Fashion

Patrick Demarchelier’s Best Moments in Vogue

By Laird Borrelli-Persson
  • Madonna
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    Photographed by Patrick Demarchelier, Vogue, May 1989
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    Madonna

  • Naomi Campbell
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    Photographed by Patrick Demarchelier, Vogue, September 1989
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    Naomi Campbell

  • Nadege du Bospertus
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    Photographed by Patrick Demarchelier, Vogue, June 1990
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    Nadege du Bospertus

  • Christy Turlington
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    Photographed by Patrick Demarchelier, Vogue, May 1991
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    Christy Turlington

  • Cindy Crawford
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    Photographed by Patrick Demarchelier, Vogue, June 1991
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    Cindy Crawford

  • Estelle Lefbure and  Karen Mulder
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    Photographed by Patrick Demarchelier, Vogue, September 1991
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    Estelle Lefébure and Karen Mulder

  • Cindy Crawford  Claudia Schiffer  Christy Turlington  Elaine Irwin  Karen Mulder  Linda Evangelista  Naomi Campbell ...
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    Photographed by Patrick Demarchelier, Vogue, November 1999
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    Cindy Crawford, Claudia Schiffer, Christy Turlington, Elaine Irwin, Karen Mulder, Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, Niki Taylor, Tatjana Patitz, and Yasmeen Ghauri

    “This was a great shot for the anniversary of Vogue with all the stars of the time.”

  • Gisele Bündchen
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    Photographed by Patrick Demarchelier, Vogue, June 2006
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    Gisele Bündchen

    “Gisele is fantastic,” Demarchlier says.

  • Caroline Trentini
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    Photographed by Patrick Demarchelier, Vogue, September 2007
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    Caroline Trentini

    “Caroline’s a very good model. That’s the real crew from [The September Issue]. I put them in the picture.”

  • Natalia Vodianova  Corinne Rocco  JeanChristian Bernard  MarieCaroline Gamier Marta Gil Costa  and  Richard Lagarde
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    Photographed by Patrick Demarchelier, Vogue, October 2008
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    Natalia Vodianova, Corinne Rocco, Jean-Christian Bernard, Marie-Caroline Gamier, Marta Gil Costa , and Richard Lagarde

    “That was in Paris for the couture. We shot the atelier with the girl. They had a big crane to get high.”

  • Daria Werbowy
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    Photographed by Patrick Demarchelier, Vogue, January 2010
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    Daria Werbowy

    “It’s a beautiful place, [Utah]. This is an underground river.”

  • Karlie Kloss
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    Photographed by Patrick Demarchelier, Vogue, February 2010
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    Karlie Kloss

    “Hairstylist Julien d’Ys is a great artist. Karlie is a fantastic girl—I found her when she was sixteen, we did a shoot for Teen Vogue. Julien did amazing job.”

  • Joan Smalls
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    Photographed by Patrick Demarchelier, Vogue, June 2012
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    Joan Smalls

  • Beyonc
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    Photographed by Patrick Demarchelier, Vogue, March 2013
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    Beyoncé

    “She was fantastic. I did the ad for Pepsi with her.”

  • Frida Gustavsson and Mirte Maas
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    Photographed by Patrick Demarchelier, Vogue, May 2013
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    Frida Gustavsson and Mirte Maas

    “I love this picture. It looks like a painting. The wig is beautiful. Punk fashion is interesting, it’s easy to wear, it’s kind of cool.”

Christian Lacroix is Laird Borrelli-Persson’s fashion raison d’etre; the way he combined romance and historicism set her on the path she is following today. Borrelli-Persson studied literature at Boston College, spending her junior year abroad at Oxford, where she added some art history. After graduation she moved to New York to intern ... Read More
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