Wednesday 16 July 2014

Eileen Ford (March 25, 1922 – July 9, 2014) and her husband Gerard William "Jerry" Ford created the Ford Modelling Agency. The agency's first supermodel was Jean Patchett, their rise to fame came when they signed Dorian Leigh who would only join if they also signed her younger sister Suzy Parker sight-unseen. At first shocked (Parker was 5'10 and freckled) but Suzy would become the most famous model of the 1950's and make the Ford's the top model agency in the world. Eileen Ford would make some mistakes along the way but would bring forth some of greatest models to grace the top fashion magazines and catwalks the world over...R.I.P