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Red Is Supermodel Cindy Crawford’s Color in These 8 Throwback Snaps

We can’t get enough of this Instagram trip down memory lane.

Cara O’Bleness

Cindy Crawford

Cindy Crawford.

Cindy Crawford is an icon who got her start in the industry as a teenager and quickly rose to supermodel status in the 1980s and ’90s. Whether her famed Pepsi Super Bowl commercial, voluminous blowout or many years as a swimsuit model first spring to mind, we all know and love Crawford. 

The one-time SI Swimsuit model, who was featured in the 1988 issue after posing for Marc Hispard in Bangkok, Thailand, shared an Instagram carousel of throwback photos Wednesday that has us taking a trip down memory lane. In each of the pics, the 57-year-old mom of two wore red, proving that the hue is totally her color.

Crawford gave the camera her signature smolder in the first snap, in which she donned a red dress, perfectly accented with a crimson lip. The second photo was of the model’s iconic red Versace dress at the 63rd annual Oscars in 1991. She donned a short red bejeweled number in another and posed on the beach in both a red-and-black ensemble and a figure-hugging gown in others. The carousel also featured Crawford on the red carpet, seated for a photoshoot and strutting through a parking lot in a mini skirt and matching blazer.

“The Color Capsule: Red 💋,” the Meaningful Beauty cofounder wrote in her caption.

“❤️❤️❤️❤️,” 2021 SI Swimsuit cover model Leyna Bloom wrote in the comments.

“You were my idol and you will always be!!” one fan applauded. “Just gorgeous❤.”

“Cindy Crawford red needs to be a crayola crayon color. 🖍️ ❤️,” someone else noted.

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Cara O’Bleness

CARA O’BLENESS

Cara is a trending news writer/editor for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit. A passionate writer and editor with more than 10 years of experience in print and online media, she loves storytelling and believes that words have the power to change the world. Prior to joining the team, Cara worked as a writer and editor across a number of content verticals, including food, lifestyle, health and wellness, and small business and entrepreneurship. In her free time, Cara loves reading, spending time with her family and making her way through Michigan’s many microbreweries. She is a graduate of Michigan State University's School of Journalism.