{"id":104518,"date":"2022-11-04T09:00:36","date_GTNN":"2022-11-04T13:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hautetime.com\/?p=104518"},"modified":"2022-11-03T22:46:11","modified_GTNN":"2022-11-04T02:46:11","slug":"haute-time-cover-cindy-crawford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hautetime.com\/haute-time-cover-cindy-crawford\/","title":{"rendered":"As Time Goes By: The Transformation Of Supermodel Cindy Crawford"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_104525\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104525\" style=\"width: 1369px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hautetime.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27022016\/CC_07_Couch_027-2-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-104525\" src=\"https:\/\/hautetime.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27022016\/CC_07_Couch_027-2-2.jpg\" alt=\"As Time Goes By: The Transformation Of Supermodel Cindy Crawford\" width=\"1369\" height=\"913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hautetime.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27022016\/CC_07_Couch_027-2-2.jpg 1369w, https:\/\/hautetime.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27022016\/CC_07_Couch_027-2-2-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/hautetime.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27022016\/CC_07_Couch_027-2-2-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/hautetime.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27022016\/CC_07_Couch_027-2-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hautetime.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27022016\/CC_07_Couch_027-2-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hautetime.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27022016\/CC_07_Couch_027-2-2-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hautetime.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27022016\/CC_07_Couch_027-2-2-711x474.jpg 711w, https:\/\/hautetime.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27022016\/CC_07_Couch_027-2-2-524x348.jpg 524w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1369px) 100vw, 1369px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-104525\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FULL LOOK &amp; SHOES: Versace<br \/>JEWELRY: Tiffany &amp; Co.<br \/>WATCH: Omega<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"rtp-photo-credit\">Photo Credit: Brian Bowen Smith<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">LET&#8217;S PUT IT THIS WAY: <\/span>there are very few things Cindy Crawford hasn\u2019t done. As a 30-plus-year modeling vet, one of the OG supermodels, a trailblazer who defined a pivotal moment in time when fashion models became stars in their own right, she\u2019s basically seen it all, done it all, and done it all again. But, up until early September, there was one thing she hadn\u2019t really tried: living in the moment, free in her own skin, forgetting time, place, and beauty routine. Which is how, at age 56, she found herself on a bicycle at Burning Man, cycling through a sandstorm and covered in white dust, shining like a beautiful beacon in a shimmering gold jumpsuit, living her best life.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">That said, a surreal desert counterculture party in Nevada\u2019s Black Rock Desert is not the place one might expect to see the impeccable Ms. C, but in her opinion (though said rather more succinctly), to hell with what everyone else might think \u2014\u00a0she wanted to go. \u201c[My daughter] and I got invited by a friend of ours, kind of at the last minute, and we were like, \u2018Why not?\u2019 It just seemed like the perfect thing, because we were tagging along with people who had been there before, so we didn\u2019t have to figure anything out except what to pack, which \u2014\u00a0by the way \u2014\u00a0was already intimidating enough. [FYI, she nailed her trade, likely outclassing those who gave drugs or daisy chains by swapping for mini bottles of <a href=\"https:\/\/hauteliving.com\/2020\/07\/how-rande-gerber-george-clooney-built-casamigos-tequila-empire\/688084\/\">Casamigos,<\/a> finger lights, and Polaroid cameras.] It was only two days and two nights, so I was like, I can do anything for 48 hours. And it ended up being a really incredible experience,\u201d she admits.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I urge her to explain the experience. Personally, I still don\u2019t quite get what actually happens at Burning Man; its purpose seems vaguely ambiguous, while the concept behind a Playa name makes me think of the drunken alter egos sorority girls gave themselves in college, yet apparently it\u2019s synonymous with a secret self, both gifted at and only used whilst at the festival. (Crawford didn\u2019t stay long enough to get one, but there\u2019s always next year, since she\u2019s already talking about going back).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI mean, listen, it\u2019s raw. You\u2019re uncomfortable because it\u2019s dusty and dirty, but it\u2019s very creative, <i>Mad Max<\/i> meets <i>Alice in Wonderland <\/i>meets virtual reality. It\u2019s just wild, and very liberating because you\u2019re outside of yourself, in a way. It\u2019s not like, \u2018Oh, my outfit looks good, therefore I feel good.\u2019 I\u2019ve only had an experience like this once before, when I stayed at an African game park for a month; I literally only had a tiny hand mirror that I could use to brush my teeth. Like then, the way you looked here did not determine how you were feeling that day. It was incredibly freeing.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In being uncomfortable, in not being able to be <i>the <\/i>Cindy Crawford, she found a poignant sense of release, and, simultaneously, relief that she didn\u2019t have to be everything to everyone; that, for a brief moment in time, she could just be.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI didn\u2019t get it before, but now I feel like I do. For me, it was like, you\u2019re so out of your comfort zone in every way, that you have no other choice but to find yourself. We all walk around in reality having stepped into these roles \u2014\u00a0mother, wife, whatever \u2014\u00a0which are all roles I signed up for, but there is stuff that comes with those roles, like responsibility. In my family, for instance, I\u2019m the organizer, I\u2019m the on-time one, I\u2019m the more serious one. And I think it\u2019s easy to get caught up in these roles, and to feel introspective as a result. Like, who am I? I don\u2019t know. Maybe I\u2019m just going through a midlife crisis,\u201d she laughs ruefully. (Here I must disagree: if she was really going through a midlife crisis, she would have definitely worn a hot pink unicorn bikini to the Burn; instead, it was the aforementioned gold-flecked jumpsuit, a modest black bikini top, and ski goggles.)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">But, for a brief time, at least, she was able to discard any uncertainty, doubt, or agenda, like a snake does its skin, releasing and unleashing in the dusty desert air. \u201cI think when you\u2019re at Burning Man, you shed those skins, and you\u2019re just you. You\u2019re your own essential being. I feel like it\u2019s a great place to just reconnect with your true self,\u201d she maintains.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_104523\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104523\" style=\"width: 752px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hautetime.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27022021\/CC_04_Bench_074.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-104523\" src=\"https:\/\/hautetime.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27022021\/CC_04_Bench_074.jpg\" alt=\"As Time Goes By: The Transformation Of Supermodel Cindy Crawford\" width=\"752\" height=\"1127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hautetime.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27022021\/CC_04_Bench_074.jpg 752w, https:\/\/hautetime.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27022021\/CC_04_Bench_074-620x929.jpg 620w, https:\/\/hautetime.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27022021\/CC_04_Bench_074-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-104523\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FULL LOOK: Chanel<br \/>WATCH: Omega<br \/>SHOES: Christian Louboutin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"rtp-photo-credit\">Photo Credit: Brian Bowen Smith<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As it happens, it was also a great place to connect with her daughter. It\u2019s unbelievable, yet also a spectacular testament to Crawford\u2019s character that, when her mini-me turned 21 and wanted to embark on an epic, uncharted adventure to celebrate the occasion, she chose her mom as her ride-or-die. But I guess when your mom is Cindy Crawford, it makes sense; this is a woman who will be forever cool. What she says next simply furthers my point.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI\u2019ve been very fortunate, because I\u2019ve got to do some fun things with my daughter. We did the Off-White fashion show together in Paris, and it wasn\u2019t as if I was there as her mom or she was there as my daughter \u2014\u00a0we were both invited to be a part of the show. And then there\u2019s something like Burning Man. I mean, I\u2019m sure she would\u2019ve loved to have her boyfriend there, and I would love to go with my husband sometime, but it worked out that we went together and we had a great time. I love doing anything with her, but you also want to be cautious of letting her have her experiences without mommy looking over her shoulder. For example, she turned 21 [at the festival]. The next night she had a small dinner, which I went to, and then a party at a club, which I didn\u2019t.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A love of freedom must run in the family: as Cindy herself discovered, it\u2019s essential for her own personal happiness, too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As George Michael\u2019s \u201cFreedom 90\u201d starts to play in my head (the music video that made Crawford a star and household name), she says it was only when she returned to her everyday life in Malibu that she realized what gift the festival had truly bestowed upon her.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWhen I came back, I went<i> God, I feel so carefree and fun, on the Playa, riding bikes, with no schedule.<\/i> It\u2019s like, \u2018Oh, let\u2019s go look at that piece of art,\u2019 and then you\u2019d ride over there, and either stay for five minutes or you stay for an hour. But then, you return to reality, to your life, and I personally felt like <i>now I\u2019m the responsible mother again. I\u2019m this, I\u2019m that.<\/i> And now, it\u2019s me questioning, at this point in my life, do I still want to be all of those things that I unconsciously signed up for?\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Heavy. I always expected true \u201cBurners\u201d (which is how Burning Man enthusiasts refer to themselves \u2014\u00a0not to be confused with \u201cburnouts,\u201d but\u2026 kind of?) to live in states of heightened reality and to use their time away from reality, from cell phones, from normality, as an escape. But Crawford, one of the most iconic models in history with the longevity to back it up, doesn\u2019t fit the mold of who I expected to attend, or one who would get so much out of the experience, for that matter.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">And while it made her question her everyday reality, Crawford is hardly a fool. Actually, one might say she\u2019s the complete opposite, having been valedictorian of her hometown high school in DeKalb, Illinois, earning an academic scholarship to study chemical engineering at Northwestern (which she attended for only one semester before dropping out to pursue a full-time modeling career). As such, she strategically decided to figure out how to implement her epiphany of self-discovery into her daily life at home.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI started reevaluating. I was like, <i>wait, I had so much fun. I felt carefree there. How can I bring that back to real life?<\/i>\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">For most of her life, Crawford has been the consummate scheduler, the ultimate planner. She\u2019s needed to be to get to where she is today, to have the kind of career longevity that\u2019s eluded so many. And she loves her life, she does. She\u2019s <\/span><span class=\"s1\">content, the kind of woman that has it all. But spontaneity has never seemed like a luxury she could afford. Time (a familiar topic, given that she\u2019s timepiece brand Omega\u2019s longest-standing ambassador) always seemed too fleeting. Until now, that is.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIt\u2019s something I\u2019ve been working on,\u201d she says. \u201cI started working with a coach this year, and one of the things that she speaks to me about is time. Specifically, where do I feel constricted, and where is it stressing me out? I\u2019m a planner, and very, very organized; I\u2019m the type that gives myself exactly the amount of time I need for any specific activity. Let\u2019s say I finish my workout at 9:30, and have my first call of the day at 10, so I have a half-hour to shower and get myself together. But, say, my husband wants to have a conversation with me. I found that I\u2019d be looking at my watch, like, I have three minutes, and then he would get irritated, or I would feel the stress of knowing that now I wasn\u2019t going to have time to put makeup on. It never occurred to me to maybe push my first meeting back a little, because I was just so focused on being efficient.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">She continues, \u201cFor so long, the only way for me to do everything that I wanted to do was to pencil it in. For instance, I always enjoyed being the first one up in the house, even when my kids were little, because I needed that 20 minutes where no one needed anything from me. So I would get up early and have an outdoor Jacuzzi, put on gym clothes, and get on my email. Taking that Jacuzzi meant that I had taken the time to connect with myself. I never really scheduled in unscheduled time, and I think I\u2019m doing more of that. Now, I\u2019m finding ways to give myself more breathing room. And that\u2019s where I\u2019m at in my life, leaving a little bit more cushion for the unexpected.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">And more time to explore the freedom that comes with it.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_104520\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104520\" style=\"width: 752px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hautetime.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27022028\/CC_01_Bed_0035-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-104520\" src=\"https:\/\/hautetime.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27022028\/CC_01_Bed_0035-2.jpg\" alt=\"As Time Goes By: The Transformation Of Supermodel Cindy Crawford\" width=\"752\" height=\"1127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hautetime.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27022028\/CC_01_Bed_0035-2.jpg 752w, https:\/\/hautetime.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27022028\/CC_01_Bed_0035-2-620x929.jpg 620w, https:\/\/hautetime.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27022028\/CC_01_Bed_0035-2-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-104520\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FULL LOOK: Dior<br \/>WATCH: Omega<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"rtp-photo-credit\">Photo Credit: Brian Bowen Smith<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">WHEN I NEXT TO SPEAK TO CRAWFORD, <\/span>it\u2019s the day after our photo shoot at the Santa Monica Proper Hotel, and she\u2019s low-key and beachy at home in Malibu, relaxed and make-up free \u2014 a chameleon-like departure from the glamazon of yesterday in all of her high-heeled, sultry glory. But personally, this Cindy is the one I prefer. Right now, she\u2019s both down-to-earth and self-deprecating, someone you could hang out and have a few margaritas with. Professional, shoot-mode Cindy Crawford, dressed to kill in Dior and Chanel, with fierce makeup and five-inch heels (bringing her height from 5\u20199\u201d to 6\u20192\u201d), is intimidating as hell.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Which brings us to the topic du jour: confidence. Looking as she does, it\u2019s only natural to assume she\u2019s always had it. And she has, but that doesn\u2019t mean she\u2019s always been secure, nor would it be fair to assume she doesn\u2019t have the same self-criticisms, even though she\u2019s outrageously beautiful. As someone who has literally come into her own in front of a camera, the hyper-judgement of others, of strangers, is very, very real.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI was never full of self-loathing or anything like that. I was probably a typical kid,\u201d she says now of her youth in Illinois and just after, in 1986, when she moved to New York to model professionally. \u201cBut,\u201d she notes, \u201cmodeling is interesting, because all of a sudden you have a seal of approval that other people think you\u2019re attractive, though you know the reality of the smoke and mirrors that go into making pictures. So sometimes, I felt that if people saw me in real life, they\u2019d be surprised. And even for myself, I\u2019d wonder: do I need to be Cindy Crawford tonight, or can I just be Cindy? Because I need two hours of hair and makeup to just be Cindy Crawford, or at least be presentable.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Luckily, the opposite is true in her private life. After a day of full glam, she\u2019ll head home to husband <a href=\"https:\/\/hauteliving.com\/2022\/07\/rande-gerber-is-in-the-pursuit-of-passion\/716429\/\">Rande Gerber<\/a>, he of Casamigos fame, who likes her just <\/span><span class=\"s1\">as she is \u2014 a bare-faced beauty with nothing to hide. \u201cHe\u2019ll say, \u2018Wash your face; I like the way you look without makeup.\u2019 Which is nice,\u201d she admits, though says that personally, she feels much muchier with a wee bit of war paint than without. But overall, she faces industry pressure daily, especially when someone describes her as \u201cageless.\u201d While most would love such a description, for Crawford, it\u2019s an ongoing reminder that she is not. (Though here I must disagree too, but I won\u2019t use the \u201ca\u201d word given that she doesn\u2019t like it.)<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_104522\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104522\" style=\"width: 752px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hautetime.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27022023\/CC_03_Elevator_082.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-104522\" src=\"https:\/\/hautetime.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27022023\/CC_03_Elevator_082.jpg\" alt=\"As Time Goes By: The Transformation Of Supermodel Cindy Crawford\" width=\"752\" height=\"1127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hautetime.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27022023\/CC_03_Elevator_082.jpg 752w, https:\/\/hautetime.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27022023\/CC_03_Elevator_082-620x929.jpg 620w, https:\/\/hautetime.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27022023\/CC_03_Elevator_082-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-104522\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FULL LOOK: Marc Jacobs<br \/>SHOES: Giuseppe Zanotti<br \/>JEWELRY: Tiffany &amp; Co.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"rtp-photo-credit\">Photo Credit: Brian Bowen Smith<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">The euphemism behind aging gracefully was, in fact, the impetus for creating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meaningfulbeauty.com\/\">Meaningful Beauty,<\/a> the skincare line she co-created with Parisian cosmetic surgeon Jean-Louis\u00a0Sebagh in 2001 (which is re-launching a line of haircare products next year, inclusive of existing items like a shampoo, conditioner, detangler, and scalp spray, as well as a new serum). \u201cIt\u2019s funny,\u201d she muses. \u201cEven in my Meaningful Beauty infomercial, they used to say, \u2018She hasn\u2019t aged\u2019 and they would show side-by-sides. And I\u2019d tell them to stop, because it puts too much pressure on me. I know all the ways that I\u2019ve aged. My face has gotten much thinner; my mouth isn\u2019t as full. Being told I\u2019m ageless isn\u2019t right, especially because getting older is hard enough, never mind that we live in a youth-obsessed culture. So in that sense, the things I\u2019m trying to make Meaningful Beauty about for other women are the things that I have to remind myself about, too. I\u2019m not 25, so why should I be trying to look 25? Why do I want someone to mistake me for a 25-year-old? I\u2019ve had children. I have all this life experience.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">What\u2019s more, she\u2019s proud of herself for letting that life experience play out behind the camera, even if she doesn\u2019t always like what she sees. \u201cWhen I started modeling, I said, <i>What am I going to do after I turn 25?<\/i> There wasn\u2019t someone who had a career like me before that I could follow or look up to,\u201d she recalls. \u201cAnd then, all of a sudden, I was still modeling at 26, 27, 30, 35, 40, and now, 56. There was no way I thought I would still be quote unquote \u2018modeling\u2019 to this day. And even though I\u2019m not in front of the camera nearly as much as I used to be \u2014\u00a0nor do I want to be \u2014 any time I get my picture taken, even if it\u2019s just on an iPhone, I\u2019m striking a pose. You can\u2019t unlearn that. So I\u2019ve learned to embrace the different stages. I\u2019m not 56 trying to do the same jobs that I did when I was 25 and 30. I\u2019ve evolved, and the businesses that I have have evolved, too.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>[These include her hugely successful Cindy Crawford Home collectsion, which grosses over $350 million\u00a0annually in retail sales; successful book releases such as <i>Cindy Crawford\u2019s Basic Face<\/i> and the 2015 <i>The New York Times<\/i> bestseller, <i>Becoming<\/i>; global, long-term contracts with brands such as Omega, Revlon, and Pepsi; and the upcoming AppleTV+ docuseries <i>The Supermodels,<\/i> alongside her fellow icons Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, and Christy Turlington]. I think that\u2019s why I\u2019ve had such career longevity, and why my audience will follow me \u2014\u00a0because it feels authentic and it is authentic.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This bid for authenticity is a big part of the reason why she continues to model today. \u201cThere\u2019s one comparison I use a lot, and it\u2019s this: I\u2019m like an aging athlete. I know the game so much better, but I don\u2019t have a 20-year-old neck or whatever. Sometimes I think, <i>screw it. Maybe I don\u2019t want to model anymore. <\/i>But then I think, <i>gosh, then I\u2019m just further telling women that at a certain age, we\u2019re just expired, and we should go on the shelf. Do I want to play into that for women?<\/i> And so I don\u2019t. Even though sometimes I don\u2019t necessarily feel as confident, or if I see a pictures of me and there are things I don\u2019t like, I still think yeah, but that\u2019s real. Aging is what happens if we\u2019re lucky; it means that I\u2019m alive.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">And really, isn\u2019t that more, well, meaningful than anything else? To be living, yes, but, in a more philosophical way, actually enjoying being alive, living in the moment? Crawford thinks so, and clearly, she\u2019s doing her best to embrace that ethos right now. And so she reminds herself, while sharing with me, what the phrase \u2018meaningful beauty\u2019 really means to her. \u201cThe name, and the intention behind the name resonates even more now than it did then. Because, really, what is meaningful about beauty? Why does it even matter? [The answer is] because it gives us confidence. It\u2019s not about beauty, per se, but how you feel. Maybe it gives you a little more energy, makes you a little more outgoing, maybe it makes you more willing to ask a question or take a chance.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_104524\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104524\" style=\"width: 752px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hautetime.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27022018\/CC_06_Archway_007-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-104524\" src=\"https:\/\/hautetime.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27022018\/CC_06_Archway_007-2.jpg\" alt=\"As Time Goes By: The Transformation Of Supermodel Cindy Crawford\" width=\"752\" height=\"1127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hautetime.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27022018\/CC_06_Archway_007-2.jpg 752w, https:\/\/hautetime.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27022018\/CC_06_Archway_007-2-620x929.jpg 620w, https:\/\/hautetime.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27022018\/CC_06_Archway_007-2-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-104524\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FULL LOOK &amp; HEELS: Saint Laurent<br \/>JEWELRY: Tiffany &amp; Co.<br \/>WATCH: Omega<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"rtp-photo-credit\">Photo Credit: Brian Bowen Smith<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">On that note, it feels like the appropriate time to remind Crawford that she nearly broke the internet earlier this summer when she posted an Instagram photo of herself in a <a href=\"https:\/\/us.odabash.com\/\">Melissa Odabash<\/a> bikini, a thank you to her designer friend for the suit. \u201cThe beauty of having your own social media is that you get to curate. Like, I look pretty good in this picture; I\u2019m going to post it.\u201d She pauses, and says, \u201cI\u2019m probably at an age where I should be wearing one-pieces, but I\u2019ve never worn one-pieces, and it\u2019s [the same kind of dilemma I have with my hair]. I\u2019ve always had long hair; I wouldn\u2019t feel like me with short hair. And I\u2019m kind of worried, like, <i>oh, God. Am I going to have to cut it when I get a little older? Am I too old to have hair this long? <\/i>[Similarly], whenever I put a one-piece on, I don\u2019t feel like me. And there might come a point where I do have to wear one; I do have a few in my swimsuit drawer just in case it comes upon me one day.\u201d <\/span><span class=\"s1\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">There\u2019s no should when it comes to fashion, and Crawford knows that far better than I could. Nor are there any rules as to what one should and shouldn\u2019t do dependent upon their age. I find there\u2019s something liberating about her refusal to cede her love of bikinis or her famously long locks in favor of something more traditionally \u201cage-appropriate\u201d (because what does that phrase even mean these days?); in owning that sometimes, in order to feel good about yourself, a little app-induced retouching is necessary. (\u201cYou do a little FaceTune once, and then you think, <i>how did I ever live without it?<\/i>\u201d); and that it\u2019s okay to be all IDGAF, like she was at Burning Man. \u201cThere\u2019s certainly no retouching there,\u201d she says dryly. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cThere was a dust storm, and by the end of it, I had white eyebrows, white hair, and white dust had stuck to my upper lip. It\u2019s kind of impossible to take yourself too seriously when you\u2019re covered in dust.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As we prepare to part ways, I tell her that her life sounds pretty beautiful, dust-storm induced graying aside. Her response is one of the truest things I\u2019ve heard to date. \u201cLife is life,\u201d she says simply. \u201cAnd that\u2019s something else I\u2019m working on: not characterizing things as good or bad. It\u2019s just life, right? We tend to be like, \u2018life\u2019s so hard\u2019 or, \u2018life\u2019s so great\u2019 \u2014\u00a0but it\u2019s just life, all of it.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe good, the bad, the ugly, and the beautiful,\u201d I say.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cYes,\u201d she agrees, \u201cbut I appreciate the raw and the ugly, too, because it\u2019s real.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">She smiles. Scheduled though it might have been, it\u2019s still her time, and she knows exactly how she\u2019s going to use it. \u201cNow, I\u2019m going to get into my Jacuzzi.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I think Cindy Crawford may have just found her Playa name.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hautetime.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27022013\/HT-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-104526\" src=\"https:\/\/hautetime.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27022013\/HT-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"HAUTE TIME: CINDY CRAWFORD\" width=\"2133\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hautetime.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27022013\/HT-scaled.jpg 2133w, https:\/\/hautetime.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27022013\/HT-1707x2048.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/hautetime.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27022013\/HT-1200x1440.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/hautetime.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27022013\/HT-1980x2376.jpg 1980w, https:\/\/hautetime.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27022013\/HT-620x744.jpg 620w, https:\/\/hautetime.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27022013\/HT-768x922.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hautetime.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27022013\/HT-853x1024.jpg 853w, https:\/\/hautetime.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27022013\/HT-1280x1536.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2133px) 100vw, 2133px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"font-size: 0.9rem; text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\">BY <b>LAURA SCHREFFLER<\/b><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span class=\"s1\">PHOTOGRAPHY <b>BRIAN BOWEN SMITH <\/b><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span class=\"s1\">STYLING <b>BRAD GORESKI <\/b><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span class=\"s1\">HAIR <b>DIMITRIS GIANNETOS <\/b><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span class=\"s1\">MAKEUP <b>LISA STOREY <\/b><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span class=\"s1\">NAILS <b>YOKO SAKAKURA<\/b><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span class=\"s1\">SHOT ON LOCATION AT THE <a href=\"https:\/\/www.properhotel.com\/santa-monica\/\"><b>SANTA MONICA PROPER HOTEL<\/b>,<\/a> SANTA MONICA, CALIF.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cindy Crawford has been everything to everyone for a very long time. 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