Our first dinner date lasted hours and culminated in a decision to live together. Image: Amber Valletta, Kate Moss and Shalom Harlow in 1996 ‘Once I graduated in 91, I started working full-time immediately,’ she explained of her break in the industry. co-hosted with friend and fellow model Amber Valletta. But once we started talking childhood dynamics our single mothers and absentee fathers and our eldest sibling syndrome, our commonality was evident. Over the phone, the feathery tones of supermodel Shalom Harlow are as soothing as a glass of. We would’ve run in different circles back in our respective hometowns. So we saw each other from the lens of high school cliques. Amber was preppy and clean-cut with an Hermès scarf. I was grungy with ripped jeans and old band T-shirts. Photos: Amber Valletta and Shalom Harlow: Vice Versa DecemPhotographed by Steven Klein 1/7 Tall, Cool Drinks Head-to-toe print evening dresses are a more tempting proposition than. When Amber and I met we were still teenagers. valletta in tom ford for gucci fw1995 debut collection Shalom Harlow Fall. Photography © Craig McDean for Vogue Hong Kong Gucci Season Fall 1995 Photographer Mario Testino Model s Amber Valletta. What I meant to say was “we just have to grin and bare it.” We laughed so hard about all of it and still do today. I remember being so tired one morning waking up for an early morning show (we were almost in tears) and I said “we just have to bin and grear it”. To be honest I don’t know if I would have survived all the pressure and challenges of my days of doing tons of shows without Shalom. I felt I wasn’t as cool as her! We went to a dinner to vet each other to become roommates and after about 10 minutes we feel in deep friendship love! We have so many backstage stories I don’t even know where to begin. Precise grayish turtleneck for a Parisian holiday with bestie Shalom Harlow, dumb dresses from the best haute couture houses, or a pants suit and feathered strapless Mango on the Venetian Fire red carpet in all of themAmber Valletta(49), a supermodel, actress and activist, looks amazing and each time transcends a different character. That dream could have been a reality this weekend. I thought Shalom was this tall exotic being but also the beloved of the agency. Imagine taking a stroll through the woods and coming upon the luminescent trifecta of Carolyn Murphy, Shalom Harlow, and Amber Valletta. Photography © Craig McDean for Vogue Hong Kong
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