A Tale as Old as Time…
She’s a devastating beauty, paid big bucks to wear expensive clothes and be photographed. It’s fun being gorgeous and all, but she’s looking for some excitement and romance…
He’s a successful rock star, whose face and music are known the world over. He’s had his share of groupies, but he’s ready for a steady girlfriend, the younger the better…
They meet. Birds sing, shutters snap. HE gets to make all the men around him green with envy; SHE gets to party backstage and gets songs written about her. It’s a match made in heaven.
Jerry Hall was a model who had appeared on forty magazine covers, including Cosmo, by 1977. She was an international sensation known for her long blond locks and six-foot stature. After a relationship of several years with Roxy Music’s Bryan Ferry, sparks flew when she met Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones. They were a hot item all through the 80’s and finally tied the knot in 1990.
The marriage lasted until Mick was confirmed as the father of Brazilian model Luciana Gimenez’s baby in 1999.
Here Paulina portrays a mentally disturbed (but undeniably beautiful) woman in The Cars’ video for their song “Drive.” Yes, that’s Benjamin Orr singing, but see Ric in the video too, with his trademark choppy black hair:
Like Paulina, Christie acted in one of her man’s music videos, but Christie’s outfits are a lot cuter in “Uptown Girl.” I thought her elegant black hat and sleek tan shoulders were the epitome of chic:
Like that of Ric and Paulina, the Le Bon marriage has stood the test of time.
Duran Duran’s controversial video “Girls on Film” features scantily clad models parading about on the catwalk, wrestling, and being scandalous in assorted ways. It sums up the undeniable magnetism between the hot model and the cool rock star: a totally wild 80’s fairy tale-come-true.