Linda Morand - New York Career

New York Career

Linda Morand was born in Lindenhurst, Long Island. She was discovered by Eileen Ford in late 1965 while studying art in New York City and groomed into a top model for the Ford Agency. Appearing on the fashion scene at the same time as Twiggy she was noted for making up very unusual poses and participating in futuristic fashion layouts including light shows, robots, super-heroes, computers and James Bond type spy take-offs.

Morand is known for her resemblance to the former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Noted columnist Marian Christie wrote about a meeting of the two women in a 1971 Boston Globe article, "Resemblance to Jackie Pays Off", which helped to further Morand's career:

"Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Linda Morand recently met at that chic New York "dive" where Lost Weekend was filmed: P. J. Clarke's, and the two eyed each other suspiciously. There was every reason for the prolonged glance! of cool appraisal. The two are look-alikes 21-year-old Linda being the younger, prettier version. Linda, a successful Ford model who hails from a little town on Long Island, now is one of Europe's top models with her face currently, gracing the pages and covers of the slickest fashion, magazines, such as Italian Vogue, Elle and Jardin de la Mode."

In 1966 as one of Vidal Sassoon’s house models, Christophe created her signature style, a closely cropped asymmetric cut. Linda Morand appeared in Vogue, Glamour, Mademoiselle, Teen, Elle and many more international magazines. Her favorite designer was Betsey Johnson, whose clothes she wore for many fashion layouts. She also modeled for Lilly Pulitzer. She was a favorite of Mademoiselle magazine's editors and photographers George Barkentin, David McCabe and Gosta Petersen.