At 91 she’s one of the oldest Vogue cover girls – but she doesn’t care: meet Vogue Czechoslovakia’s Carmen Dell’Orefice
- Carmen Dell’Orefice was discovered at the age of 13 by a woman on a bus in New York. Now 91, she recently graced the cover of Vogue Czechoslovakia
- ‘It’s all in a day’s work,’ says the model of the shoots she does as she reflects on her career, the famous friends she has made and how fashion has evolved
At 91, Carmen Dell’Orefice is one of the oldest living models still working. That does not mean she is slowing down – just this April, Dell’Orefice graced the cover of Vogue Czechoslovakia.
She is being called one of the oldest Vogue cover girls – not the oldest, as Vogue Philippines’ April cover features tattoo artist Apo Whang-Od, also known as Maria Oggay, who is 106 – following the shoot by photographer Albert Watson for Vogue Czechoslovakia’s “eternal glamour” issue, but the model does not see it that way.
“It’s all in a day’s work for me, whether it’s a cover or not,” she tells the Post.
“I don’t know if it’s a fact that I’m the oldest living and working model,” Dell’Orefice says from her home in New York. “What is a fact is that no other model managed a career for 76 years … I love the challenge that every booking presents to me. I am never bored.”