'The only thing I wanted was to leave, but, you know, it's this kind of experience that makes you stronger,' comments Gisele Bündchen.Ī few years later, in 2000, the model became an Angel of the Victoria's Secret lingerie brand.Īnd a top model idolized for her sculpted body and standard of a healthy screw on which she regained power, with all the success that we know of. “Someone had had the idea of dressing him in a latex top for his last visit, clearly signing the end of his innocence,” recalls Tim Blanks in an article for She then talks about a catastrophic make-up session between large and false eyelashes and her prayers that her father will never see her in this outfit revealing her chest. 'I asked, 'Is this part of a t-shirt?'' recalls the 41-year-old model. Model Gisele Bündchen has opened up about the trauma she faced during 1998’s Alexander McQueen fashion show. It was a top made of yarn, worn with a silver thong. Gisele Bündchen parades for the first time in London for Alexander McQueen. When the young Brazilian finds herself facing one of the three outfits that had been assigned to her, she collapses.

“I remember doing all these castings, and no one was looking at my book because the aesthetic at the time was that of a 'heroine chic' and of course I had nothing to do with that,” recalls she in her interview for Now Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bndchen has revealed she almost gave up on her model ambitions after realising she was expected to walk topless on the runway. On this day in September 1997, Gisele Bündchen, arrives backstage at the first London fashion show that she managed to win. Magazine, the Brazilian top looks back on this first London fashion show, calling it 'one of the most traumatic moments of (her) life'. The tension reached its apotheosis with pouring rain pouring on the podium.Ī radical exploration tinged with fetishistic references to which the young Gisele, 18, was not ready to confront herself. The show showed incisive silhouettes carried by lifeless models, in a skillfully orchestrated uneasiness. If Val hadn't shown up then, I seriously doubt that I could have walked the runway.'īündchen went on to explain that the show became a pivotal moment in her career: 'It turned out that walking in Alexander McQueen's show was the beginning of my international career.'īündchen went on to become one of the most successful and highly paid models in the world.For many, Alexander McQueen's Spring/Summer 1998 show is one of the greatest fashion moments ever orchestrated. Val told me how beautiful it looked and said that the runway was so dark that nobody would know. 'As soon as Val, the make-up artist, saw the situation, she said she would paint a top on me using white make-up.

She decided to paint a white top onto Bündchen's body so that she did not have to walk the runway topless. However, a make-up artist named Val saved the day by coming up with a novel idea. 17 Slides Getty Images In April, Gisele Bundchen officially retired from the runway with one last strut down the catwalk at São Paulo Fashion Week. Gisele Bndchen has opened up about one of the 'most traumatizing moments' of her career, recalling how she was reduced to tears at an Alexander McQueen fashion show in 1998 when she saw the. She says that she knew she couldn't embarrass her family, but that if she left, that would be her modelling career over with. The model admits that she broke down sobbing, before considering 'running away' from the show. Gisele Bündchen describes her wedding day.

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