GUINEVERE VAN SEENUS issue MARIO SORRENTI Ten 10 fashion magazine ULTIMATE MUSE

Guinevere Van Seenus cover by Mario Sorrenti.  (Please view our listings for Tony Ward on the cover of the men's issue.) 

The Ultimate Muse, Anniversary Special

For this issue, 10 wanted to find a model who epitomised an era, a decade...  A woman who wasn’t a predictable choice but one who represented the person 10 wanted 10 to be if she could live and breathe.  All a bit weird science, but still, after much discussion with some of the world’s most talented photographers and writers, the most desired woman turned out to be the gorgeous Guinevere.  One will never tire of her, can never have enough. Her luminosity, her skin, her look– with her heavy, hooded eyes, she is almost like the girl from the beautiful Vermeer painting, and, with her air of mystery, like the Mona Lisa. She always leaves you wanting more, more, more.

So, 10 have devoted a whole issue to her, from end to end, cover to cover.  Guinevere would like to dedicate this anniversary issue to her family. To thank them for all the love and support they have given her and for always being there when she needed them most.

"So, here goes: PART THREE of the 10TH-ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS.

This one was actually a difficult one to decide on. The first was “let’s do celebs” – the wonderful MR AND MRS BECKHAM – which was so successful it even made the 5 o’clock news, the Daily Mirror and the News of the World!

Then THE DESIGNERS WHO HAVE INFLUENCED MY 10 YEARS were targeted as my cover stars, including Karl Lagerfeld, Alber Elbaz, Vivienne Westwood and, of course, the wonderful Helmut Lang (miss him in fashiondom).

This issue we wanted to find A MODEL WHO EPITOMISED AN ERA, A DECADE, IN MY WORLD. A woman who wasn’t a predictable choice but one who represented, for me, the person I wanted 10 to be if she could live and breathe. All a bit weird science, but still, after much discussion with some of the world’s most talented photographers and writers, the most desired woman turned out to be OUR GORGEOUS GUINEVERE.

I have likened her to ice cream: totally delicious and moreish. One will never tire of her, can never have enough. Her luminosity, her skin, her look – with her heavy, hooded eyes, she is almost like the girl from the beautiful Vermeer painting, and, with her air of mystery, like the Mona Lisa. SHE ALWAYS LEAVES YOU WANTING MORE, MORE, MORE.

So, WE HAVE DEVOTED A WHOLE ISSUE TO HER, from end to end, cover to cover, to try to share some of her magical essence with you.

Guinevere would like to dedicate this anniversary issue to HER FAMILY. To thank them for all the love and support they have given her and for always being there when she needed them most.

UNTIL THE NEXT, Tenners."

Fashion shoots bt Richard Burbridge, Cedric Buchet, Mario Sorrenti, Paul Wetherell and more.  Includes unseen family snaps, photos taken by Guinevere from her travels, interview with Guinevere, etc