This fashion godmother co-founded the Ford Model Company with her husband Jerry Ford half a century ago, created a model contract worth $654.38 million+00,000 pounds, and personally selected thousands of model girls. Wide eye distance and prominent cheekbones-Irene's unique vision has become a common law in the industry in the second half of the 20th century. Ford's early models almost occupied the covers of major fashion magazines in the 1940s and 1950s. Today, Ford's models include Veronica Weber, naomi campbell and Stephanie Seymor. In addition to supermodels, Ford also signed models for the film and television industry, including Peggy Lipton, Ali McGraw, lauren hutton, kim basinger, sharon stone and rene russo.
"new york Model Mommy"-this is the title given to Ford by the industry. Irene is straightforward and tough, protecting her models from the influence of sex trade, getting rid of vulgar images and standardizing the ethics and norms of this industry. ? Once the company models are found to be misbehaving, Ford will let them live in his townhouse on the Upper East Side, always pay attention to their behavior norms, and let them help in the garden on weekends. Ford was born in an ordinary new york family and was the only girl in the family. Her mother is a clothing store with a long history, Best &; Ford, the company's chief model, also modeled for Harry Konoff. "My parents think everything I do is right," she said in an interview with People. "Maybe that's why I have confidence in myself, even if I do something wrong."
"They eat at the same table with me every night. I don't want to tell their mother that I don't know where they are at two in the morning. " Ford said in an interview with Forbes at 1984. At the same time, Irene, the godmother of fashion, was criticized for being bossy. "She gave me a look and pointed out that I had had plastic surgery on my nose." Lynn Coleman, the royal model of the famous designer perry ellis, said in an interview with Vogue.