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My modeling card featured a caftan that was
hand-made by a designer in Pennsylvania. That designer loved this shot so much that she singlehandedly gave out more
of my cards than I gave out to photographers and ad reps during a three year period.
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| In Bill Blass 1980 |
Around the same time as the caftan series, a fashion
show at the United Nations proved memorable. Ha. None of the costumes appropriated for me got worn by me.
I ended up modeling an arrangement of odd pieces, including only one glove, but by keeping one hand in my pocket, I pulled
off that non-ensemble to its best advantage and kept my place in the show!
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| Mia as Marilyn 1976 |
Although I felt most comfortable being exotic
or going glam, (such as for the Marilyn Look-Alike contest,) the commercial work was the most practical.
One booking required a transport from Manhattan to New Jersey so that the shoot for Volkswagon could took place
in the beautiful countryside although all the photos were taken inside the vehicle!
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| Mia and the VW Wagon 1976 |
Another favorite was a revival of GEISHA
(photographer Joe Bevilacqua, make-up artist Shimpei Shibahara). Anton Perich devoted a full page to this series and
my article in one of his 1978 issues of NIGHT. Later that year, Time magazine depicted GEISHA on
one of its covers. That I led that particular revival was little known to all the revivalists who followed.....
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| Geisha - NIGHT Magazine 1978 |
Now you know a little about me..........
So what were you doing in the 70's and early 80's??
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