ORAL
HISTORY
IT STARTED WITH A STORY PITCH, AND IT ENDED WITH ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC
IMAGES IN ALLURE’S HISTORY—BUT NOT BEFORE IT WENT BRIEFLY AWRY.
THE PHOTO
That Almost Wasn’tCindy Crawford,
photographed
by Michael
Thompson for
Allure in 200938 ALLURE APRIL 2019 (continued on page 40)