When ’90s supermodel, singer, and France first lady Carla Bruni was questioned in a 2007 interview about her stance on monogamy, she famously grew indignant. Her love life before her marriage to then-President Francois Sarkozy was the stuff of fashion world folklore. Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger, and even Donald Trump were just a few of the suitors Bruni had left in the dust, leaving many to believe she wasn’t the type to settle down. “I am a tamer [of men], a cat, an Italian—monogamy bores me terribly,” she replied. “I am faithful…to myself! I am monogamous from time to time but I prefer polygamy and polyandry.” The world balked at Bruni’s bold and frank philosophy on sex and relationships, but it wasn’t as if she was alone.
Yes, her supermodel sistren—Kate! Naomi! Linda! Cindy! Claudia!—were unstoppable when it came to men, just like her. Super beauties with super powers, they beguiled men of influence—from boxers, to rock stars, to actors, to Russian billionaires. Between trashing hotel rooms, drawing champagne-filled baths, jetting off to far-flung locales, and posing in suggestive ads with their significant others, ’90s supermodels loved hard and fast before moving on to other conquests. And while reckless at times (please see: the aforementioned trashing of hotel rooms), they made dating on the edge look damn good.
Never ones to hide their best assets, these sex kittens smoldered in curve-enhancing minidresses and barely-there bra tops, leaving their lovers defenseless to their wiles. Flirting with disaster, the supers used a bold and bodacious approach that practically made date night headline news. So this weekend, why not take a page from Kate Moss’s book and meet your date in a Fleur du Mal bias slip dress for an evening of unruly hijinx? Tap into your inner bombshell by zipping up Givenchy’s leg-lengthening leather miniskirt and have bae falling head over heels. Or just grab all your equally genetically blessed girlfriends for a night of dancing and debauchery in the model-off-duty uniform: a shrunken H&M cardigan, Acne Studios cropped jeans, and patent leather Vagabond Chelsea boots.
