The world's oldest supermodel has posed almost entirely in the nude for the upcoming issue of New You magazine.
Carmen Dell'Orefice, 91, shares the magazine's latest cover with 69-year-old Beverly Johnson, who in 1974 became Vogue's first Black cover model.
In one picture from the photo shoot accompanying the cover story, Dell'Orefice is seen laying on a bed, wearing a pair of nude-colored underwear and a white blanket draped around her chest.
And it turns out, the model had zero qualms about posing nude for the cover, telling the publication: "Just like working with acclaimed photographer Fadil [Berisha], it's their perception of what they see in you or me.
"We are there, a synergy starts to happen, and they bring it out. It's where their mindset is. The photographer's mindset is high, not in the gutter. It's all projection. We're all silent actresses, and that's what it's about."
The fashion industry veteran first graced the cover of Vogue magazine when she was just 16 years old. She last appeared on the cover of New You nearly 10 years ago.
According to Dell'Orefice, practicing self-love has helped her maintain her beauty.
“Men and women should care for themselves and love themselves. One of the secrets to maintaining beauty is doing what you do for a baby, nurturing and feeding the baby with love,” she said. “That’s what we should do with ourselves: nurture ourselves, love ourselves, and give that kind of energy to ourselves.”
The New York native, who was born on June 3, 1931, started her modeling career when she was just 13, after being approached by the wife of photographer Herman Landschoff while on a bus.
By the time she turned 15, she had signed a contract with Vogue for $7.50 an hour.
"[Photographer] Irving Penn told me to try to breathe as little as possible and don't move," she said of her first Vogue shoot. "Just sit there. Irving was a really good friend to me."
Dell’Orefice continues to be an unstoppable force in the industry, having appeared in campaigns for Sephora and Missoni, and walked runways for Thierry Mugler, Moschino, Isaac Mizrahi.
In fact, according to the style icon, her career has continued to flourish the older she has gotten. She told New You in a 2015 interview: "I have had more magazine covers in the last 25 years than I have in my whole elongated career.
"Today I am in a territory that business considers unmarketable: age and white hair. Slowly, however, I started to own that territory little by little because I stood up for age."
