-to-wear show.
Isabella Rossellini closing the Pucci spring 2024 ready-to-wear show.
Vogue: What do you remember of that 90sVogueItalia shoot with Steven Meisel?
Isabella Rossellini: At that time I was working as a model.
It was utterly modern.
Thats why my mother liked it so much, it was so chic and comfortable.
I was looking at her thinking: One day I could wear it too!
So that shoot brought you back to personal memories.
Going back to your successful modeling career, after the mid 90s you almost stopped working.
In 1983 I landed a beauty contract with Lancome, which ended abruptly after 10 years in 1993.
So they said goodbye and thank you.
And their answer was, Absolutely not!
Lancome called me back [later] though.
It mustve been such a sweet revenge.
Do you think that the cultural landscape has changed, allowing for more diverse and open-minded choices ?
Yes, I think it hasbut who knows?
Too transparent, too revealing, too risque.
I couldnt find any realistic indication in magazines.
Looking at magazines felt somehow like leafing through a catalog of impossibly beautifulobjects dartgorgeous but abstract, distant.
There was nothing that represented me.
Its an encouraging momentI hope it will last.
Looking younger is such an illusory ambition!
you’re able to hope with all your might to become younger, but it doesnt happen!
Its just a mirage.
This idea of youth as an absolute, universal value just induces a sense of exclusion and margination.
You dont feel represented, so you look for different solutionsbig labels and megabrands often do not represent you.
So if you look at the future, what do you hope for?
I already feel anxiouswhat am I going to wear?
The female gaze has become more confident, affirmative, and affirming.
I had to be a mysterious, distant creature.
Today women have more power, even if clearly it isnt enough.
Anyway, life is full of beauty, and embracing your age brings unexpected opportunities.
