The photographer insisted that the model be featured in the fashion spread, despite resistance from Vogue's editor-in-chief at the time, Diana Vreeland, due to Graham's small stature.
[9] It was a job she would do for the rest of the decade, appearing in print and television ads that presented her in tasteful, elegant, generously appointed tableaux - a parlor, a drawing room, a veranda - to represent the image the Estee Lauder company created for itself.
Skrebneski was happy to oblige, decorating his sets with Chinese vases, Pablo Picasso ceramics, and well-stocked bookshelves.
Various props were used - dolls, horses, and, curiously, a framed photograph of Nicholas II, the last czar of Russia, in a 1981 ad.
An exception was an ad campaign for the Lauder company's "Swiss age-controlling skincare program," in which Skrebneski photographed Graham standing among edged cylinders in a futuristic tableau and wearing her hair back, adorned with what looked like a plastic stereo headset and worn as if it were a space-age tiara.
Casey only briefly appeared in magazine advertisements before being fired and replaced with a future news anchorwoman Willow Bay.
[10] In 1974, Graham married Chicagoan,[11][12] Delbert W. Coleman,[13] casino owner,[14] who ran the Stardust Hotel[15][16] in Las Vegas, Nevada.