Updated from previous post:
Vogue
Harper's Bazaar
Elle
Mademoiselle
Mirabella
Marie Claire
Glamour
Cosmopolitan
Vogue UK
Elle UK
Marie Claire UK
InStyle
Red means all issues have been looked at from Jan 1988 into 2001. For a small number of these, a physical copy was not readily available and I had to rely on reviewing Table of Contents scans.
Blue still has open issues (that will be reviewed) within the Jan 1996 - Dec 2000 window but my photo is not likely there. Number of open issues: Marie Claire (7), Glamour (40).
Green has recently been added (changed from ? to illustrate all remaining possibilities, of which I have decided InStyle to be the only other possible magazine).
I now believe that my photo came from InStyle, a very unlikely source, which is why it took a whole year for me to actually put it on my list. It's not that I remember it coming from there as much as it is the only possibility left.
The only libraries (that I know of, there is no way easy way to search this) that have all or most of the issues from 1996-2000 are the New York Public Library and the Library of Congress. FIT has most of the issues from 1999 (the year I now think my photo came from) and 2000. Sellers on eBay have all or most of the issues from 1996-2000 as well.
I have a request in with the Library of Congress to give me the total number of pages in each issue from 1996-2000. Why? I remember that the issue my photo came from was on the thin side (perhaps only 200 pages but most likely not more than 300 pages). And I have discovered that a lot of issues of InStyle have anywhere from 400-600 pages (I think I can tentatively rule out anything that has 350+ pages). The librarian also said that InStyle appears in few databases they have and she will first check (using keywords) to see if my photo can be found that way.
If it is in InStyle, it's fairly likely that the model will end up being a "celebrity", a surprising twist.
I'd be eternally grateful to anyone who could scan Steven Meisel's early work from Seventeen, Mademoiselle and Interview (early 90s), as well as Rolling Stone, Lei, Per Lui and L'Uomo or pretty much anything else from 80s and 90s that is less known.
Hi.
I’ve been following your quest - but I’ve forgotten the original photo!? Could you tell me what it was as I have an inkling which photo it is … I have an extensive magazine collection from the 80 / 90s. I hope I can help
I only have a few 1999 ELLEs - I’ve looked through them & couldn’t find the picture. SorryThanks for your message! Below is the description of the photo:
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The model has roughly shoulder-length dirty to light blond hair. I believe she was sitting on a beach or sand dune, with her feet a little lower than the rest of her body and her arms maybe resting in her lap, on her knees or between her legs. She was wearing I guess what would be called a white peasant blouse/dress (I think it laced-up in the upper part). Bare shoulders - I think. With either sandals or bare feet.
But, the most distinctive part - she is wearing maybe 15 or 20 white and silver bangles on each arm. The easiest way to find the photo is to look for a lot of bracelets or bangles (that will eliminate almost all photos from consideration immediately and you will come across only a few that will have any chance of being the photo I'm looking for). She is by herself in the photo and I believe is facing at least slightly to the reader's right as you look at the photo.
I think there was some kind of vacation theme in this editorial. There was also a bohemian reference (and from my review of magazines so far, that was in fashion in 1999, the year I now think my photo was in).
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I would be amazed if you actually recognize or have this photo, but we'll see!
These are the issues that I still have to review (when there are page numbers listed, that means I have looked at a Table of Contents scan and believe the photo could only be in the fashion editorial starting with that particular page number).
Marie Claire
need97:apr(154)
need98:jul(116),dec(116,130)
need99:mar,jun(128)
need00:mar,dec(172,178)
Glamour
need99:apr(272),oct(220)
need00:jan(166)
InStyle
need96:jan,feb,mar,apr,may,jun,jul,aug,sep,oct,nov,dec
need97:jan,feb,mar,apr,may,jun,jul,aug,sep,oct,nov,dec
need98:jan,feb,mar,may,jun,jul,aug,sep,oct,dec
need99:feb,mar,may(131),jun,jul(77,130,140)
My best guess for the year is 1999, but I can't say that's the right year for sure. If I don't end up finding the photo in these, I am going to consider going back and looking at some of the magazines I've already looked at as it's possible that it was missed somehow.
I only have a few 1999 ELLEs - I’ve looked through them & couldn’t find the picture. Sorry
I'd be eternally grateful to anyone who could scan Steven Meisel's early work from Seventeen, Mademoiselle and Interview (early 90s), as well as Rolling Stone, Lei, Per Lui and L'Uomo or pretty much anything else from 80s and 90s that is less known.