I met Coco in the mid-1980’s on the streets of New York City, with another pioneering international model, Von Gretchen Shepard. I had just left Milan, Italy following my first Prêt-à-Porter Collections — where top models work for top designers strutting down long catwalks showing the “ready-to-wear” clothes to high-end fashion buyers.

Everyone knows the model stories—the Chrises, as in Christie Brinkley and Christy Turlington—and no doubt, if you’ve been awake over the past three decades then you’ve heard of Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Pat Cleveland, Linda Evangelista, and Beverly Johnson. But among that constellation of supermodels is also Coco Mitchell.

Enjoy reading Coco Mitchell’s story in our fall 2020  issue on page 21. Written by Chloé Taylor Brown