Fine Wine: Happy Birthday, Stephanie Seymour!

And then God created Stephanie Seymour. Forty five years ago today, to be exact! One of our favorite supermodels to emerge from the era of the supermodel, a muse to Richard Avedon and countless others, and the mother of four is—believe it or not—45 today. The most babelicious brunette California export since Cher, Seymour got her big break thanks to a J.C. Penney catalog. Soon after, her modeling career and now infamous love life took off at the same time: at an age when the rest of us were getting excited about our new driver's licenses, Seymour began dating the late, legendary, Elite Models chair John Casablancas.

By the time the 90s hit, she was everywhere from Playboy to Sports Illustrated to Vogue. And her fame was not limited to magazine spreads. In 1992, Stephanie played herself in her then boyfriend Axl Rose's music video “November Rain," which remains one of the most expensive music videos of all time (and now has over 175 million views on YouTube). Guns N’ Roses staked their claim to the number one slot on MTV and Seymour—in that killer white wedding dress—transcended her deity-like body and became an icon. Below, reflect back on the career of one of the catwalk greats, who still turns heads today.