UJerry no-Eileen Ford kunye neqela leemodeli eMoscow. (Ifoto: UJean-Loup Debionne, 1987) Ukuya kuthi ga kwii-supermodels ze-80s kunye nee-90s, uninzi lwemifanekiso yabo yokujonga ngokugqibeleleyo yanikwa isitampu sika-Eileen Ford sokuvunywa. Iarhente yokumodareyitha emva kwexesha ibinoxanduva lweetalente kubandakanya iBrooke Shields, uNahomi Campbell, uElle Macpherson kunye noChristy Turlington. Kodwa wayedume ngokufumanisa uncumo olunamazinyo kaLauren Hutton njengoko wayedume ngokudwelisa iintshaba zakhe kunye nokuxhaphaza abathengi bakhe abadumileyo ekunciphiseni ubunzima.
Ichazwe kwi-biografi evela kuRobert Lacey, enesihloko Umfazi ongumzekelo: u-Eileen Ford kunye neShishini loBuhle, livela ibali lowasetyhini owakha iFord Modeling Agency. Kunye nomyeni wakhe uJerry, UNks Ford wasebenza eguqula eli shishini lilonke, lonke elixa wayesakha amakhondo oonobumba abadumileyo behlabathi.
Ubume bukaNks Ford njengomntu ophikisanayo, obangwayo akahoywa kumfanekiso kaMnu Lacey womnye wabasetyhini abasebenza nzima kwezemfashini. Iinkcukacha ezimnandi zokuxelelwa konke zidibene nomxholo wesimemo kulo mfanekiso womfazi awukhumbulayo njengematriki yemodeli. Xa umqeshwa othenjiweyo alishiyayo iqela lakhe kwiarhente ekhuphisanayo, UNks Ford waba ligqabi ngumsindo. Wayephethe iiBhayibhile eofisini yakhe, ekrwela umgca kuzo zonke iinkcukacha ezibhekisa kuYudas Skariyoti, aze azinike lowo wayezomngcatsha.
Ubunzima obunzima njengoRichard Avedon, uDiana Vreeland, noGrace Coddington bayaphuma baphuma kule ncwadi, kodwa uNkosk. Nazi ezinye izinto eziphambili ezivela kwimpembelelo yeFord kolu shishino: 
U-Eileen Otte kwi-Liberty Magazine ngo-1941 (Ifoto: Mead-Maddick, ilungelo lobunikazi uKiki Mead-Maddick Haynes)
Ngokwenyani wazisa amava omzekelo kwitafile: UNks Ford wayengasoloko efihla emfihlekweni; Ngomnyaka we-1938, wazama ukumodela njengomntu oneminyaka eli-16 ubudala eneenkwenkwezi. Umsebenzi wakhe waqala kwaye waphela ngephanyazo, kodwa uvavanyo lwakhe oluncinci lwamnika ukuqonda kwakhe malunga noko kwakusebenza nokuba kwakutheni. Emva kwexesha ebomini, wanikezela ngovavanyo olunzima kwimizamo yakhe yobutsha: bendinempumlo entle, eneempumlo kodwa ubuso oburhabaxa oburhabaxa kunye ne-mop yeenwele ezimdaka ngebala. Yayingengomfanekiso wempumelelo lowo. 
Idumela likaFord ngezimvo zakhe eziqinileyo kunye neengcebiso zaqiniswa kuphela yimpumelelo yokwabelana ngeengcebiso zobuhle. (Ifoto: ngoncedo losapho lakwaFord)
Iliso elibukhali, ulwimi olukhethiweyo, alunakuphulukana: UNks Ford wayedume ngokungafihlisi, kwaye njengokuba omnye wabaphathi be-arhente ekhumbula, wagcina uluhlu lweeveki zamantombazana eziza kunqunyulwa kuluhlu lwabo. Ngaphandle kwemikhosi yetalente edumileyo efunyenwe nguFord, amakhulukhulu amantombazana ajika ngobukrwada. U-Eileen Ford wayethanda ukucacisa indlela ubundlobongela obubonakala bububele ngayo kuninzi lweempawu zobuhle be-wannabe kunokukhulisa amathemba abo ngaphandle kokucinga, ubhala uLacey. 
UBeverly Johnson. (Ifoto: UFrancesco Scavullo, uVogue, ngoFebruwari 1974)
Imfashini yokuqala #GirlBoss: U-Beverly Johnson ngekhe akhusele indawo yakhe Vogue Intombazana yokuqala eyintsimbi yokuqala ngo -74 ngoNks uFord (njengoko uNkosk. Johnson wayesebenza ne-arhente yeembangi uWilhelmina kweso sigqubuthelo) kodwa umfuziselo weshishini-onolwazi usabonakalisa impumelelo yakhe enkulu ekuphembeleleni nasekukhokeleni iFord. Sasisilwa kakhulu, kodwa sasisoloko sihloniphana, uNksk. Johnson waxelela uMnu Lacey. Andizange ndazi umfazi onamandla kunye namandla. Uqhube nje wagqitha. 
U-Eileen noJerry Ford kwisidlo sangokuhlwa. (Ifoto: ngoncedo losapho lakwaFord)
Indoda yemali: Nangona wayethandabuza ukuthatha indima enkulu kwishishini lokumodela ekuqaleni, uJerry Ford waba negalelo ekuqinisekiseni ikhontrakthi yeli shishini kunye nenkqubo yokuhlawula. UMnu. Ford, owasweleka ngo-2008, wenza iindlela ezinkulu nezincinci: Ekupheleni kweminyaka engama-40 uJerry Ford wazisa urhoxiso kunye nemirhumo efanelekileyo yokuqinisekisa ukuba iimodeli zibuyiselwa ngokufanelekileyo ngexesha labo. Oko bekudibanisa nezivumelwano zezigidi zeedola awayexoxisana ngazo kwii-70s. 
UJanet Dickinson. (Ifoto: UMike Reinhardt, ngoncedo lwe-Peter Marlowe imodeli edityanisiweyo yogcino)
Iimfazwe zemodeli: Mr. Udliwanondlebe olucacileyo lukaLacey lubandakanya iingxoxo kunye nabangaphakathi kwishishini elinemibala, kubandakanya ukujongwa okunzulu kwidrama eyayixabanisa uNks. Ford kunye nearhente yakhe noJohn Casablancas kwi-Elite Model Management iminyaka. Ngelixa wayethanda iirejimeni ezingqongqo kunye nokuziphatha, indlela yokuphila kaCasablancas yabadlali ababalwa kwisibheno sesini kunye nexabiso lekhomishini ephantsi yokutywina izivumelwano ezinengeniso. Imodeli yokuvuyela ukulandela, kunye noJanice Dickinson ongomnye wabarhwebi baka-Ford abathetha kakhulu. Ndim, u-Janice omlomo omkhulu, uDickinson ukhumbule esithi, ebhekisa kwesinye sezigxeko zika-Eileen. Ndiya e-Elite. Andikuthandi. Andizange ndakuthanda. 
UFabio Lanzoni wayengomnye weemodeli zamadoda eziphumeleleyo zearhente yeFord. (Ifoto: Fabioif.com)
Amakhwenkwe ekugqibeleni ajoyina amantombazana: Njengomdlali ophambili kushishino, italente yohlobo lweFord yakhula ngobukhulu, imilo (iimodeli zaqeshwa kumaqela amaninzi obunzima, nangona uFord wakhetha amantombazana akhe amancinci) kwaye ekugqibeleni wabelana ngesondo. UFord ufumene icandelo lamadoda kwiminyaka yoo-60s, iphulo elinengeniso engummangaliso nelikhokelwa nguJerry ngexesha apho ezinye iiarhente ezimbalwa zenze iimodeli zamadoda.
