Model Marriages

Irving Penn and David Bailey aren't the only lensmen who married their favorite mannequins

"It had been a difficult day, and I mentioned that if she'd like I'd take her out for a drink, " says William Garrett,remembering the time he first shotLara Young."That's when it happened"— love at first pose. Now their plan is to have a couple of kids before Lara goes to med school. She'll look fabulous in a surgical mask.

Bico Stupakoffshot Lucy Cunningham'sfirst "test" six years ago, and she must have passed, because they eventually married. The Brazilian Stupakoff and British Cunningham make a model team, personally and professionally. "She's a good model, " he says. "With me she's more real—not thinking like it's a job. And she doesn't charge me."

The story ofLuca BabiniandLeslie Gailis creepy, but sweet. "Luca received my composite, " remembers Gail, "and told his assistant, 'This is the girl I'm going to marry. ' During our shoot I thought, I'm going to have this guy's baby. Ten months later we got married. A month later l got pregnant, accidentally. " A psychic predicted it all, by the way.

M.M.