Classic: Elegantly Dressed Models

New York's newest fashion face, model Iman, a 20 year old, 5-10, regally striking Somali tribeswoman, launches her modeling career at a press conference in Manhattan, New York. She was discovered by photographer-adventurer Peter Beard. She's wearing a sari-like sheath of brightly patterned chiffon with her black hair coifed high off her forehead and the ivory tusks of a wart hog joined with silver around her neck. Date: October 22, 1975. Image: Harry Leder.

Model Grace Jones, also known for her acting and singing career, is wearing a clingy pink dress with an attached hood for the Tunisian designer Azzedline Alaia Women's 1986 Spring-Summer Haute Couture line in Paris October 30, 1985. Image: Pierre Vauthey

Model Beverly Johnson wearing a cotton knit cardigan, matching button-front tank top and a dark pleated wool skirt by Bill Bass with a soft-brimmed hat by Don Marshall and flat envelope by I. Miller. Date: February 1974. Location: New York. Image: Francesco Scavullo

 Tyra Banks modeling a halequinn patterned blazer with leather pants and hat in the Perry Ellis, by Marc Jacobs April 7, 1992. Image: George Chinsee/Conde Nast