I first noticed - and fell in love with - Sophie Billard when I saw this astonishing profile photo of her on the cover of the New York Times Sunday Magazine's Fall 1982 fashion supplement.
Mercy!
The photo was for a fashion editorial called "The Seductive Silhouette." And no model was probably more skilled than Sophie Billard to provide one.
Sophie Billard was a mainstay in the modeling profession in New York for much of the 1980s, working primarily through the Elite modeling agency. And if you thought she could look hot in a fur coat and hat, she could look downright steamy in a swimsuit!
The photo above is from the New York Times Sunday Magazine's Spring 1983 fashion supplement, taken by Paul Lange. My only regret in showing it here is that I couldn't feature it in its original color print!
Her poses ranged from playful . . .
. . . to pensive . . .
. . . to sophisticated . . .
and she excelled with all of them.
and she excelled with all of them.
These days, she lives in her home country of Belgium, and she hasn't lost the innocent yet seductive look that made her a favorite among New York fashion editors and photographers back in the golden age of modeling. The photo below is from 2009.
It's a candid shot, but it could just as easily be part of her portfolio. :-)
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