46 minutes ago46 min Obituary from Vogue archives in March 2022:Susanne Schöneborn, the German model who was featured on eight American Vogue covers, has died. In both the magazine's interior spreads, and in the famous 1970s Charlie fragrance ads, Schöneborn was almost always photographed on the go, the very picture of the liberated, independent woman, moving through the world with a confident stride.Like the jewelry designer Elsa Peretti, Schöneborn kept her hair close-cropped, and her grin was as dazzling as any Tiffany diamond. "Her smile, it was the sunrise and the sunset," said her former partner Bob Menna on a call.The model was the daughter of a German doctor father and a Jewish Hungarian mother who survived World War II apart and were later able to reunite in Germany and raise their three children in Frankfurt.The youngest of 3 siblings, Schöneborn was born in West Berlin, on April 5, 1943, and moved to Paris to pursue modeling at the age of 20, working first for Marc Bohan at Christian Dior before becoming a house model for Coco Chanel herself.In 1994, at 52 she became a face of Nivea. She was, noted Alexandra (her daughter) "the first model with white/gray hair to be used for any cosmetics campaign in Germany." Age inclusivity was not much spoken about in the 1990s, the era when models gained "super" status. Schöneborn belonged to an earlier generation who were working towards liberties Linda, Christy, and Naomi could take for granted. "She was a generous and thoughtful woman who was easy to love," her daughter wrote. "Anyone who even had just a passing interaction with her was impacted by her kind and youthful spirit.“
35 minutes ago35 min Vogue France (Paris) August 1972"Récital & 72' Les classique"Models: Susanne Schöneborn, Jeanette Christjansen, Susan Bottomly, Ségolène de Mandat-Grancey, Anne-Marie, Laurence Delannoy, Alyette de Croy, Béatrice Martin, Nathalie Delannoy, Paulette Burard & UnknownPhotographer: Helmut NewtonHair: Jean-Louis DavidDiscovered and posted by @Vogue Girl Scanned by Freya at ciaovogue.blogspot.com
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