It used to be that a models career span was almost infinitesimally short.
After a few seasons, your favorite model would disappear, never to be seen again.
these days saw the return of many of those familiar faces back on that most familiar placethe runway.
And it made the heart sing.
Here she walks in the brands fall 2004 show.
Helmut Lang, fall 2024 ready-to-wear
Romeo Gigli once told me he discovered Owen when she was busking.
Kirsten Owen’s indie-cred remarkably adapts to almost any setting, but has always felt especially in sync with Helmut Lang’s essentialist aesthetic. Here she walks in the brand’s fall 2004 show.
Here she walks his spring 1990 ready-to-wear show.
Here she is in a look from their spring 1993 collection.
Marie-Sophie Wilson-Carr
The London-born beauty in Yohji Yamamotos fall 2024 mens show.
Helmut Lang, fall 2024 ready-to-wear
Here she walks in the fall 1996 show.
Maggie Rizer
Staten Islands most glamorous export walking for Balenciaga, fall 2024.
Yasmin Warsame
Yasmin Warsame commands attention at Ferragamo, fall 2024.
Romeo Gigli once told me he discovered Owen when she was busking. Here she walks his spring 1990 ready-to-wear show.
Cerruti, spring 1997
Kristen McMenamy
Kristen McMenamy continues to cast a spell over fashion.
Here, in Thom Browne, fall 2024.
Here she beats the cold for Moncler Grenoble, fall 2024.
Dolce & Gabbana fall 2024 ready-to-wear
Here she wears a dress from the spring 2003 collection.
May Andersen
Miu Miu, fall 2024
Miu Miu in spring 1999.
Karen Elson
This English rose blooms red.
Campbell’s friendship with Domenico Dolce and Stafano Gabbana is a long and loving one. Here she is in a look from their spring 1993 collection.
Karen Elson at the fall 1997 Burberry show.
Here she wears The Row, 2025 resort.
Christian Dior, spring 1998 couture
Audrey Marnay
Minimalism is Audrey Marnays third language.
The London-born beauty in Yohji Yamamoto’s fall 2024 men’s show.
Here she walks for Calvin Klein Collection, fall 1999.
Tasha Tilberg
Antonio Marras, fall 2024 ready-to-wear
Yohji Yamamotos spring 1999 show.
Delfine Bafort
The Belgian model Delfine Bafort continues to have a white-hot career.
Azzedine Alaïa, fall 1991
Here she walks in Etro’s fall 2024 show.
Here she walks in Yohji Yamamotos, fall 2000 show.
Here she wears a look from the spring 1999 ready-to-wear collection.
Ami, fall 2024 menswear
Chloe, spring 2003 ready-to-wear, by Phoebe Philo.
Jessica Stam
Elie Saab, fall 2024 ready-to-wear
Marc Jcaobs named his Stam bag after this Canadian.
Here she walks in his fall 2004 show.
It took just seven years for Casta to go from Jean Paul Gaultier’s spring 1994 Tatouages show to becoming France’s Marianne in 2000.
Natalia Vodianova
They dont call her Natalia Supernova for nothing.
Here, fashions Alice lights up Stella McCartneys fall 2024 show.
Vodianova opened McCartneys fall 2002 show.
Andreas Kronthaler for Vivienne Westwood, fall 2024
Natasha Poly
There are 20 years between these two appearances.
Here in Courreges, fall 2024.
Here she walks for Jean Paul Gaultier.
Grenville became the face of Tom Ford-era Gucci. Here she walks in the fall 1996 show.
Gemma Ward
Ward opened the fall 2024 Max Mara show 19 years after first doing so.
Here she walks for Chloe, fall 2024 ready-to-wear.
Karlie Kloss made her runway debut at Calvin Klein’s spring 2008 show.
Staten Island’s most glamorous export walking for Balenciaga, fall 2024.
Hilary Rhoda
Miu Miu, fall 2024 ready-to-wear
Rhodas fall 2006 debut for Balenciaga.
Hana Soukupova
There are 22 years between these two appearances.
Liu Wen
Chinas first supermodel, as Wen is known, at Miu Miu, fall 2024.
Chalayan, spring 1998 ready-to-wear
Burberry Prorsum, fall 2007 ready-to-wear
Eckhaus Latta, fall 2024 ready-to-wear
Wek in the dress fall 2001 Marjan Pejowski dress Björk later made infamous.
The Row, 2025 resort
Givenchy spring 1997, by Lee McQueen
Balenciaga, fall 2024 ready-to-wear
Proving you don’t need a halo to be holy, Cañadas flaunts her wickedly sculpted cheekbones for Ann Demeulemeester’s spring 1998 show.
Yasmin Warsame commands attention at Ferragamo, fall 2024.
Hermès, fall 2004 ready-to-wear
Vetements, fall 2024
Jennifer Lopez wore this Chanel couture dress modeled by Carmen Kass to the 2001 Oscars.
Michael Kors Collection, fall 2024
One of the original waifs, Valletta did grunge the Versace way, for fall 1993.
A muse to many designers, the model/photographer walks for Del Core’s fall 2024 show.
Cerruti, spring 1997
Kristen McMenamy continues to cast a spell over fashion. Here, in Thom Browne, fall 2024.
Chanel, fall 2024
Lemaire, fall 2024 menswear
Alexander McQueen, fall 1999
Liya Kebede warms up any room, or catwalk, she enters. Here she beats the cold for Moncler Grenoble, fall 2024.
Gucci, fall 2000 ready-to-wear
Alexander McQueen, fall 2024 ready-to-wear
What Lee Mcqueen created, Rayder has said, was nothing short of art. Here she wears a dress from the spring 2003 collection.
Miu Miu, fall 2024
Miu Miu in spring 1999.
Alexander McQueen, fall 2024
Debra Shaw wore this Philip Treacy-designed mask for Lee McQueen’s Givenchy debut for spring 1997 couture, at her wedding.
This English rose blooms red. Karen Elson at the fall 1997 Burberry show.
Martine Sitbon, fall 1997
Erin O’Connor’s regal bearing and chiseled profile will never be out of style. Here she wears The Row, 2025 resort.
Christian Dior, spring 1998 couture
Ami, fall 2024 menswear
Minimalism is Audrey Marnay’s third language. Here she walks for Calvin Klein Collection, fall 1999.
Antonio Marras, fall 2024 ready-to-wear
Yohji Yamamoto’s spring 1999 show.
Lemaire, fall 2024 menswear
An actress, and one of Olivier Theyskens’s favorite models, Kim Pieters walked his spring 1999 collection.
Ann Demeulemeester, fall 2024 ready-to-wear
Kim Peers brought a Goth vibe to Dries Van Noten’s fall 2001 show.
The Belgian model Delfine Bafort continues to have a white-hot career. Here she walks in Etro’s fall 2024 show.
Jean Colonna, fall 2000
Courrèges, fall 2024 ready-to-wear
Anne-Catherine Lacroix, no relation to the couturier, is a Belgian beauty with lasting appeal. Here she walks in Yohji Yamamoto’s, fall 2000 show.
Alaïa, fall 2024
Liisa Winkler was a favorite of Tom Ford, who offered her a Gucci exclusive. Here she wears a look from the spring 1999 ready-to-wear collection.
Malgosia Bela, here walking Stella McCartney’s fall 2024 show, has been working with the designer since her days at Chloé.
Chloé, spring 2001 ready-to-wear
There’s a 19 year gap between this picture and the next. Michael Kors Collection, fall 2024
Michael Kors Collection, fall 2005
Balenciaga’s love affair with this Brazilian beauty continued for fall 2024.
Balenciaga, fall 2002
Elie Saab, fall 2024
Marc by Marc Jacobs, fall 2003
Patou, fall 2024
Azzedine Alaïa, fall 2001
When she’s not opening shows in Paris, this Belgian model runs an eco-friendly store. Undercover, fall-2001-ready-to-wear
Chanel, spring 1999 couture
A perennial Chloé girl, Miller walks in Chemena Kamali’s fall 2024 debut.
Chloé, spring 2003 ready-to-wear, by Phoebe Philo.
Elie Saab, fall 2024 ready-to-wear
Marc Jcaobs named his Stam bag after this Canadian. Here she walks in his fall 2004 show.
They don’t call her Natalia Supernova for nothing. Here, fashion’s Alice lights up Stella McCartney’s fall 2024 show.
Vodianova opened McCartney’s fall 2002 show.
There are 20 years between these two appearances. Dolce & Gabbana, fall 2024 ready-to-wear
Dolce & Gabbana, fall 2004 ready-to-wear
Vojnovic is a Serb with proven staying power. Here in Courrèges, fall 2024.
Emanuel Ungaro, spring 2002 couture
The model/actress returned to the runway for Burberry’s fall 2024 show.
Louis Vuitton, fall 2004 ready-to-wear
Tod’s, fall 2024 ready-to-wear
Spring 2006 was Menon’s debut season. Here she walks for Jean Paul Gaultier.
Ward opened the fall 2024 Max Mara show 19 years after first doing so.
Max Mara, fall 2005
This Finnish model first made a splash as a Prada exclusive. Here she walks for Chloé, fall 2024 ready-to-wear.
Chloé, spring 2009 by Hannah MacGibbon
Kloss supports an American in Paris, Daniel Roseberry, at Schiaparelli, fall 2024.
Karlie Kloss made her runway debut at Calvin Klein’s spring 2008 show.
Miu Miu, fall 2024 ready-to-wear
Rhoda’s fall 2006 debut for Balenciaga.
There are 22 years between these two appearances. Elie Saab, fall 2024 ready-to-wear
Elie Saab, fall 2002 couture
Odiele leans her form to Fforme for fall 2024.
Marc by Marc Jacobs, spring 2006 ready-to-wear
Sacai, fall 2024 ready-to-wear
The Swedish model was a Prada exclusive for spring 2008.
China’s first supermodel, as Wen is known, at Miu Miu, fall 2024.
Miu Miu, spring 2010 ready-to-wear
Agyness Deyn’s return to the runway for the fall 2024 Burberryshow made headlines.
Burberry Prorsum, fall 2007 ready-to-wear
